“I’m proud to represent a multicultural France,” gushed Flora
Coquerel last Saturday as she accepted the title of Miss France 2014.
Unfortunately, some of her countrymen did not feel the same kind of
egalitarian pride.
Within minutes, social media was drowned in comments: Miss France set
Twitter on fire with over 1.1 million tweets that night, according to TF1, Gala, and Le Télégramme. And a portion of those comments were horrifying..."
Flora Coquerel, who was crowned Miss France this weekend amid an upsurge in
racism that tainted the contest, said she was “very proud to represent a
cosmopolitan France”.
Miss Coquerel, 19, whose mother is from Benin, in west Africa, beat 33 other
contestants in a competition watched on television by 8.2 million people,
making it the most popular programme on Saturday evening.
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