![]() The three plaintiffs, who have not been named, told Le Monde they had been forced to withdraw from the pageant because they smoke in public, are not tall enough and have been photographed nude. Miss Guadeloupe disqualified from competition due to topless charity photos ![]() The plaintiffs argue that the companies oblige candidates to bend to restrictions, even outside of rehearsals or recordings, which are in breach of French labour law.Īspiring beauty queens must abstain from drinking alcohol or taking illicit substances in public and in general behave in a way that is "not contrary to morals, public order or the spirit of a pageant based on values of elegance".Ĭandidates are also required to be more than 1.70 metres tall, single, and "representative of beauty” – meaning for example no tatoos or body piercings.įailure to satisfy these standards means they can be disqualified. ![]() The complaint is targetting both the Miss France company and Endemol Production – which makes the annual TV programme screened on the privately-owned TF1 channel. "Trying to raise awareness is no longer enough, we've decided to use legal means to advance the cause of women." "Despite protesting every year against a competition that drives sexist values, nothing ever changes," Alyssa Ahrabare, head of the organisation, told Le Mondenewspaper. Osez-le-Féminisme (Dare to be Feminist) said it had filed a complaint with the state labour tribunal on behalf of the former contestants after previous complaints about the annual pageant had proven ineffective. ![]() Osez le féminisme, a leading feminist organisation in France, has joined forces with three failed Miss France candidates to take the beauty contest to court for alleged discrimination in the criteria it uses to select participants. ![]()
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