- Eve Gilles: First short-haired Miss France
- Politicians support against criticism
- Victory sparks diversity discussion
Eve Gilles, who purportedly sports a pixie cut, is the first candidate with short hair to win the Miss France competition, which has been held for over a century. Politicians are expressing their endorsement of her in response to online criticism.
The victor of this year’s Miss France competition, having short hair, has sparked a dispute.
Eve Gilles, declared the winner at a ceremony in Dijon on Saturday sporting a pixie cut, is receiving online support from French politicians in response to social media posts that criticized her hair.
It has been reported that the 20-year-old is the inaugural participant with short hair to secure victory in the competition, which has been conducted for over a century.
As per French media reports, she proclaimed her triumph as a victory for “diversity” following the event.
“No one should dictate who you are,” she was quoted as saying by Le Monde. We are accustomed to seeing lovely Misses with long hair, but I opted for a shorter, more androgynous appearance.
She further stated, “Every woman is unique; we are all distinct.”
Nonetheless, her victory drew online criticism. One user stated that Miss France is now an inclusively awakened competition rather than a beauty contest. Another individual opined that we now evaluate the Woke ideology of this ultrafeminist woman rather than her physical attractiveness.
Sandrine Rousseau, a Green MP who supported Gilles, wrote: “I am astounded by the remarks made regarding #MissFrance2024.” It never occurred to me that we would be there. The treatment and styling of our hair are matters that are not within the purview of males.
National secretary of the French Communist Party Fabien Roussel also weighed in, writing, “Support for elected Miss France Eve Gilles, who is already subjected to the violence of a society that refuses to acknowledge the full diversity of women.”
Gilles represented the northern French region of Nord-Pas de Calais.
According to Le Monde, she was proclaimed the winner in front of 5,000 pageant attendees, with half of the score being determined by the audience and the other half by a panel of seven women.
