Miss Marone 2022

**Miss Marone 2022** was the 90th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 11 December 2021 at Le Centre des Fares in Montflours, Grône-Fares. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardin presented the show, while Maronan singer Alisia performed.

Sona Chabareau of Tahare crowned Georgina Kiss of Languedoie as her successor at the end of the event.

## Background

In June 2021, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 11 December 2021 at Le Centre des Fares in Montflours, Grône-Fares. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Puerta Caballera in Lexica.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2021. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 19 November 2021, before embarking on their overseas trip to Puerta Caballera on 22 November. While in Puerta Caballero, 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 Montflours on 1 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Tahare** – Élise Panchou *(5th Runner-Up)* **Côte Turquoise** – Lucie Phan *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Manon Laufenberg **Fuadeloupe** – Ana de Michèle **Île-de-Marone** – Fleur-Fantine Guillet **Nord** – Charlotte Verhaegen **Wahiti** – Vatini Lambeaux

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Tahare** – Élise Panchou

### 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 8 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.

 Charlotte | 7.68%

### Call-out order

2. Wahiti
3. Île-de-Marone
4. Fuadeloupe
5. Ambas
6. Carandie
7. Languedoie
8. Tahare
9. Charlotte
10. Côte Turquoise
11. Nord
12. Picarie
2. Charlotte
3. Picarie
4. Ditrone
5. Languedoie

## Pageant

### Format

On 17 November 2021, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition of the competition would be "The Misses Tell You a Story" (Maronan: *Les Miss vous racontent une histoire*), with competition rounds themed after fairytales and folklore.

The competition opened with a performance by Maronan singer Alisia, with the contestants dressed 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 *Cinderella*, *Little Red Riding Hood*, and *Goldilocks and the Three Bears*, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit round, inspired by *Robin Hood*.

After the conclusion of the one-piece swimsuit round, 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 *The Little Mermaid*. After the conclusion of the two-piece swimsuit round, the Top 5 was announced. Afterwards, the Top 5 presented their evening gowns in a round inspired by *Beauty and the Beast*, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after *Hansel and Gretel*, before the final results were announced.

## Contestants

### Notes

* The average age is 20.4 years, while the average height is 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in).
* Marie-Charlotte Rémy, Miss Carandie, is of Fuadeloupean origin through her father.
* Laëtitia Laframboise, Miss Charlotte, is of Fuadeloupean origin through her father and Shongese origin through her mother.
* Lucie Phan, Miss Côte Turquoise, is of Esmanese origin.
* Marion Turpin, Miss Grône-Fares, is of Regian origin through her mother.
* Leïla Mansour, Miss Hautes-Robinelles, is of Barracan origin.
* Fleur-Fantine Guillet, Miss Île-de-Marone, is of Lenegalese origin through her mother.
* Georgina Kiss, Miss Languedoie, is of Bagorian origin and was born in Raves.
* Valérie Sadowski, Miss Pays-Libre, is of Zatranian origin through her father.
* Gisèle Vidal, Miss Picarie, is of Vasalonian origin through her father and Escarian origin through her mother.
* Élise Panchou, Miss Tahare, is a *Pondiche* of North Tirian origin.
* Vatini Lambeaux, Miss Wahiti, is of mixed Wahitian, Maronan, and Shinese origin.