Candidate for the election of Miss Guadeloupe 2020, Anaëlle Guimbi, 20, was disqualified from the competition. The company Miss France refused to present itself to the regional competition because of a series of naked photos. This decision created a controversy because this candidate had made these pictures in favor of the fight against breast cancer. 

While the Miss Guadeloupe 2020 election was held on Friday evening, a candidate, Anaëlle Guimbi, was disqualified a few days before the big night after photos of her, topless, resurfaced. However, the 20-year-old woman said these photos were taken as part of an awareness campaign in the fight against breast cancer. 

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But the Miss France rules are formal: a candidate who posed naked cannot participate in the competition. This rule applies both for the national election and for local editions. The president of the Miss France committee, Sylvie Tellier, taken to task on social networks, herself recognized this weekend that the pictures were not obscene or vulgar.

According to Sylvie Tellier, it is impossible to deviate from the rule. The boss of the company said in an interview with AFP, "sorry and saddened by the situation". In the event of an exemption, the Guadeloupe committee could possibly be the subject of prosecution by other candidates. 

A decision that is not unanimous

The association project Amazones which had piloted this campaign against cancer, said in a letter addressed to the Miss France committee, "disappointed and surprised" by this eviction, asking for the reinstatement of Anaëlle Guimbi in the competition.

In the process, this announcement also sparked many reactions on social networks. "Disqualify a woman because she dared to show part of her breast to help fight against breast cancer? Unthinkable", was indignant the journalist and ex-companion of François Hollande, Valérie Trierweiler on Twitter, also asking the reinstatement of the young woman.

How can we accept that a young woman is disqualified for showing part of her breast to support breast cancer prevention? Shame on the Miss France committee and full support for @ AnahGmb # retrogradehttps: //t.co/hDqJN2u89K

- Valerie Trierweiler (@valtrier) August 22, 2020

Françoise Laborde, former member of the CSA and the High Council for Gender Equality, also judged on Twitter "unfair and shameful" to punish Anaëlle Guimbi.

Dear @SylvieTellier, how can we in 2020 punish a young woman who lends her image for the fight against breast cancer? @AnahGmb, Miss Guadeloupe did not harm @MissFrance. Punishing her is unjust & shameful #SoutienAMissGuadoupe with @RoseUpAsso poke @jdflaysakier

- Francoise Laborde (@frlaborde) August 21, 2020