Used book – Les gazelles n'ont pas peur du noir - From hell to light, the young life of a rebel: From hell to light, the young life of a rebel, Sonia Rolland, Dominique Labarrière

French father, Tutsi mother. Not easy being biracial! Neither in Rwanda, where she spent the end of her childhood in the horror of the genocide, nor in Burundi, where her family had to flee, nor in Burgundy, where they finally ended up, in a village where black people were rare and people were quick to point it out to her.

The result: a wild education and tomboyish games. A "delinquent," she says, but she wanted to make something of herself. She entered the Miss Burgundy pageant as a challenge, and... became Miss France in 2000! Alain Delon, a member of the jury, predicted: "You, you will go far!" For now, she's making progress on TV, while also caring for the children of her homeland through the association she founded, as she awaits the birth of her own child, whose father is none other than Christophe Rocancourt, the reformed king of cons. One more challenge...