Vaimalama Chaves is harassed after talking about the contest

Miss France 2019, Vaimalama Chaves, has a large community on Instagram as she is followed by more than 570,000 people. Very popular, especially for her naturalness and her singing talents, the former beauty queen also sometimes expresses herself on social issues. Thursday, December 16, 2021, Vaimalama Chavez indicated that she was the victim of a wave of negative messages following a speech on the compatibility between the Miss France contest and feminism. This is not the first time that the young singer has been harassed on social networks. And this is not the only one, Diane Leyre (Miss France 2022) was also the victim of a wave of hatred after an interview.

Therefore, when she is a victim of this phenomenon, she reports it: “after saying everything I was thinking, I got a bunch of messages, more positive than negative, but it’s scientifically proven, we focus a lot on what’s wrong. Do you think we’re superhuman ? That under the pretext that we are known we can manage an incessant flow of messages? Especially the negative ones! (…) Harassment is the repetition of oppressive messages. Just today, because I replied to questions, I was set on fire by all the dissatisfied with what Miss France represents (…) “

Miss France, a feminist competition for Vaimalama Chaves

Vaimalama Chavez expressed his opinion on the Miss France contest by answering questions from his community. She was asked about the connection between feminism and the beauty pageant. “I laugh at these feminists who go against the will of women, who have chosen to do what they have the right to do. Who are you to regard our dreams as trivial or trivial? ”, she writes in her story, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Then, she dissects the participation criteria which are controversial. For example, not having children is justified for her: “A mother already has so much to manage, but the crown of Miss France should not weigh on the heart of a mother who is far from her child, several weeks a year”.

On weight criteria, Vaimalama Chavez is without appeal: “it is archi false”. “No weight or waist size has ever been imposed”, she writes. While admitting that for her, the problem comes from the criteria of the public and not of the committee: “As long as the criteria of beauty of the public exclude a girl who is more than 40 (…), that they will not vote for them, they will never be able to go to Miss France. Blame the organization Miss France of to exclude girls who have forms is to be ostrich on your own responsibilities. ” It is the story of the egg and the hen. Is it the public which does not want to see more diversity and which “imposes” its criteria, or rather the beauty contest which uses a prefabricated ideal of beauty and which imposes it on the public as being the norm of the? beauty ?

Some “obsolete” criteria to participate in Miss France

Vaimalama Chaves defends the Miss France pageant, but admits that some criteria should be revised. “I agree that some criteria are outdated. There are others that are in the process of evolving.” For her, not having been or being married is a criterion exceeded, even if it indicates that some Miss were in a relationship during their year of reign. Feminist criticism of the competition, whether we agree with it or not, helped change it. This year, for example, the 29 female candidates for election were compensated for their performance on December 11, 2021.