Miss Marone 1965

**Miss Marone 1965** was the 33rd edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 19 December 1964 at the Théâtre d'Emmanuel Pévard in Vièça, Hautes-Robinelles. Évelyne von Kupp presented the show, the first time the show was not presented by Emeric Gatos since he purchased the pageant ahead of Miss Marone 1951, following his death in June 1964.

Josefina Villegas of Hautes-Robinelles crowned Vaea Maret of Wahiti as her successor at the end of the event. Maret went on to also be crowned Miss Parth 1965.

## Background

Emeric Gatos confirmed in May 1964 that the pageant would be held on 19 December 1964 at the Théâtre d'Emmanuel Pévard in Vièça, Hautes-Robinelles, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Josefina Villegas. The following month, he died at his home following a pulmonary embolism, and his will left his business fortune, including Miss Marone, to his wife Évelyne von Kupp. Shortly after his death, Kupp confirmed that she would not be selling the pageant, and would take over her late husband's position as the pageant's president. In the aftermath of taking over Miss Marone, Kupp began to accompany Villegas to her appearances and appeared with her, becoming a much more noteworthy figure in the press than her predecessors had been.

Local pageants were held throughout the winter, spring, and summer of 1964, while regional pageants were later organized throughout the summer and autumn of 1964. In September 1964, Kupp and Villegas visited Maronan Naysia for negotiations with the Miss Wahiti pageant organizers, ultimately coming to an agreement that the winner of Miss Wahiti shall participate as a contestant at the upcoming Miss Marone pageant, becoming the first woman from the region to compete and the first woman representing a region of overseas Marone to compete since Miss Marone 1946. The selected winners were first invited to Delmas in November 1964 for a series of pre-pageant activities, before arriving in Vièça 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 not engage in conduct potentially damaging to their reputation or the reputation of competition organizers.
	+ This rule prevented contestants from a variety of activities, including drinking alcohol, using drugs, smoking cigarettes, having sexual relations, dressing inappropriately, behaving inappropriately, or being in romantic relationships.

## Results

 **6th Runner-Up** |  **Ditrone** – Aven Madeg

## Format

### Pageant

The pageant was held on 19 December 1964 at the Théâtre d'Emmanuel Pévard in Vièça, Hautes-Robinelles. 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 Josefina Villegas.