Miss Marone 2021

**Miss Marone 2021** was the 89th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 19 December 2020 at Le Centre de Charfort in Charfort, Val-du-Verne. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show. The competition was celebrated as the 100th anniversary of Miss Marone, as the first edition of the pageant was held in 1920.

Victoria Bain of Val-du-Verne crowned Sona Chabareau of Tahare as her successor at the end of the event. Chabareau will represent Marone at Miss Parth 2022.

## Background

In July 2020, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 19 December 2020 at Le Centre de Charfort in Charfort, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Victoria Bain of Val-du-Verne. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Vorelles.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2020. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 20 November 2020 before embarking on their overseas trip to Vorelles on 24 November. While in Vorelles, 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 Charfort on 8 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Wahiti** – Pateatua Ahurai *(5th Runner-Up)* **Nord** – Aurélie Malkiewicz *(6th Runner-Up)* **Ambas** – Mélodie Sack **Ditrone** – Valentine Le Corre **Languedoie** – Bérénice Garaia **Pays-Libre** – Annie Lavigne **Pitaine** – Léa Nee

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Carandie** – Noémie Carbonneau

### 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 16 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.

 Île-de-Marone | 6.78%

### Call-out order

2. Île-de-Marone
3. Wahiti
4. Pays-du-Verne
5. Pays-Libre
6. Côte Turquoise
7. Ditrone
8. Languedoie
9. Tahare
10. Lousain
11. Ambas
12. Nord
2. Tahare
3. Île-de-Marone
4. Côte Turquoise
5. Lousain

## Pageant

### Format

In July 2020, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the upcoming edition of Miss Marone would celebrate the 100th anniversary of the pageant. It was later announced in November that theme for this edition would be "The Misses Celebrate 100 Years" (Maronan: *Les Miss fêtent leur 100 ans*), with each competition round being introduced by a former Miss Marone and themed after one of the rounds she competed in at Miss Marone.

The competition began with 53 former Miss Marone titleholders being invited on stage, followed by the 30 contestants in their regional costumes (Micheline Vanstroom). 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 ice queens (Sabine de los Reyes), music festivals (Axelle Brasseur), and Ryptian mythology (Ruth Akim), respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after superheroes (Leïla Gribelin), featuring guest appearances from Morwenna Garandel, Giva Nour, and Paloma Saint-Pierre.

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 in a round themed after princesses (Ségolène Deschamps). This was followed by the two-piece swimsuit round, themed after Republic Day (Piharii Lémery), featuring a guest appearance from Victoria Bain. 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 traditional glamour (Hortense Auvray), followed by the question and answer round. The Top 5 later participated in a final presentation round themed after Eurean queens (Dominique Richard), before the final results were announced.

### Former titleholders

The 53 former Miss Marone titleholders who appeared in the show are below:

* Élisabeth Montfault – Miss Marone 1951
* Madeleine Luvière – Miss Marone 1957
* Marie Gide – Miss Marone 1960
* Hortense Auvray – Miss Marone 1963
* Déborah Mallory – Miss Marone 1969
* Ségolène Deschamps – Miss Marone 1971
* Jeanne Roost – Miss Marone 1974
* Babette de la Sierra – Miss Marone 1978 (resigned)
* Anastasie Riudavet – Miss Marone 1978 (assumed)
* Yolande Tuin – Miss Marone 1979
* Marguerite Diez – Miss Marone 1980
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* Larissa Yaw-Ho-Wen – Miss Marone 1998
* Laëtitia Perelle – Miss Marone 1999
* Catherine Chevène – Miss Marone 2000
* Stéphanie Râche – Miss Marone 2001
* Piharii Lémery – Miss Marone 2003
* Sabine de los Reyes – Miss Marone 2004
* Lise Camille – Miss Marone 2007
* Angéline Nuvo – Miss Marone 2008
* Dominique Richard – Miss Marone 2009
* Morwenna Garandel – Miss Marone 2010
* Axelle Brasseur – Miss Marone 2011
* Leïla Gribelin – Miss Marone 2012
* Bella Mignard – Miss Marone 2013
* Romane Vansteenkiste – Miss Marone 2014
* Juliette Jarry – Miss Marone 2015
* Paloma Saint-Pierre – Miss Marone 2016
* Ruth Akim – Miss Marone 2017
* Giva Nour – Miss Marone 2018
* Vanessa Destine – Miss Marone 2019
* Victoria Bain – Miss Marone 2020

### Judges

For the first time, the judging panel was made up entirely of former Miss Marone titleholders, to commemorate 100 years of Miss Marone.

* Micheline Vanstroom (President of the Jury) – Miss Parth 1992 and Miss Marone 1992 from Picarie
* Marguerite Diez – Miss Marone 1980 from Pitaine
* Marie Gide – Miss Marone 1960 from Île-de-Marone
* Juliette Jarry – Miss Marone 2015 from Ditrone
* Angéline Nuvo – Miss Marone 2008 from New Malonia
* Laëtitia Perelle – Miss Marone 1999 from Ambas
* Ariituamalama Rodrigues – Miss Marone 1990 from Wahiti
* Yolande Tuin – Miss Marone 1979 from Nord

## Contestants

### Notes

* The average age is 21.1 years, while the average height is 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in).
* Émeline Barros, Miss Charlotte, is of Escarian origin through her father.
* Marion Holderlin, Miss Châtillon-Rèches, is of Lungarian origin.
* Adèle Feraco, Miss Côte Turquoise, is of Regian origin through her father and Rubenian origin through her mother.
* Solenn Malik, Miss Grône-Fares, is of Munisian origin through her father and Frankish origin through her mother.
* Violaine Orellana, Miss Hautes-Robinelles, is of Spanian origin.
* Marion Zaonarivelo, Miss Île-de-Marone, is of Papaguscan origin.
* Bérénice Garaia, Miss Languedoie, is of Chasque origin through her father.
* Sarah Longchambon, Miss Lousain, is of Talmoonian origin through her mother.
* Sandra Nomu, Miss New Malonia, is of Krenak, Maronan, and Wahitian origin.
* Aurélie Malkiewicz, Miss Nord, is of Zatranian origin.
* Uza Asad, Miss Pays-du-Verne, is of Rubenian origin.
* Sona Chabareau, Miss Tahare, is a *Pondiche* of North Tirian and Namil origin