Miss Marone 2003

**Miss Marone 2003** was the 71st edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 14 December 2002 at Le Centre de Banoît in Banoît, Pays-du-Verne. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Évelynne von Kupp presented the show.

Élisabeth Desjardins of Pays-du-Verne crowned Piharii Lémery of Wahiti as her successor at the end of the event. Lémery represented Marone at Miss Parth 2003, where she placed in the Top 10.

## Background

In July 2002, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 14 December 2002 at Le Centre de Banoît in Banoît, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Élisabeth Desjardins of Pays-du-Verne. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Esman.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2002. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 23 November 2002, before embarking on their overseas trip to Esman on 26 November. While in Esman, 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 4 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Île-de-Marone** – Aminata Togola *(5th Runner-Up)* **Fuadeloupe** – Chloé Messino *(6th Runner-Up)* **Carandie** – Bénédicte Baillieu **Châtillon-Rèches** – Eugénie Allard **Pitaine** – Michèle Hernandez **Tartinique** – Flora Marchand **Vetica** – Daniella Sardegno

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Pays-du-Verne** – Sofia Tavares

### 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 11 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.

 Terre Chasque | 4.08%

### Call-out order

2. Ditrone
3. Châtillon-Rèches
4. Fuadeloupe
5. Pitaine
6. Île-de-Marone
7. Wahiti
8. Terre Chasque
9. Lousain
10. Tartinique
11. Carandie
12. Jalotte
2. Lousain
3. Wahiti
4. Ditrone
5. Terre Chasque

## Pageant

### Format

In August 2002, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Celebrate the Holidays" (Maronan: *Les Miss fêtent les fêtes*), with competition rounds themed after various holidays.

The competition began with all 30 contestants performing in a round themed after Republic Day. 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 the Halloween, New Year's Eve, and Easter, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants presented their regional costumes.

After the conclusion of the regional costume presentation, the Top 12 was announced, and each gave their introductory speeches while wearing their ball gowns. This was followed by the swimsuit round, inspired by Valentine's Day. 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 Christmas, before the final results were announced.