Louise Bernard, with Mélanie Faure 11:46 am, October 20, 2021
Attacked in court by Dare feminism, the company Miss France defends itself.
Asked at the microphone of BFMTV, its president Alexia Laroche-Joubert maintained that the competition is not governed by labor law, pleading the "status" in place.
The feminist society as well as three women, who were denied access to the competition, began legal proceedings on Monday.
The company Miss France responds to Dare feminism.
The association seized the industrial tribunal on the grounds that participating in Miss France would be work and should therefore be subject to the legal standards of labor law.
The selection criteria for the competition would then amount to discrimination.
In an interview with BFMTV, its new president Alexia Laroche-Joubert pleaded that Miss France is just a competition.
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"It's a contest," she told BFMTV on Tuesday.
"It is not governed by labor law," she added.
“On the other hand, there is a regulation of the game. It's not like Koh-Lanta (note: program also produced by Alexia Laroche-Joubert's company, Adventure Line Productions) which lasts 40 days. nothing to do with it. There is a statute for that, there are rules of the game. "
A competition more focused on "speaking out"
Alexia Laroche-Joubert swept away the idea of employment contracts and reiterated her desire to further modernize the competition by focusing less on the physique of its candidates and more on their speeches.
"Miss France is not a model, she is in contact with the French and officials," said Alexia Laroche-Joubert.
"It must convey values to young girls."
The association Osez le Féminisme and three women, who could not participate in the beauty contest, brought legal proceedings against the companies Miss France and Endemol Production on Monday before the industrial tribunal of Bobigny.