Miss Marone 2012

**Miss Marone 2012** was the 80th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 10 December 2011 at Le Centre de Banoît in Banoît, Pays-du-Verne. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Axelle Brasseur of Pays-du-Verne crowned Leïla Gribelin of Carandie as her successor at the end of the event. Gribelin represented Marone at Miss Parth 2012, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In June 2011, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 10 December 2011 at Le Centre de Banoît in Banoît, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Axelle Brasseur of Pays-du-Verne. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Naldines.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2011. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 18 November 2011 before embarking on their overseas trip to Naldines on 21 November. While in Naldines, 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 Banoît on 29 November in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Ditrone** – Riwannon Thoraval *(5th Runner-Up)* **Tahare** – Blandine Julien *(6th Runner-Up)* **Île-de-Marone** – Coralie Tan **Lauterne** – Yvonne Gonçalves **Namou-Rentes** – Claudia Gaztaca **Tartinique** – Marie-Françoise Dieujuste **Val-du-Verne** – Lara Lavigne

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Pays-du-Verne** – Camille Michaux

### 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 7 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.

 Lousain | 7.28%

### Call-out order

2. Tartinique
3. Pays-Libre
4. Val-du-Verne
5. Ditrone
6. Lauterne
7. Lousain
8. Carandie
9. Picarie
10. Île-de-Marone
11. Vetica
12. Namou-Rentes
2. Pays-Libre
3. Picarie
4. Lousain
5. Carandie

## Pageant

### Format

In October 2011, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses' Wishes" (Maronan: *Les vœues des Miss*), with each competition round being introduced by a former Miss Marone and themed after one of her wishes.

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 candyland (Lise Camille), pets (Dominique Richard), and birthday celebrations (Stéphanie Râche), respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after superheroes (Sabine de los Reyes).

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 tropical paradises (Piharii Lémery). After the conclusion of the swimsuit round, the Top 5 was announced. Afterwards, the Top 5 presented their evening gowns, in a round inspired by princesses (Angéline Nuvo), followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after expensive jewels (Morwenna Garandel), before the final results were announced.