Miss France: the first transgender candidate Andréa Furet “surprised” by her elimination – BFMTV

The transgender model and actress presented herself this Saturday for the election of Miss Ile-de-France 2022 but was not selected among the finalists to represent the region in the Miss France competition. No crown for Andréa Furet but a “sense of accomplishment”. The one who had marked the history of the beauty contest by becoming the first transgender candidate to participate in a regional election of Miss France, presented herself this Saturday at the election of Miss Ile-de-France 2022, organized in Dammarie-les- Lys (Seine-et-Marne). But, facing Sylvie Tellier and Alexia Laroche-Joubert, Andréa Furet was ultimately not selected among the five finalists. It is the young Adèle Bonnamour, 18, who will represent the region in the national competition, on December 17th. She succeeds Diane Leyre, crowned Miss France in 2021.”I admit that it’s a little surprise for me not to be one of the finalists, but I was very supported and I gave the maximum, it’s everything that matters”, confides the 20-year-old young woman to Le Figaro. Model and actress After coming out trans in June 2019, Andréa Furet tries her hand at modeling at Elite Model then in comedy with a first leading role in the TV movie Il est elle on TF1 in 2020 and several appearances in series such as La Faute à Rousseau on France 2 or more recently Flesh tender on France TV Slash. But, last May, the young woman set herself a new challenge: to present to Miss France. Andréa Furet then participates in Miss Paris 2022, where she finishes first runner-up. She thus becomes the first transgender candidate in the history of beauty competition, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.”I am very proud to be the first to register her name but also of what I gave during this election. I leave with a lot of emotion and the feeling of accomplishment”, she confides to Figaro. If she will not ultimately be the ambassador of her region at the national level during the Miss France 2023 competition, Andréa Furet nevertheless continue her comedy studies at the Cours Florent and develop her career as a model. “I would like to move forward in my filming and become the beautiful actress that I dream of being,” she concludes.