┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRENCH YOUTH PAGEANT REGULATIONS │ ├────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┤ │ AGE GROUP │ LEGAL STATUS │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │ Under 13 Years Old │ Strictly Banned │ │ │ (Criminal Penalties) │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │ 13 to 16 Years Old │ Heavily Regulated │ │ │ (Requires State Author) │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │ 18+ Years Old │ Fully Permitted │ │ │ (Official Miss France) │ └────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘ The "Hyper-Sexualization" Debate
. In 2013, the French Senate passed a law prohibiting beauty pageants for children under the age of 13 to combat the "hyper-sexualization" of minors. junior miss pageant france 3