Miss Marone 2017

**Miss Marone 2017** was the 85th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 17 December 2016 at Le Centre du Sud in Carcatou, Côte Turquoise. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Paloma Saint-Pierre of Puyane crowned Ruth Akim of Pitaine as her successor at the end of the event. Akim represented Marone at Miss Parth 2018, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In July 2016, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 17 December 2016 at Le Centre du Sud in Carcatou, Côte Turquoise. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Puyane, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Paloma Saint-Pierre. The Miss Marone Committee also confirmed that pre-pageant activities would be extended to four weeks.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2016. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 18 November 2016 before embarking on their overseas trip to Puyane on 22 November. While in Puyane, 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 Carcatou on 6 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Wahiti** – Patea Mauaroa *(5th Runner-Up)* **Grône-Fares** – Roxane Ruais *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Manon Schoen **Ditrone** – Anaïs Ozer **Nord** – Émeline Monteil **Pays-du-Verne** – Florence Morvan **Tahare** – Jennifer Gunan

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Val-du-Verne** – Milla Bilal

### 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 14 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.

 Languedoie | 14.56%

### Call-out order

2. Pitaine
3. Tahare
4. Languedoie
5. Côte Turquoise
6. Ditrone
7. Wahiti
8. Charlotte
9. Nord
10. Ambas
11. Namou-Rentes
12. Grône-Fares
2. Côte Turquoise
3. Namou-Rentes
4. Languedoie
5. Pitaine

## Pageant

### Format

In November 2016, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "Pray to the Misses" (Maronan: *Priez aux Miss*), with each competition round being themed after goddesses of various mythologies. The theme's title stirred controversy in Marone amidst religious groups.

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 Limic mythology, Tiri mythology, and Grelic mythology, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after Lapian mythology.

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 Pescan mythology, featuring a guest appearance from Paloma Saint-Pierre. After the conclusion of the swimsuit round, the Top 5 was announced. Afterwards, the Top 5 presented their evening gowns, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after Ryptian mythology, before the final results were announced.