April Benayoum is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder, best known for securing the first runner-up position in Miss World France 2021.
Wiki/Biography
April Benayoum was born on Tuesday, March 16, 1999 (age 24 years; in 2023) in Aix-en-Provence. His zodiac sign is Pisces. Benayoum spent his childhood in various towns within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) region, including Menton, Martigues, and Éguilles, often moving due to his father’s profession. After achieving his bachelor’s degree, he obtained a brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS) in international trade from ESG Ecoles de commerce in 2019. Part of his studies involved living and working in London. After that, he continued his studies to a bachelor’s degree in marketing.
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 7″
Weight (approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Body Measurements (approx): 33-25-37
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father, Didier, is of Italian and Israeli descent and is the chief warrant officer of the gendarmerie in Éguilles. His mother’s name is Nelly Benayoum (née Stojcic). He is of Serbo-Croatian origin and works as a school monitor at a college. April has no siblings and is an only child.
Husband & Son
April is not married.
Relationships/Affairs
April was rumored to be dating singer and actor Illan, but the news was fake when April clarified it on her social media. There was another rumor that April was dating Sasha Elbaz, a French journalist, columnist and TV host, but later it was confirmed by the model herself that she is still single.
Career
Miss Provence 2020
Benayoum began her journey in pageantry in August 2020 by participating in the Miss Pays d’Aix 2020 pageant. Her victory in this event paved her way to the Miss Provence 2020 pageant later that year. In the Miss France 2021 competition, Benayoum made it to the finals, advancing first to the top fifteen and finally to the top five. Defending first runner-up position after the winner, Amandine Petit. Benayoum marks the second year in a row that a representative from Provence has achieved this honor.
April Benayoum as the winner of Miss Provence 2020
Miss World France 2021
In October 2021, Sylvie Tellier and the Miss France Committee appointed Benayoum as Miss World France 2021. This gave her the privilege to represent France at the Miss World 2021 pageant. The decision was made because Amandine Petit was unable to participate due to her commitment at Miss France 2022 to crown her successor. Meanwhile, Clémence Botino, Miss France 2020, will represent the country at Miss Universe 2021 during the same period. Miss World 2021 held in March resulted in only 40 contestants being invited back to compete. Benayoum was among the few selected and managed to get a place in the Top 13 during the final competition.
April Benayoum as a contestant in Miss World France
Controversy
Target of Anti-Semitic Comments
After the Miss France pageant, Benayoum, who is of Israeli descent, faced a surge of anti-Semitic comments on social media after sharing her Israeli heritage during the pageant. Disturbing comments like “Hitler forgot about this one” and “Don’t vote for the Jews” appeared. The incident attracted media attention in France. Seven individuals were found guilty of their online statements about Benayoum’s background. Many figures spoke out against this prejudice, including Amandine Petit, as well as French politicians Éric Ciotti, Christian Estrosi, Renaud Muselier, and Gérald Darmanin. Marlène Schiappa initiated legal proceedings against those who launched this attack, resulting in eight individuals facing charges for anti-Semitic comments directed at Benayoum.
Achievement
- Miss Pays d’Aix 2020 (Winner)
- Miss Provence 2020 (Winner)
- Miss France 2021 (First Runner-Up)
Salary
As of 2021, his salary is 30K Euros.
Favourite
- Quote: ‘Time is never wasted when given to others.’
Facts/Trivia
- Benayoum has a history of winning pageants: her paternal grandmother Georgette Ivaldi was crowned Miss Marseille in the 1950s.
- Benayoum was very shy as a child and liked to stay indoors. Because of his father’s job as a policeman, they often moved and he came in contact with various people which made him a social person.
- She joined her master’s degree in marketing because she wanted to create her own makeup brand in the future.
- He has been part of the “Clean my Calanques” effort to protect the environment. According to him, since he was a child, he wanted to do something for the environment because he always lived near the sea and wanted to protect water bodies and beautiful landscapes while growing up.
April Benayoum helps plant trees
- After the anti-Semitic controversy thrown against him, he also became the representative of the organization against terrorism and harassment. Through this, he wants to help people who have faced the same situation as him.
- The Miss Provence pageant took place in October 2020. In the pageant, Benayoum advanced to the Top 5 and was eventually crowned the winner by the previous titleholder, Lou Ruat.
- After her success in the Miss France pageant, Benayoum pursued a professional modeling career. She was featured on the cover of Elle, was chosen as a Camaïeu ambassador, and even got the chance to walk the runway at the Casablanca fashion show with Amandine Petit.
April Benayoum on the cover of Elle magazine
- Furthermore, he participated as a participant in Fort Boyard and was a guest at the Cannes Film Festival 2021.
- Originally, the Miss World 2021 event was to be hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 16, 2021. However, just two days before the scheduled broadcast, several cases of COVID-19 were reported among the contestants and the organizing team. This unexpected turn of events led to the postponement and eventual cancellation of the tournament’s grand finale. The contest was later rescheduled to March 16, 2022, coincidentally falling on Benayoum’s birthday.
- She was among 109 women chosen to represent Marianne in an exhibition by Schiappa at the Panthéon.
- The model is fluent in four languages: French, English, Italian and German. As a child, he wanted to be an interpreter because he always loved learning languages.
- His childhood dream job was also to be a veterinarian for wild animals.
- She likes to play volleyball and has a deep interest in Geography and in Greek Mythology. It was his mother who would give him some world map related “tests” to complete that got him interested in the subject.
- This model is not a vegetarian and likes to eat lean meat for quality protein.
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