In its edition from January 20 to 26, Paris Match immersed itself in the intimacy of Diane Leyre. From her childhood to her career as a beauty queen, through her love life, her commitments and her complexes, Miss France 2022 reveals herself with an open heart in this portrait that looks like confidences between girlfriends.
Beauty queen or not, the complexes do not escape the women of the world. Recently elected Miss France 2022, Diane Leyre begins her year of reign exhibited to the general public. From his commitments to his future projects, without forgetting his personal confidences, she expresses herself bluntly in the French press. And if its beauty is now highlightedyounger, complexes were many. “Too tall, too thin, I was complexed”she confides in the columns of Paris Match. And to add: “I heard it all: ‘breadboard’, ‘smashed face’, ‘pizza head’. My friends had boyfriends, I was the school clown, the good friend.”
Before treading the podiums with the hope of reaching the heights, Diane Leyre fought against her demons. “Growing up, I was unable to make a phone call. I was embarrassed to do things, embarrassed to ask. Embarrassed of myself, of imposing myself“remembers the one who aims to make people forget “his physique” this year. “Okay, I showed that I could win this beauty contest, but I have a year to show you what’s behind“adds the young woman whose beauty triggers “hostilities”.
⋙ Discover Diane Leyre, Miss France 2022.
Diane Leyre: “When we are beautiful, we are given less credibility”
If it is common to think that beauty only brings positive things, it is not so. “It can trigger hostility. When we are beautiful, we are given less credibilitywe have the idea that we are just that. We always have to prove that we are something else. It’s a lifetime’s work“reveals the beauty queen who has always been “uncomfortable with his physique”. “I talk a lot, with my hands to look away from the otherso that they listen to me, so that people look at me less“she reveals before concluding with these words: “Me, I would like that when people talk about me, people talk about something else.”
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