On December 11, Diane Leyre was elected the most beautiful woman in the country during the Miss France 2022 contest, organized from the Zénith de Caen, in Calvados. If she won the crown, the scarf and many very luxurious gifts, the pretty Neuilléenne is not the only one to have been entitled to a little something at the end of the show. All its competitors have been paid since, for the first time since the creation of the competition, they have all signed a contract.
It’s really symbolic
The 29 candidates for the election of Miss France 2022 have actually been paid for having participated in the last two days of rehearsal and for having been part of the ceremony broadcast on TF1. This novelty is notably due to the complaint lodged by the association Dare feminism to labor courts. “We were paid 84 euros per day, or 252 euros net in all, explains a candidate for the newspaper The Parisian, information confirmed by the production of the show. The equivalent of the minimum wage. It’s really symbolic.”
You don’t sign up for Miss France for the money
Of course, the young women were not mobilized for only three days since they prepared for weeks, hoping to take over from Amandine Petit. “So much the better if we get paid“, however, notes Emma Renucci, Miss Corsica. “But you don’t sign up for Miss France for the money, adds Lena Massinger, Miss Champagne-Ardenne. Between an iPad and dresses, we were showered with gifts. We even went to 13 hours from TF1. At 20, it’s crazy !”
Contacted by Le Parisien, Alexia Laroche-Joubert, president of the Miss France company, reacted on the subject. She argued that “Miss France is a competition“and that the contract offered for the last three days is “already a great step forward”. And Alexia Laroche-Joubert does not intend to extend the contract period. “This does not correspond to our values and the motivations of the candidates would no longer be the same. For that, they can do The Marseillais or The Ch’tis.“
Until now, the regulations drafted by the Miss France committee stipulated that the participation of candidates was “as a courtesy“and that it did not give rise”to any form of remuneration and/or compensation“. But things are moving. Last November, Alexia Laroche-Joubert even announced on Sud Radio that trans candidates, “female civil identity“, could now participate “no problem in the contest“. Step by step…