Miss Marone 2011

**Miss Marone 2011** was the 79th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 18 December 2010 at Le Centre de Robic in Robic, Ditrone. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Élisabeth Desjardins presented the show, while Maronan singer and former Miss Marone 2009 Dominique Richard performed.

Morwenna Garandel of Ditrone crowned Axelle Brasseur of Pays-du-Verne as her successor at the end of the event. Brasseur represented Marone at Miss Parth 2011.

## Background

In June 2009, the Miss Marone Committee announced that eligibility rules would change beginning with Miss Marone 2011, with the height requirement being lowered to 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), and the abolishment of requirements for contestants to have no tattoos, non-ear piercings, and have never participated in a photoshoot deemed too suggestive by the Miss Marone Committee.

In September 2010, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 18 December 2010 at Le Centre de Robic in Robic, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Morwenna Garandel of Ditrone. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Apronesia.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2010. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 26 November 2010 before embarking on their overseas trip to Apronesia on 29 November. While in Apronesia, 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 Robic on 7 December in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Tartinique** – Marceline David *(5th Runner-Up)* **Nord** – Agathe Vandenbulcke *(6th Runner-Up)* **Côte Turquoise** – Cécile Saïd **Grône-Fares** – Maëva Westermann **Lousain** – Julianne Mata **New Malonia** – Chloé Li **Picarie** – Noémie Allaire

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Pays-Libre** – Adrienne Daucourt

### 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 15 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 2011 edition saw a change in how the jury vote was compiled, compared to previous years. In previous editions, each juror created a ranking from their favorite candidate in the Top 12 to their least favorite candidate in the Top 12, and the rankings were averaged in order to create an overall jury ranking. Beginning with the 2011 edition, each juror simply selected their five favorite candidates in the Top 12 that they'd wish to advance to the Top 5, and candidates were assigned a score between 1 and 12 corresponding with how many jurors included them in their Top 5. The change was made in order to equalize the power between the public vote and jury vote, as jurors were previously able to limit a candidate's chances at advancing by ranking her lowly in their ranking, which voting members of the public are unable to do.

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.

 Ditrone | 7.39%

### Call-out order

2. Nord
3. Pays-du-Verne
4. Lousain
5. Wahiti
6. Tartinique
7. Ambas
8. New Malonia
9. Grône-Fares
10. Ditrone
11. Côte Turquoise
12. Picarie
2. Ditrone
3. Tahare
4. Wahiti
5. Ambas

## Pageant

### Format

In October 2010, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Invite You to Their Celebration" (Maronan: *Les Miss vous invitent à leur fête*), with each competition round being themed after festivals and celebrations.

The competition began with all 30 contestants opening the show in their regional costumes, featuring Dominique Richard performing her songs "Valkyrie" and "Je tiens à toi." 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 carnivals, music festivals, and food festivals, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after beach bonfire parties.

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 National 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 flower festivals, before the final results were announced.