The life of a castle, for lack of coconut palms and the setting sun on postcard beaches.
The year 2020 will also have marked with a hot iron the Miss France competition, which the organization has managed to maintain.
"We spent the year unraveling all possible scenarios so that the election can take place on December 19
(Editor's note: live on TF 1)
, and we are there," insists Sylvie Tellier, the patron saint of the Miss.
The 29 contenders for the crown wore the cozy Amor Lux duffle-coat (made in France, needless to say) rather than pretty jerseys to fight against the frost of the Versailles countryside in December.
Impossible to fly to the other side of the world, health crisis requires.
The destination is metropolitan.
The Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles (Yvelines) does not receive any client except the delegation, locked in a “Covid bubble”.
All those who enter are subject to regular tests and are prohibited from leaving, under penalty of having to go through the test phase again and wait again for seventy-two hours of isolation.
No restaurant inside.
A large tarp has been set up in the garden, where the pretenders to the throne have lunch and dinner every evening, according to the rules of a catering, a filming canteen.
Mask compulsory, except at the table.
The only breach of the rule: the young women went out Monday morning for a private visit of the Palace of Versailles, closed to the public.
A must for the centenary of beauty contests celebrated this year.
“We are delighted to welcome them, it is normal that a great heritage like the castle receives an election which is also part of the French heritage, comments Catherine Pégard, the director, who came to welcome them in person on Monday in the early morning.
They help to make their regions, the country known.
And we want as many French people as possible to discover heritage.
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Covid requires, the team is smaller.
The delegation only included 60 people instead of 80. A single chaperone (instead of two) answered the call, just like the other trades reduced (one manager instead of two, four hairdressers and make-up artists). in less, a single security guard, the Misses not leaving the establishment).
On the filming side for the prime time images of TF 1, there is a journalist, an engineer and a stylist in less.
The good manners classes have been redesigned
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“It's very ugly to say hello with the elbow or with the foot”, explains Jérémy Côme, their “teacher of good manners”.
“Learn to say hello with the gaze, make it more expressive.
You can also make the Namasté sign by joining both hands, which is very classy, accompanied by a small nod of the head.
And after the election, there is no question of forgetting the barrier gestures.
"Make yourself respected, it is not because you are Miss that we have the right to hug you and that you have to catch the disease.
As a Miss you spend your time saying hello but be careful.
People are going to want to get closer.
Keep your distance.
As for the masks, make a fashion accessory like a fan ”, advises the expert before adding:“ Why not take it from a designer?
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The stay lasts less.
The pace is charged.
The Miss had only three days of training instead of seven. From this Thursday morning, they will meet Stéphane Jarny, the director and artistic director of the show, accompanied by the choreographer Mehdi Kerkouche, straight out of his show at the Opéra Garnier.
They will leave Versailles for Puy du Fou on Friday morning by bus.
They will rehearse behind closed doors until December 19 and will shoot some subjects for the discovery of the trades of Puy du Fou, including falconry.
The race against time has started.
