Miss Marone 2009

**Miss Marone 2009** was the 77th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 6 December 2008 at Le Centre de Sarroux in Sarroux, Lousain. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Évelynne von Kupp presented the show.

Angéline Nuvo of New Malonia crowned Dominique Richard of Carandie as her successor at the end of the event. Richard represented Marone at Miss Parth 2009, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In June 2008, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 6 December 2008 at Le Centre de Sarroux in Sarroux, Lousain. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Papagusca.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2008. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 14 November 2008 before embarking on their overseas trip to Papagusca on 17 November. While in Papagusca, 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 Sarroux on 25 November in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Puyane** – Kattia Soares Azile

### 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 3 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.

 Jalotte | 4.54%

### Call-out order

2. Carandie
3. Pays-Libre
4. Wahiti
5. Hautes-Robinelles
6. Nord
7. Côte Turquoise
8. Tahare
9. Fuadeloupe
10. Jalotte
11. Tartinique
12. Vetica
2. Jalotte
3. Carandie
4. Pays-Libre
5. Tahare

## Pageant

### Format

In September 2008, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses of Years Past" (Maronan: *Les Miss d'il y a des années*), with each competition round being themed after powerful women from 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 Riking shieldmaidens, Limic goddesses, and Deannian warriors, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after Syves.

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, inspired by Tarfican queens. 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 Eurean queens, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after Aristophane, before the final results were announced.