In many western countries "beauty contests" have long since disappeared under the label of "sexist exploitation".But the French still seem to love their "Misses" - Miss World, Miss France, Miss Midi-Pyrenees etc.
The Miss France 2017 elected this week Alicia Aylies, Miss Guyana, caused a storm in some quarters. Is Guyana French? It is an overseas territory, but not a department and all the DOM/TOMs have traditionally entered the competition.
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More controversially should a person of mixed race be chosen to represent French beauty? The reactions in the twittersphere demonstrate the usual racist rantings from those sad people who cannot tolerate even a beautiful person being of a different colour to their probably florid complexion. One even complained that he did not like her hair - not French enough?
Most of us probably don't give two hoots about these contests, but how sad when a young woman is subjected to such abuse.
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