Eve Gillesof 20 yearsis the new Miss France 2024. For the first time in 100 yearsthe contest awarded a short hair model. “Victory of diversity”defined the winner before 5,000 fans of the contest.
During the last years, the beauty contest was responsible for increasing the diversity between participants. Among other modifications, there is no longer age limit for the contestants, who may also be married or be transsexuals.
Last Saturday it was known in the French city of Dijon to next year’s winner, Esee Gilleswho said in front of the public that “We are used to seeing beautiful Misses with long hairbut I chose a androgynous look (according to the RAE, ‘Of external features that do not definitely correspond to those of their sex’) with the short hair“.
“Every woman is different, we are all unique. “No one can tell us who we should be,” said the young woman and then promised “defend the values of strong women”.
It is worth mentioning that the young woman seeks to modify beauty contests: “I would like to show that the competition is evolving and society too, which the representation of women is diverse. In my opinion, beauty is not limited to a haircut or forms that we have”.
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Miss France 2024: controversy on social networks
After the victory, Gilles It received a lot of praise, but also several criticisms. In general, the social networks presented hate messages about her body and hair. Some users compared it with other competitors with “cutest” long hair.
“People criticizing me for my hair doesn’t bother me, because I can change it”, he assured the French newspaper Le Parisien. “I chose this hair, but I didn’t choose my body, nor my metabolism. “I don’t understand how someone can criticize a person for something they can’t change,” she added.
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Who is Eve Gilles?
Gilles was born on July 9, 2003 in the city of Dunkirk, France. It recently became Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2023a French beauty pageant that selects a representative for the national pageant Miss France from the French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The young woman is the fourth contestant from the region to win the crown in ten years.
Regarding his personal life, Ego study mathematics and statistics in the University of Lille, France. In that sense, he admitted that he will use his social networks to encourage children to pursue science.
“There is a problem with the way mathematics is taught. Boys and girls are told that mathematics is complicated. No! We have to tell them: listen, this is a challenge, they are going to have fun, there is a problem and you have to find the solution. That would change the whole dynamic,” he told the French television network TF1.
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Along the same lines, the young woman emphasized that she does not want to be known exclusively “like Miss with short hair”but wants to be “a strong woman“, in addition to that “I want to make people realize that no matter where you start, no matter what path you take, you can achieve your goals,” he added.
“I want to show people that there are many types of women and that we are all beautiful, different and unique. I am not unique because of my hair, I am unique because I am Eve”he concluded.
Source: Ambito
