Miss Frank. This Saturday, October 26, Eve Gilles revealed in an interview with Le Parisien as well as Konbini that she had suffered from paroxysmal dyskinesia since childhood. An extremely rare pathology which results in brief attacks where the patient is no longer really in control of his body. “These are movements that I do not control for a certain time, between 25 and 40 seconds,” describes the person concerned.
While still a child, Ève Gilles noticed that she was not able to do everything she wanted on the sports fields: “I talked to my father about it. He thought I was acting a little crazy, because I was in front of the others and in fact, no. From then on, my parents took the time to observe what these movements were. »
A message of hope above all
This revelation comes a few weeks before the election of the new beauty queen: “Today, what pushes me to speak out is not just to make my illness known, it is really to be a hope for these people who have invisible illnesses and who do not know how to react, who are afraid of dreaming too big. »
As she prepares to hand over her crown, Ève Gilles says she suffered from seizures several times during her reign, including during the Olympic Games ceremonies. But each time, no one noticed, according to her. “I have an invisible illness, but I know how to live with it. And I live very well with it. » Words worthy of a queen.