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An association as well as several women have lodged a complaint against the Miss France committee, for “discrimination” and “non-compliance with the Labor Code”. They criticize the competition for the selection criteria.
The industrial tribunals were seized by three women, who could not participate in the Miss France competition, and a feminist association. In their view, the time spent preparing for the competition, unpaid, and the selection criteria, deemed discriminatory and contrary to the Labor Code. “The closings that target morals, the fact of not smoking in public, not drinking in public, being single, not having been married, for example not being able to be a widow … is illegal “, insists Maitre Violaine de Filippis-Abate, lawyer of the association Osez le feminisme.
So, should we reform the competition? Many viewers also consider it outdated. “Retrograde”, judges a man interviewed by France Télévisions, while a woman considers that “should rather value women differently”. The Miss France company refuses to have the candidates sign an employment contract. On the other hand, she says she is ready to change the selection criteria.