A number one feminist organisation in France mentioned it was suing the promoters of the Miss France magnificence contest in a labour court docket, alleging they used discriminatory standards to pick out members.
The “Osez le feminisme” (Dare to be a Feminist) group, together with three failed contestants, mentioned they have been concentrating on the Miss France firm in addition to Endemol Manufacturing, which makes the annual TV programme screened on the TF1 channel.
The plaintiffs argue that the businesses are breaking French labour regulation with discriminatory choice standards by obliging aspiring magnificence queens to be greater than 1.70 metres tall, single, and “consultant of magnificence”.
The French labour code forbids firms from discriminating on the idea of “morals, age, household standing or bodily look,” Violaine De Filippis-Abate, a lawyer for Osez le feminisme, advised AFP.
The case, filed at a labour court docket within the Paris suburb of Bobigny, will hinge on whether or not magistrates recognise Miss France contestants as de facto workers of the organisers and TV firm.
Contestants don’t signal an employment contract, however the plaintiffs level to a supportive judgement in 2013 when a former contestant on Mister France additionally sued for comparable causes.
The Miss France firm declined to remark when contacted by AFP.
The following contest is ready to happen in Caen in northern France on December 11. – AFP
