Miss Marone 2020

**Miss Marone 2020** was the 88th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 14 December 2019 at Le Centre de Viersbourg in Viersbourg, Ambas. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Vanessa Destine of Ambas crowned Victoria Bain of Val-du-Verne as her successor at the end of the event. Bain represented Marone at Miss Parth 2021, where she placed as the second runner-up.

## Background

In July 2019, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 14 December 2019 at Le Centre de Viersbourg in Viersbourg, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Vanessa Destine of Ambas. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Palrus.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2019. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 15 November 2019 before embarking on their overseas trip to Palrus on 19 November. While in Palrus, 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 Viersbourg on 3 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Île-de-Marone** – Élyse Martynyuk *(5th Runner-Up)* **Pitaine** – Agnesa Dedej *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ditrone** – Lila Queinnec **Jalotte** – Pauline Jabara **Pays-du-Verne** – Emma Sortino **Puyane** – Ambre Pessoa Sanches **Vetica** – Émilie La Penta

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Côte Turquoise** – Alicia Delafosse

### 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 11 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.

 Fuadeloupe | 13.31%

### Call-out order

2. Ditrone
3. Fuadeloupe
4. Wahiti
5. Tahare
6. Pitaine
7. Val-du-Verne
8. Jalotte
9. Île-de-Marone
10. Puyane
11. Picarie
12. Vetica
2. Val-du-Verne
3. Fuadeloupe
4. Picarie
5. Wahiti

## Pageant

### Format

In November 2019, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Put On a Show" (Maronan: *Les Miss montent un show*), with each competition round being themed after various forms of entertainment.

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 cabaret, rock operas, and the circus, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after pin-up modeling, featuring guest appearances from Romane Vansteenkiste, Ruth Akim, and Juliette Jarry.

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 burlesque, featuring a guest appearance from Vanessa Destine. 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 traditional glamour, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after showgirls, before the final results were announced.