On Europe 1, Sylvie Tellier, general manager of the Société Miss France, returned to the anti-Semitic comments on social networks which targeted the first runner-up April Benayoum.
"I am shocked to tell myself that in 2020, there are still people who say this kind of thing and that we let them do it," she reacts.
These many hateful comments tarnished the evening.
Saturday evening, while Miss Normandy, Amandine Petit, was elected Miss France 2021, her first runner-up April Benayoum, Miss Provence, was the target of numerous anti-Semitic comments on social networks after revealing that her father was of Israeli origin.
Messages that triggered outrage within the political class.
At the microphone of Europe 1, Sylvie Tellier, general manager of the Miss France Society, also denounces these anti-Semitic attacks, but welcomes the many condemnations.
"Obviously we have to react to stop this", she said.
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"I am shocked to tell myself that in 2020, there are still people who make this kind of talk, this kind of atrocities and that we let them do it", reacts the Miss France 2002. "We do not '' never accustomed to this kind of thing ", she continues, recalling that the Misses" are often the object of criticism ".
Last year, specifies Sylvie Tellier, the winner of the 2020 competition, Clémence Botino, "also had many racist attacks on social networks when she was elected".
"We must react to stop this"
If the general manager of the company Miss France is scandalized, however, she welcomes the unanimous condemnations.
"I am happy to see that last night, during the election, many artists took a stand and supported April Benayoum. And this morning, the government reacted."
"These words are denounced, condemned, and that's good," she insists.
And to conclude: "Obviously we must react to stop this".