Comments on his weight, Vaimalama Chaves received "heaps". Miss France 2019, become by her coronation member of a long line of beauty queens, has learned to live with and to ignore criticism, with a lot of character and, often, humor. Happy in love since her meeting Nicolas Fleury, she changed her way of life. Her current companion, gold medalist with the French junior mountain bike team at the world championships in Andorra, breathes sport. And his influence on the young woman from 26 years old is feeling more and more: "Before, I didn't do it at all. Then, at one point, I did a little bit, I liked it, and then more recently, especially since I've been with Nico, I play sports because he still forces me a lot", she confides in an interview for 50 ’Inside, sure TF1, aired on Saturday, December 12, 2020.
"I don't have to justify myself"
If Vaimalama Chaves had gained weight after one year in office, the one who has thrived in music since then wants to send a message. "I had reached my maximum weight: it was 84 kilos for 1.75 meters. Afterwards, I lost. Today I am 72 kilos. It's okay, it's not extraordinary, but frankly I feel very good" , reveals the young woman in all transparency.
Far from submitting to the diktat of thinness, Vaimalama Chaves simply does not want to make the same mistakes again. His weight gain would be due, according to the pretty brunette, to a frantic pace of life. "I want to say, when you're Miss France, you're invited all the time, everywhere, for anything and everything, to eat, for a drink, for a cocktail… And of course, when we say 'no', people say: "She's in a bad mood, who does she think she is, she won't take a drink from me," she remembers, adding, now sure of herself: "I will not tell "No, I prefer to drink water" or "No, I have already eaten", I don't have to justify myself, if I don't want to, I don't want to. "
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