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began to be reported amongst contestants and staff, which led to the cancelation and postponement of the pageant's final show. The pageant was later rescheduled for 16 March 2022, on
Benayoum's birthday, with only the 40 selected semi-finalists being invited to return to compete; Benayoum was
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Israeli origins during the event. The incident received media attention in France, and resulted in seven netizens being convicted of aggravated insult for prejudiced comments made online about Benayoum and her ethnicity.
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Benayoum began her pageantry career in August 2020, after taking part in the Miss Pays d'Aix 2020 pageant. She ultimately went on to win the title, which qualified her to compete in
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ultimately selected as one of the 40. She went on to place in the Top 13 after competing in the final show.
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152:(born 16 March 1999) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
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on 16 December 2021. Two days prior to the pageant's broadcast, several cases of
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with Petit. She additionally appeared as a contestant in
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comments targeted towards her on social media, such as "
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was determined to not have directly targeted
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Miss World 2021 was originally planned to be held in
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