Miss Marone 2002

**Miss Marone 2002** was the 70th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 15 December 2001 at Le Centre de Toumont in Toumont, Châtillon-Rèches. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Évelynne von Kupp presented the show.

Stéphanie Râche of Châtillon-Rèches crowned Élisabeth Desjardins of Pays-du-Verne as her successor at the end of the event. Desjardins represented Marone at Miss Parth 2002, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In July 2001, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 15 December 2001 at Le Centre de Toumont in Toumont, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Stéphanie Râche of Châtillon-Rèches. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Brunaca.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2001. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 24 November 2001, before embarking on their overseas trip to Brunaca on 27 November. While in Brunaca, 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 Toumont on 5 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Nord** – Lucie Wagelar *(5th Runner-Up)* **Hautes-Robinelles** – Isabelle Navarro *(6th Runner-Up)* **Côte Turquoise** – Victoria Gavreau **Île-de-Marone** – Fernande Brunelle **Namou-Rentes** – Lola Barnier **Pays-Libre** – Chloé Simon **Wahiti** – Taia Veil

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Tahare** – Romane Achvan

### 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 12 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 | 5.48%

### Call-out order

2. Hautes-Robinelles
3. Val-du-Verne
4. Wahiti
5. Côte Turquoise
6. Tahare
7. Namou-Rentes
8. Fuadeloupe
9. Nord
10. Vetica
11. Pays-Libre
12. Île-de-Marone
2. Fuadeloupe
3. Vetica
4. Pays-du-Verne
5. Tahare

## Pageant

### Format

In September 2001, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Go on Vacation" (Maronan: *Les Miss partent en vacances*), with competition rounds themed after various travel destinations.

The competition began with all 30 contestants performing in a round themed after the city of Delmas. 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 the cities of Danchester, Okoya, and Pesca, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants presented their regional costumes.

After the conclusion of the regional costume presentation, the Top 12 was announced, and each gave their introductory speeches while wearing their ball gowns. This was followed by the swimsuit round, inspired by Brunaca, where the contestants embarked on their overseas trip. 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 South Tarfica, before the final results were announced.