Solène Delinger 5:08 p.m., February 8, 2024

Diane Leyre will soon walk the floor of “Dancing with the Stars” for the thirteenth season of the show. At 26, the former beauty queen, unsuccessful Miss Universe candidate, has launched a new challenge but fears not being up to it, as she told us during the press conference presenting the show, on January 25. 

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The countdown is on before the big return of 

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!

Next Friday, February 16, 12 personalities will set foot on the floor of the famous TF1 dance show for the very first time. A leap into the unknown for which Cristina Cordula, Cœur de pirate, Inès Reg, Adeline Toniutti, James Denton but also... Diane Leyre are already preparing!

“I’m bad at dancing!”, assures Diane Leyre

At 26, the former Miss France, who converted to a radio presenter for Virgin last year, set herself a new challenge. His goal ? Impressing the jurors Chris Marques, Jean-Marc Généreux, Mel Charlot and Fauve Hautot. But Diane Leyre knows it, she will have to work a lot! “It’s the first time that I’m going into a competition knowing very well that I’m going with a disability. I’m terrible at dancing!”, she confided to us on January 25 during the press conference to present the the show.

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“I felt abandoned during Miss Universe”

Diane Leyre doesn't know at all what to expect in

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and has lots of questions. "What level will I be asked? Will I want to give up? Will it be horrible? I don't know! It's really the unknown", underlines the pretty brunette, stressed at the idea of ​​starting the adventure. “For the moment, I'm in denial about the show (...) But I tell myself that, whatever happens, I will come out a winner because I'm really starting from nothing,” she explains.

The former Miss France is counting on her dancer Yann-Alrick Mortreuil to boost her and give her self-confidence. A real necessity, because Diane Leyre had a lot of trouble recovering from her failure at Miss Universe (editor's note: she was given the favorite but was not included in the top 20). "I always show myself as a strong woman but it affected me. I was disappointed in myself and I also felt abandoned. I was super supported before leaving and then everyone abandoned me even before the final. I said to myself: 'Wow, it's hard'. And then I saw all the hate messages, 1,500 messages in 24 hours, it traumatized me", she remembers, still moved.

Today, Diane Leyre wants to move forward and

DALS

is a first step to get there: “I decided to be the voice against cyberharassment and participating in

Dancing with the Stars

is my first action. said that I was worthless, that I should never have been elected Miss France etc... You know what? I want to show that we can never curb a child's ambition."

“I’m not very comfortable with my body”

Dancing with the stars

is indeed a childhood dream for the beauty queen. "I'm a former tomboy. I'm a very self-conscious person, I have a lot of scars. I've talked about it a lot, but I came out of a complicated relationship that left me feeling down to earth. I I went to Miss France and I took revenge on life. I wake up every day telling myself that I want to make the child that I was proud. I try to achieve everything that little Diane thought that "she was incapable of doing it", explains the one who will have to force herself a little to dance in skimpy outfits.

“I'm used to wearing heels! On the other hand, I'm not very comfortable with my body... But hey, this show is about surpassing oneself!”, she concludes, smiling. See you on February 16 on TF1 to see her exceed her limits!