“ No one should dictate who you are “. This Saturday, December 16, the young people Eva Gilles, 20 years old, was elected Miss France 2024 in Dijon. During the competition, the Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais made her candidacy a symbol of diversity: she was originally from Réunion through her mother, but above all she, the wearer of short hair, declared that she did the difference compared to her rivals. And for good reason, she is the first Miss France not to wear long hair.
Mathematics and statistics student
Before participating in the beauty contest, this second year student of the MIASHS degree (Mathematics and Informatics Applied to Human and Social Sciences), i.e. Statistics, had first undertaken medical studies to become a neurologist, as she says The voice of the North.
Originally from Quaëdypre, a village near Dunkirk, Eve Gilles wishes, during her reign year ” defend the values of strong women “.” We experience body shaming on a daily basis, regardless. We all have our imperfections. Every woman is different, we are all unique », he explained in a press conference the day after the race.
Since her election she has been a victim of body shaming
And for good reason, since her election, the young woman has been the victim of a campaign of shameful body…because she wears short hair. On social networks many comments make fun of her haircut, considered not feminine enough for some, or simply not cute enough for others.
“ I have short hair, like many French women. It’s not something out of the ordinary that will just make me the little lady with the short hair “he told the Parisian.
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A defamatory campaign that he had already suffered shortly before the show: “ Following the distribution of the swimsuit photos, I received a wave of “body shaming”. “, he confided to our colleagues. There were many comments saying that I have no shape, that I am skinny. (…) But I don’t choose my body. » She says quit read the comments on social networks since then.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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