The election was to be held last December, however was deferred at the last moment thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The Miss World 2021 contest did so ensue on Wednesday evening in Puerto Rico. Frenchwoman April Benayoum shone on the podium. The Miss World 2021 pageant has finally taken place, when being postponed due to the pandemic. The hundred candidates paraded on Wednesday March sixteen in Puerto Rico, at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, before the massive winner was crowned: it had been finally Miss Poland, Karolina Bielawska, who won the desired scarf. Her 1st challenger being Miss USA (Shree Saini) and her second Miss Ivory Coast (Olivia Yace). France, worthily represented by April Benayoum (Miss Provence 2020) wasn’t way behind… –pps– the primary challenger of Amandine Petit (Miss France 2021) has so climbed to the highest thirteen. a pleasant performance that she celebrated on Instagram once the ceremony was over: “Thank you for everything !!! thus pleased with this top 13 out of one hundred candidates. a pleasant birthday present!!! come back on, I’m attending to bed currently and bronze tomorrow within the pool, I haven’t even bathed during a month in Puerto Rico”, commented the one who celebrated her 23 years yesterday.
At a distance, April Benayoum was in a position to figure the support of the Miss France committee. Still on Instagram, Sylvie Tellier (general manager of the Miss France company) shared a photograph of her Miss World evening, her “world cup”, spent with Clémence Botino (Miss France 2020), Diane Leyre (Miss France 2022 ) and Maëva Coucke (Miss France 2018).
Behind Miss Poland, Miss USA and Miss Ivory Coast, the Miss World 2021 ranking was completed by Miss Indonesia, Miss Mexico and Miss Northern Ireland. As a reminder, the last Miss France to have won the Miss World crown was Denise Perrier… crowned in 1953!
For her part, on her return to France, April Benayoum should resume her activities as a model and occasional columnist for the program Touche pas à mon poste (C8). As for the case of anti-Semitic messages, which she had received during the election of Miss France 2021, the pretty blonde saw eight people sentenced for aggravated insult last September.
