In 2000, Sonia Rolland became Miss France. But the fairy tale has not always been pink. Victim of racism, she had to face serious situations.
The documentary of Sonia Rolland, entitled An unexpected destinyis available on the platform France.tv. The old Miss France tells of it in the smallest detail. Not at all intended for a modeling career, and even less beauty queen, the Franco-Rwandan now aged 44 years had to face many racist behaviors.
Sonia Rolland denounces racism during Miss France
Questioned by France Télévisions on the racism she suffered during her life, Sonia Rolland did not mince her words. And she said he had been exacerbated during her Miss France adventure; The 2026 edition is already starting with a first elected regional miss. “Before, during and after, anyway, I have always experienced racism, but there it was a little more exacerbated and a little more violent at the time of my Miss election”said the one that was spotted during a fight on a basketball court in Burgundy, its native region.
Insults, threats, remarks… Miss France 2000 has lived everything. And, as the first woman of African origin to have been elected Miss France, the one who is today an actress and director has suffered the bedbags for her successors. “Although aware of this hostility towards difference, I was far from imagining the violence of the reactionary waves that I was going to receive in the face following my coronation in Miss Bourgogne”explained this former protégé of Geneviève de Fontenay, last March, in the columns of The East-Le-Jour.
Sonia Rolland threatened with death: “My mother received an envelope full of excrement”
And to the actress of Tropics to tell the unthinkable: “The death threats, the excrement in envelopes that I received at home quickly proved me that without fighting, we will not happen. The Miss France scarf therefore arrived with her warrior costume”.
“My mother received an envelope full of excrement. The first time, when I introduced myself to Miss France. And then, several times after, I too. I also happened to have the entrance carpet from my home full of shit. And then, Madame de Fontenay received letters with death threats, insults. All these things were experienced”had even entrusted Sonia Rolland to TV leisure A few years ago.
And to the mother of Tess, born from his relationship with Christophe Rocancourt, and from Kahina, fruit of her loves with Jalil Lespert, to add: “I had sputum on my door. We also torn the canvas of my car after writing ‘negress’ in huge … I was 18, it was very violent”. Things unfortunately did not change so much since the current Miss France, Angélique Angarni-Filopon, without having experienced such violent things, was however insulted and mocked from the evening of her coronation. Its skin color and physique have not escaped the odious messengers of haters on the web.
