At the end of the pageant, Eve Gilles from Nord-Pas-de-Calais became ... She celebrated uniqueness and urged acceptance of diverse expressions of womanhood, adding that every "woman is different ...

Eve Gilles, 20, was the first short-haired woman to reach the 103-year-old pageant's final of Miss France - sparking outrage Read more: Sexist French men inundated me with abuse after I caused ...

Eve Gilles, 20, representing France's northernmost region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, won the competition in Dijon last Saturday and became the "first contestant with a pixie cut to claim the crown ...