Miss Marone 1979

**Miss Marone 1979** was the 47th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 16 December 1978 at the Théâtre Julian Poirot in Toumont, Châtillon-Rèches. Évelyne von Kupp and Serge Lukhmann presented the show, while it was broadcast on TM1.

Babette de la Sierra of Île-de-Marone and Anastasie Riudavet of Pitaine crowned Yolande Tuin of Nord as their successors at the end of the event, making this the first time ever that two individuals participated in the crowning of Miss Marone. Tuin went on to compete at Miss Parth 1979.

## Background

In June 1978, Évelyne von Kupp confirmed that the pageant would be held on 16 December 1978 at the Théâtre Julian Poirot in Toumont, Châtillon-Rèches, while the overseas trip would visit Wahiti. Local pageants were held throughout the winter, spring, and summer of 1978, while regional pageants were later organized throughout the summer and autumn of 1978. The selected winners were first invited to Delmas in November 1978 for a series of pre-pageant activities, before departing to Wahiti for their overseas trip, and later arriving in Toumont in December to begin rehearsals.

In order to compete in the pageant, contestants must have abided by the following rules:

* Contestants must be a resident of their designated region, and a citizen of Marone.
* Contestants must be between the ages of 16 and 22.
* Contestants must be unmarried, without children, and female.
* Contestants must have participated in a regional pageant no more than three times.
* Contestants must have no tattoos, and no piercings apart from earrings.
* Contestants must be at least 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) in height, without heels.
* Contestants must use no appearance-altering products, such as wigs or colored contact lenses.
* Contestants must have never received any elective cosmetic surgeries or procedures.
* Contestants must not have a criminal record.
* Contestants must have never posed partially or fully nude in photos or videos, even in non-pornographic contexts.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Pitaine** – Ondine Pau *(5th Runner-Up)* **Côte Turquoise** – Marie Sophie Gallo *(6th Runner-Up)* **Carandie** – Victoire Papon **Fuadeloupe** – Béatrice Narou **Hautes-Robinelles** – Anastasie Batet **Namou-Rentes** – Anne Brénon **Tartinique** – Wendy Duquesne

### 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 13 December to advance to the semifinals.

#### Top 12

In the Top 12, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public in the audience selected five delegates to advance to the Top 5.
Each member of the audience could cast a secret ballot for five delegates, while each member of the jury ranked the finalists from their favorite to least favorite, with the combined scores determining the results. 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, a second 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting audience determined the winner and her runners-up. Each member of the audience could cast a secret ballot for one finalist, while each member of the jury ranked the finalists from their favorite to least favorite, with the combined scores determining the results. In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed.

 Grône-Fares | 4
 Charlotte | 2
 Châtillon-Rèches | 3
 Tahare | 1

## Format

### Pageant

The pageant was held on 16 December 1978 at the Théâtre Julian Poirot in Toumont, Châtillon-Rèches. The event was broadcast live on TM1.

The competition began with the 28 contestants being divided into three groups: two consisting of nine contestants and one of ten. Each group participated in an initial introduction round, each wearing a different couture outfit. Following the introductions, the Top 12 were announced, who subsequently competed in the swimsuit round. Afterwards, the judges and viewing public narrowed down the 12 semifinalists to five finalists. The five finalists subsequently competed in the evening gown round, and answered an onstage question. Afterwards, secret ballots were given to each member of the audience for them to choose the winner. The votes of the audience were combined with the votes of the jury, in order to choose the winner. In the case of a voting tie, the jury's vote prevailed. The results were announced by Évelyne von Kupp and Serge Lakhmann, and both outgoing titleholder Anastasie Riudavet and her predecessor Babette de la Sierra.