• It was Nell Méjean who designed Loulou the otter, the mascot of the World Figure Skating Championships, which take place until Sunday in Montpellier.

  • This 20-year-old student from the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistique imagined her as a competitor, “endearing, but formidable on the ice”.

  • “I find her beautiful!

    », Rejoices for her part Nathalie Péchalat, former champion and president of the French Federation of Ice Sports.

This otter is a real triple axel in Nell Méjean's career.

This student of Esma, the School of Artistic Professions, designed Loulou, the mascot of the World Figure Skating Championships, which take place until Sunday, at the Sud de France Arena, in Montpellier (Hérault).

“I admit that I didn't realize right away!

“, smiles the Montpellier, whose creature was chosen among twenty other projects, felines, roosters or human characters, carried by his comrades.

"She's going to be seen all over the world, it's a lot of emotion.

Especially since figure skating is "a sport, but it's art, too," she says.

This is exactly what drives this 20-year-old young woman, former tennis champion, and keen on graphic design.

The beret and the marinière, clichés?

If it is an otter on skates that won the support of the organizers, it is because it presents, notes Nell Méjean, common values ​​with the skaters.

First, it is a “symbol of water, which brings it back to ice”.

But above all, “she is a competitor, she has fun with her prey, before taking them to the depths, confides the student, former tennis champion.

But she is also very cute, with her look and her little legs.

Endearing, but formidable on the ice.

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The student from Montpellier has decked out her mascot with a blue beret, a red scarf and a sailor top, essential French symbols.

"At first glance, you might think it's a bit cliché, but that's precisely what you have to focus on," says Nell Méjean.

These are world championships that take place in France, and foreigners assimilate France to these accessories: the beret, the scarf, the marinière.

Loulou, she is proud to be French and to represent her country.

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“I find her beautiful!

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Nathalie Péchalat, the president of the French Ice Sports Federation, is the first fan of Loulou the otter.

“I find her magnificent, confides the former ice dancing champion to

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I passed her again just now in the hallway, and each time she moves me!

I like her qualities of agility, confidence, and at the same time, she is mischievous, clever, in a good way.

“And in addition, the otter, which loves fresh water of excellent quality, is a symbol of the eco-responsible commitment of the federation, notes Nathalie Péchalat.

This mascot, which will be seen on televisions around the world and which will be available in heaps of goodies (including stuffed animals), gave Nell Méjean “confidence” in his dream, “to continue in graphic design”.

“I'm not going to stop there!

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