{"id":23280,"date":"2021-10-19T02:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=23280"},"modified":"2021-10-19T02:14:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:14:28","slug":"feminist-group-sues-miss-france-over-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/feminist-group-sues-miss-france-over-selection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist group sues Miss France over selection criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris, Oct 18 (AFP\/APP):A leading feminist organisation in France said Monday it was suing the promoters of the Miss France beauty contest in a labour court, alleging they used discriminatory criteria to select participants.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Osez le feminisme&#8221; (Dare to be a Feminist) group, along with three failed contestants, said they were targeting the Miss France company as well as Endemol Production, which makes the annual TV programme screened on the TF1 channel.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs argue that the companies are breaking French labour law with discriminatory selection criteria by obliging aspiring beauty queens to be more than 1.70 metres tall, single, and &#8220;representative of beauty&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe French labour code forbids companies from discriminating on the basis of &#8220;morals, age, family status or physical appearance,&#8221; Violaine De Filippis-Abate, a lawyer for Osez le feminisme, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The case, filed at a labour court in the Paris suburb of Bobigny, will hinge on whether magistrates recognise Miss France contestants as de facto employees of the organisers and TV company.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants do not sign an employment contract, but the plaintiffs point to a supportive judgement in 2013 when a former contestant on Mister France also sued for similar reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Miss France company declined to comment when contacted by AFP.<br \/>\nThe next contest is set to take place in Caen in northern France on December 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris, Oct 18 (AFP\/APP):A leading feminist organisation in France said Monday it was suing the promoters of the Miss France beauty contest in a labour court, alleging they used discriminatory criteria to select participants. 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