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"Miss Provence" April Benayoum: "So that this stops"
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The election of »Miss France« has been overshadowed by anti-Semitic attacks on the Internet.
April Benayoum, who took second place in the competition at the weekend in Puy-du-Fou in western France, has a father of Israeli origin.
Anti-Semitic comments hailed against the young woman in online networks.
Members of the French government reacted indignantly.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin was "deeply shocked".
The police are about to take action against the senders of such messages.
Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti also announced that the authorities would investigate those who used the beauty pageant to unload their "anti-Semitic hatred."
Benayoum himself, who competed as "Miss Provence" in the competition, told the regional newspaper "La Provence" that she found it sad that such attacks were still going on in 2020.
There has to be a mobilization "so that this stops".
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Amandine Petit: "Miss Normandy" was named "Miss France" at the weekend
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The 23-year-old student Amandine Petit was voted "Miss France".
She also expressed her solidarity with Benayoum.
The anti-Semitic messages are "extremely disappointing" and "out of place," Petit said in a television interview.
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