Several previous candidates have been eliminated for doing anything “contrary to good morals, to public order or the spirit of the contest, which is based on the values of elegance”. Candidates must also never have been married or had children. They are under obligation not to gain weight or change hairstyle and are not allowed to have tattoos or piercings other than in their ears. In particular, the plaintiffs argue that the organisers - Miss France company and Endemol Production - are breaching French labour law by forcing aspiring beauty queens to be more than 1.70 metres tall, single, and "representative of beauty”. Osez-le-Féminisme (Dare to be Feminist) said it had filed a complaint with the state labour tribunal on behalf of the former contestants, saying they had given up getting their arguments across any other way. Three Miss France contestants who failed to make the grade have joined a leading feminist group in suing the beauty pageant for alleged discrimination based on their appearance.
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