Miss Marone 2019

**Miss Marone 2019** was the 87th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 15 December 2018 at Le Centre d'Avirac in Avirac, Carandie. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Giva Nour of Carandie crowned Vanessa Destine of Ambas as her successor at the end of the event. Destine represented Marone at Miss Parth 2020, where she placed in the Top 10.

## Background

In August 2018, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 15 December 2017 at Le Centre d'Avirac in Avirac, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Giva Nour of Carandie. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Tiria.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2018. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 16 November 2018 before embarking on their overseas trip to Tiria on 20 November. While in Tiria, 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 Avirac on 4 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Wahiti** – Teraitini Gaudin *(5th Runner-Up)* **Nord** – Axelle Leener *(6th Runner-Up)* **Côte Turquoise** – Loula Bashir **Ditrone** – Adèle Le Hir **Île-de-Marone** – Laure Hector **Pays-Libre** – Anya Fedorchuk **Pitaine** – Frédérique Astier

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Pays-du-Verne** – Cécile Lapauskis

### 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.

 Châtillon-Rèches | 6.83%

### Call-out order

2. Côte Turquoise
3. Fuadeloupe
4. Pays-Libre
5. Île-de-Marone
6. Tahare
7. Ambas
8. Châtillon-Rèches
9. Pitaine
10. Languedoie
11. Ditrone
12. Nord
2. Fuadeloupe
3. Ambas
4. Languedoie
5. Châtillon-Rèches

## Pageant

### Format

In November 2018, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses and the Heroines of Marone" (Maronan: *Les Miss et les héroïnes de Marone*), with each competition round being themed after famous Maronan women throughout history.

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 Madame de Bougiedou, Nemetogena, and Dorine Ornella, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after Madeleine Mouchard.

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 Angéline, featuring a guest appearance from Giva Nour. 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 Marie of Darles, before the final results were announced.