It was enough that April Benayoum evokes his Israeli origins, during the ceremony of Miss France, last December, to be the target on Twitter of a flood of anti-Semitic insults.
This had not prevented Miss Provence, a few minutes later, to win the scarf of first runner-up.
This Wednesday, in Paris, seven people were sentenced to fines of 300 to 800 euros for being the perpetrators.
An eighth defendant was released by the criminal court which considered that his tweet did not target the miss.
"Of course I did not see anything live," the young woman had confided the next day to Var Matin.
“I learned of the existence of these words from my relatives.
It is sad to witness such behavior in 2020. I obviously condemn these comments, but it does not affect me at all.
The organizers of the competition condemned these "hate speech", "totally contrary to the values of the channel, the production and the show".
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The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, said he was “deeply shocked”.
"The police and gendarmerie are mobilized," he warned.
The Minister for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, had indicated that she was sending the prosecutor a report on the basis of Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires any public authority to report an offense of which it is aware.
As Amandine Petit's first runner-up, Miss France 2021, April Benayoum must represent France on December 16 in the Miss World election.
