Miss Marone 2008

**Miss Marone 2008** was the 76th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 8 December 2007 at DACH 28 in Orebonne, Val-du-Verne. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Évelynne von Kupp presented the show.

Lise Camille of Val-du-Verne crowned Angéline Nuvo of New Malonia as her successor at the end of the event. Nuvo represented Marone at Miss Parth 2008, where she placed as the fourth runner-up.

## Background

In July 2007, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 8 December 2007 at DACH 28 in Orebonne, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Lise Camille of Val-du-Verne. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to the Ahores.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2007. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 16 November 2007 before embarking on their overseas trip to the Ahores on 19 November. While in the Ahores, 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 Orebonne on 27 November in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Tahare** – Aimée Chantourien *(5th Runner-Up)* **Ditrone** – Nevena Le Ditrone *(6th Runner-Up)* **Châtillon-Rèches** – Orianne Haussler **Grône-Fares** – Hélène Niekitsch **Île-de-Marone** – Iris Carneiro **Pitaine** – Vivienne Scalzitti **Wahiti** – Arilimanihinihi Ariipaea

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Hautes-Robinelles** – Émilie Not

### 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 5 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 | 2.04%

### Call-out order

2. Tahare
3. Pitaine
4. Namou-Rentes
5. Ditrone
6. Wahiti
7. Picarie
8. Île-de-Marone
9. Grône-Fares
10. Côte Turquoise
11. Châtillon-Rèches
12. New Malonia
2. New Malonia
3. Nord
4. Namou-Rentes
5. Picarie

## Pageant

### Format

In October 2007, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "When the Misses Grow Up" (Maronan: *Quand les Miss grandissent*), with each competition round being introduced by a former Miss Marone and themed after her childhood dream of what she wanted to be when she grew up.

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 ballerinas (Ingrid Weinreb), princesses (Sabine de los Reyes), and nurses (Catherine Chevène), respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after flight attendants (Laëtitia Perelle).

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 police officers (Stéphanie Râche). 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 acclaimed actresses (Piharii Lémery), followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after rock stars (Lise Camille), before the final results were announced.