“I'm going to have a crisis”: today Miss France 2024 Eve Gilles narrowly avoided the worst in the middle of the crowd

Miss France's life is not always so rosy… &A few hours before the Miss France 2025 election, Eve Gilles spoke about her experience. She spoke in particular about a moment when she almost lost her balance, literally, in front of everyone.

IN BRIEF

• Eve Gilles, Miss France 2024, has lived a year of reign marked by prestigious events and personal challenges, including a paroxysmal dyskinesia crisis at the agricultural show.
• During a show broadcast on December 14 on TF1, Eve Gilles shared her experience as Miss France, revealing the difficulties related to her rare disease that she kept secret during her reign.
• Discover how Eve Gilles overcame the challenges of her reign while remaining an inspiring ambassador for France.

 Miss France, Miss France… For many, this name is not just an acronym. These are childhood memories of watching TV, watching young women representing different regions of France. These are evenings of dreaming, listening to talk and watching beauty queens parade who all have the rage to win and a lot of grace.

But for the Misses, the other side of the decor is sometimes less glamorous. In 2024, Eve Gilles was elected to represent France across the country. During this year of reign that will end on December 14, she rubbed shoulders with the greatest, paraded for the most chic couturiers, wore the Olympic flame, fought against school bullying and even became an ambassador for mathematics. However, the 21-year-old does not have only good memories of her reign.

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Eve Gilles: « I think I'm going to have a seizure, wait, hold my hand »

In Miss France, a year with Eve Gilles,a &show dedicated to her and broadcast on December 14 on TF1, the young woman returned to the vagaries of the corona. Sometimes, she was at her worst, and no one saw it. Once, the (internal) tornado occurred in the aisles of the agricultural show. There, as her duty requires, the French ambassador tasted all the good local products.

But between a slice of andouillette and a glass of local red wine, Eve Gilles almost fainted. The cameras filmed the moment. We hear the young woman say, in a voice of distress: « I think I'm going to have a seizure, wait, hold my hand. »

« JI put myself in front of her precisely so that all the photographers don't see »

Frédéric Gilbert, president of the Miss France society, recounted this moment to TF1. « In the middle of signing, she calls me, and she says to me ‘Fred çest pas, je pense que je suis à avoir un tantrum ’ » The man then acted directly with the aim of protecting his miss : « I stand in front of her precisely, so that all the photographers, the cameramen who are there and the public doesn't see that she's having a fit in front of everyone. »

The fit in question ? It was related to paroxysmal dyskinesia, a rare disease that Eve Gilles suffers from. If she wanted to keep this illness to herself during her reign, it's because, as she explained, he “long defined” it when she was little. During this extraordinary year, she wanted to be « Eve Gilles, me all alone ». Paroxysmal dyskinesia causes movements that one does not control, performed for 25 to 40 seconds. As the model explained, « a small attack will not hurt, but a big attack will: it can cause like big cramps. » That day, Frédéric Gilbert shook his hand very hard.