The Public Prosecutor's Office in the French capital announced that it had opened an investigation into letters and insults - described as "anti-Semitic" - that spread on social media against April Pinayum, who was chosen as Miss France's first runner-up in the competition that took place on Saturday, according to what the prosecution announced Monday. These comments came after the young contestant spoke about her father's Israeli origins.

During the election ceremony, the young woman spoke about her father's Israeli origins, which was met with a wave of offensive comments.

The Delegate Minister for Citizenship Marilyn Schiappa has reported to the Public Prosecution Office in this regard. "Some tweets are still published, and this is not acceptable," she said in statements to "BFMTV" news channel.

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Paris stated that the Unit to Address Anti-Persons Deviation was tasked with following up the investigation to determine the identity of the authors of these comments.

"This is an indication of those who drafted (these letters) to say that making calls for hatred and making this kind of anti-Semitic statements is not normal, since they, I hope, will be prosecuted and held accountable for their actions before the courts," Schiappa added.

Justice Minister Eric Dupont Moretti warned that the judiciary would "closely monitor" those who incite anti-Semitic messages, while Interior Minister Gerald Darmannan was "deeply shocked" by these comments, stressing that "the police and gendarmerie are on alert."

In statements to La Provence newspaper, the first runner-up, April Pinayum, expressed her regret "because these matters are still happening to us in 2020," stressing the need to "mobilize forces to stop this."

"I did not seek to provoke anyone, France is a diverse country, and beauty queens come from different origins, cultures and regions, and this is what makes this competition beautiful," she said.

in the competition ; Amandine Botti, the nominee for the French region of Normandy, won the Miss Country title for the year 2021 - comments indicated that her eyes resembled the eyes of France's First Lady Reggette Marie Claude Macron - and the finals were held and the name of the beauty queen was announced on Saturday evening, which coincided with the 100th anniversary of the start of the beauty contest In France, Saturday, which is 100 years since the start of the beauty contest in France.

Amandine, 23, is a master's student in managing institutions and aging structures.

Butty's four runner-ups are: April Pinayum, Le Ann L'orvollan, Aurelie Roux and Lara Gautier.