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Society. "a #Metoo Miss France" : Rape, Sexual assault... a Book Reveals the Dark Face of the Contest
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A shock work shakes the felt behind the scenes of the Miss France contest. Psychological violence, sexual assault, harassment... Several stories of former candidates lift the veil on decennies of omerta.
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Hubert Guérin, the last collaborator of Geneviève de Fontenay, published on September 8, Miss France, from dream to reality, a book that could upset the image of the Miss France contest. Through his interviews with 60 former Misses, he reveals a much darker reality behind glamour and glitter: depression, harassment, repeated sexual violence and silence.
He is the last to have worked with the famous lady in the hat who saw the most beautiful women in France crowned his attentive look for more than 30 years. Hubert Guérin, his collaborator ancie, will publish his new book on September 8th.
The beautiful image of the Miss France contest is cracking with revelations of rapes and forced blowjobs.For many years the Miss France contest has been under the spotlight of detractors who accuse it of reducing the image of the woman to her physique by making the young candidates parade in swimsuits. On the other hand, other cases have somewhat tarnished the reputation of the contest with notably bare clichés of some Miss. Today, the case pass…
A #MeTooMiss may well be born. Indeed, behind the rhinestones and glitters, the beauty contests reveal some much less brilliant facets. The sordid affairs do not spare the contest of Miss France, followed each year by millions of viewers. Harassment, sexual assaults, rapes... In his book Miss France, from dream to reality, to be published on September 8, Hubert Guérin explores the behind the scenes of the prestigious election. With the contest o…
Hubert Guérin, the last collaborator of Geneviève de Fontenay, published on September 8, Miss France, from dream to reality, a book that could upset the image of the Miss France contest. Through his interviews with 60 former Misses, he reveals a much darker reality behind glamour and glitter: depression, harassment, repeated sexual violence and silence.
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