Miss Marone 2018

**Miss Marone 2018** was the 86th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 16 December 2017 at Le Centre de Valenême in Valenême, Pitaine. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show.

Ruth Akim of Pitaine crowned Giva Nour of Carandie as her successor at the end of the event. Nour represented Marone at Miss Parth 2019, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In August 2017, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 16 December 2017 at Le Centre de Valenême in Valenême, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Ruth Akim of Pitaine. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Nuba.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2017. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 17 November 2017 before embarking on their overseas trip to Nuba on 21 November. While in Nuba, 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 Valenême on 5 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Sainte-Edwige** – Amandine Cartier *(5th Runner-Up)* **Ditrone** – Gaëlle Ropars *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Aurélie Trémaux **Île-de-Marone** – Ophélie Veil **New Malonia** – Alexia Cuvé **Picarie** – Oummoul Dikèmbe **Pitaine** – Louise Vallotton

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Vetica** – Emma Montenegro

### 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 13 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 | 10.72%

### Call-out order

2. Fuadeloupe
3. Île-de-Marone
4. New Malonia
5. Carandie
6. Sainte-Edwige
7. Ambas
8. Nord
9. Pitaine
10. Picarie
11. Tahare
12. Wahiti
2. Wahiti
3. Nord
4. Tahare
5. Carandie

## Pageant

### Format

In November 2017, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "Welcome to the Misses' Library" (Maronan: *Bienvenue à la bibliothèque des Miss*), with each competition round being themed after famous books and literature.

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 *The Toadblood Chronicles*, *The Knight of San Pedro*, and *Nanny Agatha*, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after *Ebenezer the Great*.

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 *Lizzy in Wonderland*, featuring a guest appearance from Ruth Akim. 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 the novels of Simon Pierre, followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after *The Black Olympiad*, before the final results were announced.