Feminist and Miss, two words dear to Diane Leyre, elected on Saturday Miss France 2022. The young Parisian has not shunned her pleasure, nor hidden her pride to be awarded, this Wednesday, December 15, the medal of Equality of hands of Elisabeth Moreno, the Minister Delegate in charge of this area.
Short blue silk dress, pink paper mask and high heels, the new beauty queen has again promised to defend, during her one-year reign, the fights of all women.
Alexia Laroche-Joubert, Elisabeth Moreno, Diane Leyre and Sylvie Teillier this Wednesday during the presentation of the Equality medal to the new Miss France.
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"I am extremely proud to receive this medal because, yes, I am Miss France and a feminist", declared again Diane Leyre, a bit moved in front of her two godmothers, Alexia Laroche-Joubert and Sylvie Tellier, respectively number one and two of the organization Miss France.
"I will support all women and all causes"
“Today, I represent the modern woman of 2022 and, with this title, I will support all women and all causes.
The fight against moral and sexual violence, feminicides, or even wage inequalities, ”she insisted.
And to recall that she will take advantage of her crown to say no to racism and homophobia and defend “living together”, because “my region of Île-de-France is multicultural”.
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Diane Leyre: "I am a feminist and Miss France, the two are not incompatible"
"This Medal of Equality is a strong symbol and you are at home here", entrusted to him, delighted, the Minister.
Not hiding her pleasure to receive a Miss, Élisabeth Moreno recalled that “feminism is neither more nor less than achieving concrete and real equality between women and men.
It does not wait for the number of years, it is plural and it concerns everyone, because our whole society must be mobilized.
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The minister, who had estimated a few weeks ago that the rules of the Miss France contest were “has been” and obsolete, has since put water in her wine.
She now relies on Diane Leyre to shake things up.
“We are no longer in the past century and Miss France must, in our contemporary society, embody freedom, emancipation and become a symbol of equality.
She must be at the forefront of the feminist fight and at the forefront of the fight against patriarchy.
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Today I presented the Equality Medal to Diane Leyre.
Miss France must be a symbol as well as a vector of equality and emancipation for women.
🔎 My speech: https://t.co/Ki3D3D4kwh pic.twitter.com/OMzrEqzzir
- Élisabeth Moreno (@ 1ElisaMoreno) December 15, 2021
"Who knows, maybe one day a trans woman will even be able to participate?"
Who knows, maybe even one day a married woman will be able to participate?
“Asked Élisabeth Moreno.
On the subject, the patroness of the Miss was very clear: "As soon as the trans have a woman's identity, they will of course be able to enter the competition".