When we contacted the parents of Miss France 2024, they had just returned from Dijon, where the election was held, and returned to the family home in Quaëdypre, near Dunkirk. “We are super happy for her and proud of her because it’s an adventure that she chose, and she accomplished this dream until the end.”, congratulates Bruno, the dad. As a child, Eve Gilles already dreamed of one day experiencing such an adventure, it was “a very sporty girl” but not a tomboy either: “She liked to have a Christmas princess dress with crown and the star-shaped wandand one of his sisters [elle a deux grandes sœurs de 30 et 26 ans, Lisa et Lucie, ndlr] makeup”remembers Edith, the mother.
The parents of Miss France are therefore happy, while being well aware that their daughter has also been the subject of criticism since her election. On social networks, he is accused of having highlighted his short hair and his androgynous physique too much to win, or even to advocate woke culture. Baseless, for them. “She had long hair but she had already cut them off a long time before registering for her first regional competition.”, recalls Bruno Gilles. As for his thinness, it is not calculated either and above all not the fruit of a draconian diet. “It’s her nature and the fact that she did a lot of sport since she was little: horse riding, dancing, athletics… It gave her a lot of muscle”notes Edith. “And not only does she eat well but she is very greedy, she loves good cooking”, adds Bruno. Critics who, according to them, will “slide” on their daughter despite her 20 years. “Eve is very mature for her age. And people will discover that she has her character”assures his mother. “She’s a nice girl but she doesn’t let things get her wayadded his father. At school, for example, she was always class representative. She wasn’t afraid to speak up in front of the teachers to defend her classmates.”
“Mom became Miss France!”
Proof of her strong character, the new Miss France did not hesitate to meet the ultimatum set by her parents at the start of her higher studies. “She had started a first year of medicine but realized that the sight of blood, and all that, was not for her., says Bruno. So, she stopped mid-year to reorient herself towards math. But we told him ‘you’re not going to stay a semester doing nothing, that’s not like the house!’ Especially since she needed put money aside for his studies. Hey! Well, on her own, she went to a temp agency and accepted a job in a factory near us. And when she learned that we worked 3/8 there while she was put on day shifts, she insisted on working staggered hours like everyone else.”
From now on, it’s like Miss France that Eve will no longer know schedules for a year, and Bruno and Edith will have to play guardians for Heidi, their daughter’s cat, already boarding with them since the start of her adventure . “When we got home just nowreveals Edith Gilles, I went to see her to tell her the news: ‘mom has become Miss France!'” Cracking!
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