The runner-up in this year's Miss France beauty contest said it was disheartening to see that "we are still here in 2020" in response to a barrage of anti-Semitic abuse she received online after mentioning that her father was Israeli, The Telegraph (British) website reports today (December 21, 2020).
Paris prosecutors said today they had opened an inquiry into "racist insults and provoking racial hatred" against April Benayoum, 21, who is reigning Miss Provence and came in second in the national pageant on December 19.
The offence of publishing anti-Semitic remarks carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.
Among the 40,000 tweets citing Miss Provence and Israel on December 19, one reads "Hitler forgot about this one," and another "Don't vote for a Jew."
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