Look at these four cases:
Note that when an adjective (describing word) refers to rien (nothing), personne (nobody), tout le monde (everybody) or quelqu'un (someone), it's always in the masculine form, even if what they describe is feminine.
Attention:
Do not mix up the pronoun personne (nobody) and the feminine noun une personne (a person) which requires a feminine adjective:
See also the following lesson on the use of personne and rien:
Personne ne ..., rien ne ... = No one, nothing (negation) in French
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