But former Miss France winners Vaimalama Chaves and Camille Cerf disagree with Ruquier's boycott call and claimed that participating to the national beauty pageant was an expression of the “freedom of will” and that it was possible to be both Miss France and feminist. To some, there is nothing sexist in Miss France. The 2019 judging panel included only women and the captain of France women’s national football team, Amandine Henry, will be the jury chairman when Miss France 2020 is selected. The Miss France event was created in 1920 by journalist and writer Maurice de Waleffe and was at first known as “La plus belle femme de France” (The prettiest woman in France) before getting its current name in 1927. Miss France 2020 will be broadcast on Saturday, December 14th at 8pm.

Source: The Local December 10, 2019 15:22 UTC