Miss Marone 2016

**Miss Marone 2016** was the 84th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 12 December 2015 at Le Centre de Liris in Liris, Ditrone. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Juliette Jarry of Ditrone crowned Paloma Saint-Pierre of Puyane as her successor at the end of the event. Saint-Pierre represented Marone at Miss Parth 2017, where she placed in the Top 10.

## Background

In July 2015, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 12 December 2015 at Le Centre de Liris in Liris, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Juliette Jarry of Ditrone. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Apronesia.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2015. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 20 November 2015 before embarking on their overseas trip to Apronesia on 23 November. While in Apronesia, 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 Liris on 1 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Tahare** – Marion Nimaran *(5th Runner-Up)* **Languedoie** – Anella Azimi *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Victoire Kirsch **Châtillon-Rèches** – Bérénice Dupuy **Hautes-Robinelles** – Romane Riba **Lousain** – Nadine Chastain **Wahiti** – Ura Tumoehamia

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Côte Turquoise** – Nicolette Charbonnier

### 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 9 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.

 Nord | 4.89%

### Call-out order

2. Tahare
3. Ambas
4. Fuadeloupe
5. Languedoie
6. Châtillon-Rèches
7. Lousain
8. Nord
9. Ditrone
10. Puyane
11. Wahiti
12. Hautes-Robinelles
2. Pitaine
3. Ditrone
4. Puyane
5. Nord

## Pageant

### Format

In October 2015, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Travel Through Time" (Maronan: *Les Miss voyagent dans les temps*), with each competition round being themed after various influential periods in fashion 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 18th-century noblewomen, 1960s go-go girls, and 1920s flappers, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after 1980s rockers.

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 1970s bohemians. 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 1940s and 1950s glamour, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after prehistoric cavewomen, before the final results were announced.