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Miss France Shouting "FRANCE!" refers to a viral video from the 2018 Miss Universe pageant in which the representative from France, Eva Colas, joins her fellow contestants in announcing her country's name. However, her voice cracks, causing her to shriek "France!" The clip went viral in late December 2022 and January 2023, particularly on TikTok.

Origin

In 2018, Eva Colas represented France in the 2018 Miss Universe pageant.^[1] At the start of the competition, the contestants announce the country they represent. On December 23rd, 2022, TikTok account @therialqueenmissology^[2] posted a compilation of this ceremony. When Colas' turn comes up, her voice cracks, causing her to shriek "France." The TikTok gained over 23 million views and 2 million likes in three weeks (shown below; relevant clip at 1:00).

Spread

On December 29th, 2022, the clip was isolated by the account @funnymeeeeeeemes, gaining over 2.3 million views and 68,000 likes in two weeks (shown below).

The video gained virality on Twitter on January 5th, 2023 after user @prstskrzkrk posted it, gaining over 33,000 retweets and 330,000 likes. Their crop of the clip helped the video gain an additional 17.9 million views on Twitter in one week (shown below). After trending on Twitter, the video was covered by Digg^[3] and the Daily Star.^[4]

Various Examples

When you accidentally stub your toe pic.twitter.com/EMNcgtqPBo

— Chris 🏳️‍🌈 (@chrispaget1) January 6, 2023

It had to be done pic.twitter.com/t6OIW83ihJ

— Badam.eth (@badam1666) January 7, 2023

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