Miss Marone 2015

**Miss Marone 2015** was the 83rd edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 13 December 2014 at Le Centre du Nord in Dilles, Nord. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Romane Vansteenkiste of Nord crowned Juliette Jarry of Ditrone as her successor at the end of the event. Jarry represented Marone at Miss Parth 2015, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In July 2014, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 13 December 2014 at Le Centre du Nord in Dilles, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Romane Vansteenkiste of Nord. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Tahare.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2014. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 21 November 2014 before embarking on their overseas trip to Tahare on 24 November. While in Tahare, the delegates participated in a variety of photoshoots and events, while they additionally sat for the general knowledge exam, a 40-question exam that tests the delegates on various topics such as current events, politics, history, pop culture, and Maronan language and literature. They arrived in Dilles on 2 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Fuadeloupe** – Nicolette Metzinger *(5th Runner-Up)* **Pitaine** – Ornella Carrel *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Jade Lafitte **Côte Turquoise** – Mélissa Sangare **Lauterne** – Ève Albino **Nord** – Élodie Lecocq **Vetica** – Stella Tosi

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Fuadeloupe** – Nicolette Metzinger

### Scoring

#### Preliminaries

A jury composed of partners (internal and external) of the Miss Marone Committee selected twelve delegates during an interview that took place on 10 December to advance to the semifinals.

#### Top 12

In the Top 12, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public selected five delegates to advance to the Top 5. Each delegate was awarded an overall score of 1 to 12 from the jury and public, and the five delegates with the highest combined scores advanced to the top five.

The delegates with the sixth and seventh highest combined scores were afterwards designated as the fifth and sixth runners-up, respectively, despite not advancing in the competition. In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed.

#### Top 5

In the Top 5, public voting determined which contestant was declared Miss Marone.

 Tahare | 13.45%

### Call-out order

2. Ambas
3. Île-de-Marone
4. Wahiti
5. Nord
6. Charlotte
7. Fuadeloupe
8. Vetica
9. Tahare
10. Côte Turquoise
11. Lauterne
12. Pitaine
2. Ditrone
3. Tahare
4. Charlotte
5. Wahiti

## Pageant

### Format

In October 2014, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Become Medieval" (Maronan: *Les Miss deviennent médiévales*), with each competition round being themed after medieval Marone and the Middle Ages.

The competition began with all 30 contestants opening the show in their regional costumes. The 30 contestants were then separated into three groups of ten contestants each, with each group taking part in an initial presentation round. The three presentation rounds were themed after knights, white horses, and seafarers, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after witches, wizards, and sorcery.

After the conclusion of the one-piece swimsuit competition, the Top 12 was announced, and each gave their introductory speeches while wearing their ball gowns. This was followed by the two-piece swimsuit round, themed after jesters. After the conclusion of the swimsuit round, the Top 5 was announced. Afterwards, the Top 5 presented their evening gowns, in a round themed after medieval queens and princesses, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after dragons and brave heroines, before the final results were announced.