Europe 1 with AFP 10:26 am, December 11, 2021
The 2022 edition of the Miss France contest, followed by more than 10 million viewers last year, is held on Saturday evening in Caen, while it is increasingly criticized.
The name of the successor of Miss France 2021, the Norman Amandine Petit, should be known overnight from Saturday to Sunday, at half past midnight at the earliest.
"Glamor" for some, "discriminating" for others, the 2022 edition of the Miss France competition, followed by more than 10 million viewers last year, is held on Saturday evening in Caen, while it is more in addition criticized.
The name of the successor of Miss France 2021, the Norman Amandine Petit, should be known overnight from Saturday to Sunday, at half past midnight at the earliest, after a show which will begin at 9:05 p.m. at the Zénith in Caen.
29 regional misses from 18 to 24 will compete for the title
During this evening on the theme of musicals, 29 regional misses aged 18 to 24 will compete for the title. The jury chaired by Jean-Pierre Pernaut will bring together singer Amel Bent and François Alu, principal dancer of the Paris Opera. The miss finalists will be decided 50/50 by TF1 viewers and the jury. In the event of a tie, the public will have the last word. "I like the Miss France contest (...) It's a fun, glamorous contest," Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot said on BFMTV on Friday.
"I will not be one of those who will sulk their pleasure in front of the Miss France contest", she added, "we need a little lightness".
These young women "are far from being vases and they are very pretty," said the minister.
This competition reserved for single women over 1.70 meters is indeed the subject of a growing number of criticisms.
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