“If you hit too much, it hurts”: why the head of Miss France is worried about Angélique Angarni-Filopon's safety

Already harassed on social media about her age and physique, Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss France 2025, has faced new attacks since she was interviewed on Sud Radio on January 8. Her refusal to say whether she was “Charlie” the day after the commemoration of the attack earned her harsh criticism.

The 34-year-old beauty queen is in turmoil. Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss France 2025, was interviewed on Sud Radio on January 8, 2025, the day after the tenth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack.

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“Are you Charlie ?”, the journalist asked her. “I'm not going to say”, she replied, visibly uncomfortable. The radio host then asked her if she thought that in France we had the right to blaspheme. After a few seconds of silence, Angélique Angarni-Filopon slipped in: “I prefer not to comment”, she declared before specifying that a miss had to “be apolitical”.

The sequence was widely relayed on social networks, sparking controversy.

“Maybe clumsy”

Two days later, Angélique Angarni-Filopon spoke out in a press release:“Maybe it was clumsy, but in my role as Miss France, I have to be neutral on certain subjects to avoid any misunderstandings and cause any controversy, she wrote. But I understand that my non-reaction on such a sensitive subject could have caused so many comments.”

The president of the Miss France Society, Frédéric Gilbert, defended Angélique Angarni-Filopon in the columns of Parisien on Sunday, January 12, 2025.

“Violence unheard of”

“This controversy is incredibly violent. It goes a bit too far […]. I am worried about the safety of Miss France”, he said, echoed by Here.

“She's been taking a beating, she's been taking a lot since December 14. By hitting so hard, it hurts.”

“Automatic mode”

Frédéric Gilbert confirmed to du Parisien that Miss France is not supposed to speak out on such subjects. “She was completely taken aback by this question and went into automatic mode as she was asked: not to speak out as Miss France on political and religious subjects.”

The president of the Miss France committee stressed that beauty queens do not have to give their opinion on everything and that they have a “duty of reserve”.