Newly elected Miss France 2026 Miss Tahiti Hinaupoko Deveze reacts after winning the Miss France 2026 beauty pageant, in Amiens, northern France, on December 6, 2025. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
Two women who competed for the Miss France crown at the weekend have been removed from the organization after a video emerged of them insulting fellow beauty queens, organizers announced on Tuesday, December 9.
Miss Provence and Miss Aquitaine, representing areas in the south and southwest of France, saw their titles withdrawn by their regional committees after they were caught calling their rivals for the national award "fat bitches."
A video filmed by Miss Aquitaine Ainhoa Lahitete backstage at Saturday's televised event was posted online on Sunday, fracturing the image of an organization that seeks to promote the idea of sisterhood between contestants.
Lahitete can be seen talking into her phone criticizing the choice of the 12 semi-finalists, leading Miss Provence Julie Zitouni to interject and call them "fat bitches." Lahitete adds: "Not all, but a lot of them."
