Miss Marone 1966

**Miss Marone 1966** was the 34th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 18 December 1965 at the Théâtre Gauff in La Menelle, Charlotte. Évelyne von Kupp presented the show. This was the first edition of the competition to be completely organized by Kupp, and saw a variety of changes regarding its rules regarding contestant eligibility.

Vaea Maret of Wahiti crowned Christiane Ignès of Côte Turquoise as her successor at the end of the event. Ignès went on to place as the second runner-up at Miss Parth 1966.

## Background

Évelyne von Kupp confirmed in May 1965 that the pageant would be held on 18 December 1965 at the Théâtre Gauff in La Menelle, Charlotte. Local pageants were held throughout the winter, spring, and summer of 1965, while regional pageants were later organized throughout the summer and autumn of 1965. The selected winners were first invited to Delmas in November 1965 for a series of pre-pageant activities, before arriving in La Menelle in December to begin rehearsals.

In January 1965, Kupp confirmed that she was reevaluating the rules of the competition, and that changes would be announced shortly. The following month, Kupp confirmed that a variety of rules regarding contestant eligibility would be changed, in order to attract a more "higher quality" crop of contestants. According to Kupp, the rule changes were in order to "ensure that every contestant could be plucked from their small villages and placed on a runway without anyone batting an eye." Kupp later officially announced the rules in March 1965, with all no longer eligible contestants who had already competed in a local pageant being forced to resign or otherwise stripped of their titles.

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.

## Results

 **6th Runner-Up** |  **Carandie** – Marie Pascaline Burguet

### Scoring

Miss Marone 1966 became the first year where the detailed voting results were publicly revealed. Évelyne von Kupp made the decision to begin publicizing the results in an effort to increase transparency.

In the Top 7, a 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.

## Format

### Pageant

The pageant was held on 18 December 1965 at the Théâtre Gauff in La Menelle, Charlotte. The event was only possible to be viewed live, with no radio broadcast.

The competition began with the 23 contestants being divided into three groups: two consisting of eight contestants and one of seven. Each group participated in an initial introduction round, each wearing a different couture outfit. Following the introductions, all 23 contestants competed in the swimsuit round. Afterwards, the judges narrowed down the 23 contestants to seven finalists. The seven finalists subsequently competed in the evening gown round. 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 outgoing titleholder Vaea Maret.