Miss France 2021, the Normande Amandine Petit, 24, was back on Saturday night to chair the Miss Normandy election night.
The opportunity to take stock of her year as a beauty queen
What was your feeling this Saturday evening when it was time to hand over the baton and pass on your Miss Normandy scarf?
AMANDINE PETIT.
It's a multitude of feelings that jostle.
I found this evening
(Saturday)
for the first this room in which I was elected Miss Normandy a year ago.
Since then, I have lived an absolutely incredible year, punctuated by incredibly rich and precious encounters.
It is a human adventure that has changed my destiny.
I, who did not speak a word of English, if I had been told: "You are going to go to Florida to defend France, dressed as Marianne to compete for the title of Miss Universe", that would have seemed so insane to me ... And yet That's what happened.
In addition to everything else.
Is it also a very special atmosphere after this year marked by the health crisis?
Yes, people have given me an absolutely magical welcome here in Normandy.
It is a feeling all the more special for me that I lived the election of Miss France without public.
So to find this warmth, the support of the people here at home, I will never forget it.
Feminist voices have been raised against the conditions in which the candidates are employed and more generally against the very spirit of this competition.
How do you see this controversy?
It is not for me to answer them.
Sylvie Tellier, the president of the committee spoke at the beginning of the evening.
What I can just say is that I introduced myself freely.
Then, this journey allowed me to learn more than ever about myself, about who I am deeply.
It is an incredible adventure that changes your life and deepens who you are.
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On December 11, you will give your crown to Miss France 2021 in Caen (Calvados). And after?
It's a good question !
(laughs)
There's nothing defined yet.
But it is true that during this year, I took great pleasure in discovering the media and in particular radio and television.
It is rather on this side that I hope to turn from now on.