She is beautiful, she is 19 years old, she is Miss… but for the Italians, her coronation is far from trivial! As revealed by the teams of Telematin this Saturday, November 18, Francesca Bergesio has just been crowned Miss Italy 2024, but the consecration of this young woman is far from pleasing all Italians, who go so far as to evoke rigging and piston. And for good reason: the young woman is in reality the girl of one of the most powerful deputies of the majority. “It turns out that the winner is also the eldest daughter of a senator from La Ligue, one of the parties in the coalition in power at the moment. A detail that did not go unnoticed by viewers” explain the journalists of the morning show hosted by Damien Thévenot and Maya Lauqué.
A controversy accentuated by the presidency of the jury of Miss Italy 2024, since the man at the head of the jury this year is none other than Vittorio Sgarbi, current Undersecretary of State for Culture, who, in fact, necessarily knows the father of the newly elected Miss. The teams of Telematin went to meet some Italians, who made astonishing revelations about the conditions of election of the Miss… “We should not be scandalized, it works like a piston in Italy” reveals an Italian, supported by another viewer, who condemned the fact that a Secretary of State is the president of a beauty contest: “He’s not really the best person to judge young ladies. I was hoping that the members of the government had other things to do than direct this type of competition which does not fall within their competence“.
In France, the ceremony is being prepared
In France, the 94th Miss France ceremony will take place on Saturday, December 16, live from the Zénith in Dijon and will be dedicated to divas. It will give pride of place to many musical icons, such as Cindy Lauper, Madonna and Lio. It will still be hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault, who will team up for the second consecutive year with Cindy Fabre, the new general director of the competition organization. Sylvie Tellier, who resigned from this position a year ago, will however be there. Indeed, this Friday, November 17, TF1 revealed that the businesswoman would be the president of the jurythus succeeding Francis Huster last year, and the late Jean-Pierre Pernaut two years ago. This ceremony will be marked by a tribute to Geneviève de Fontenaywho left us on August 1st at the age of 90.
The election of Miss Italy caused a scandal: the lucky winner is none other than the eldest daughter of a senator from one of the ruling parties. @FranceTVRomepic.twitter.com/zPf8M2aLgh
— Telematin (@telematin) November 18, 2023