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Jewish contestant faces slurs after Miss France pageant

April Benayoum, who won Miss Provence before competing in national event, suffers onslaught from haters after she calls herself Italian-Israeli.

by  ILH Staff
Published on  12-20-2020 18:06
Last modified: 12-20-2020 20:15
Jewish contestant faces slurs after Miss France pageantAFP / Loic Venance

Miss Provence April Benayoum competes on stage during the Miss France 2021 | Photo: AFP / Loic Venance

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Anti-Semitism in France reared its ugly head over the weekend after a Jewish woman in the national beauty contest had to endure bullying on social media due to her background.

April Benayoum, a French woman who has Italian and Israeli roots, won second place in the Miss France 2021 competition on Saturday, but that has not stopped racists and anti-Semites from launching incessant attacks on social media, including with anti-Semitic tweets.

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Benayoum, who won Miss Provence before competing in the national contest, has described herself as Italian-Israeli because she was born to a Serbo-Croatian mother and an Israeli father.

The Jewish advocacy group StopAntiSemitism.org came to her defense on Twitter: "A gorgeous #MissFrance2021 contestant, April Benayoum, is receiving horrific anti-Semitic responses after stating she has an Israeli father. Just a few of the tweets: 'Don't vote for a Jew.' 'Hitler forgot this one.'"

The Union of Jewish Students in France also noted this unfair treatment she has received because of her roots, tweeting: "Miss France 2021, no longer a beauty contest, it is an anti-Semitism contest because of the surname of Miss Provence who called herself Italian-Israeli."

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