Shocking messages which revolted the political class. Saturday 19 December 2020, Jean-Pierre Foucault declared open the hundredth Miss France ceremony, broadcast live from the prestigious Puy Du Fou complex. After discovering the faces of the twenty-nine candidates, the president of the Beauty Contest Committee, Sylvie Tellier, has given way to the famous individual speeches. A decisive moment for the Miss which often gives rise to criticism on the Web. But this year, critics of the program went even further. Too far. Indeed, after the presentation of Miss Provence, anti-Semitic messages have multiplied on Twitter. The day after Amandine Petit's victory, April benayoum expressed his anger at Var Morning.
"It's sad but it doesn't affect me"
Indeed, it is with dignity that the main interested party reacted to the hate messages in the columns of Var Morning, Sunday 20 December 2020: "Of course I didn't see anything live. I learned of the existence of these words from my relatives ", started April Benayoum. After reading a few messages about her on Twitter, the twenty-one-year-old is amazed: "It is sad to see such behavior in 2020. I obviously condemn these comments, but it does not affect me at all ", she declared. A remarkable reaction that touched many personalities such as Bernard Henri Lévy, Rokhaya Diallo or the journalist Audrey Pulvar. But that's not all.
After discovering the hundreds of messages of anti-Semitic insults against Miss Provence, the government has also decided to take serious action. Sunday, December 20, 2020, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, expressed all his anger on Twitter: "I am deeply shocked by the rain of anti-Semitic insults against Miss Provence. We must not let anything go. Shame on their authors. The police and gendarmerie are mobilized", he expressed. A support which should console somewhat April Benayoum, second on the podium of Miss France.
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