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Miss France pageant accused of going ‘woke’ for crowning beauty queen with short hair
Telegraph newspaper.“Miss France is no longer a beauty contest but a woke contest which is based on inclusiveness,” said a commentator on Twitter, now known as X.The choice of a short haired winner was proof organisers were “instilling wokist (sic) values into society,” said one very angry person online.“The androgynous body is clearly to serve woke propaganda,” said one about Ms Gilles’ physique.Some even accused Ms Gilles, inaccurately, of being transgender simply because of her look.The criticism was even more bizarre considering plenty of women over the years considered to be the world’s most beautiful have donned cropped locks – from Linda Evangelista to Twiggy to Audrey Hepburn.The haters were soon drowned put by admirers of Ms Gilles, who wants to be a statistician.“Maybe the new Miss France isn’t gorgeous in your eyes, but seeing wokeism (sic) in her because she has short hair … It’s just ridiculous,” one retorted.“Eve Gilles is the new Miss France 2024, you’re malicious and useless criticisms won’t change that, she’s sublime.”“Short hair is androgynous now?” said one commenter, bemused by the whole episode.“Aren’t women allowed short hair anymore – I must have missed the memo.”French Greens MP Sandrine Rousseau backed Ms Gilles.“So, in France, in 2023, we measure the progress of respect for women by the length of their hair?” she said.Another MP, Karima Delli, backed the winner stating “Big support for Eve Gilles in the face of hateful tweets on social networks of incredible violence!”Ms Gilles even received support for right wing French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who is no fan of progressive issues.“Congratulations to Eve Gilles, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais who becomes our new Miss France!” she wrote.
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TikTok’s ‘Add To Music App’ feature rolls out to 19 more countries
TikTok’s ‘Add To Music App’ is set to roll out to users in 19 more countries worldwide following its launch last month.Last month, TikTok announced a new feature that allows users to directly save sounds from the app to their streaming platform of choice.Users in the US and UK can already utilise the feature now, which allows fans to save music they’ve discovered to Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.The social media platform has now announced plans for it to be available in the following countries: Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, Argentina, Colombia, The Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines.“Add To Music App has been designed to help music fans capture songs that they love on TikTok in the moment of discovery, and to easily save the song to their preferred music streaming service to enjoy whenever they like,” read a statement from the video sharing platform.The feature can be used by tapping on a sound which is listed below a user’s name, then hitting ‘Add to music app’, where you can choose your preferred streaming platform.
France officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

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