Miss Marone 2006

**Miss Marone 2006** was the 74th edition of the Miss Marone pageant. The competition was held on 10 December 2005 at Le Centre de Cargues in Cargues, Hautes-Robinelles. Jean-Pierre Fredriksen and Évelynne von Kupp presented the show.

Alexandrine Dias dos Santos of Hautes-Robinelles crowned Ingrid Weinreb of Ambas as her successor at the end of the event. Weinreb represented Marone at Miss Parth 2006, where she placed in the Top 20.

## Background

In August 2005, the Miss Marone Committee confirmed that the competition would be held on 10 December 2005 at Le Centre de Cargues in Cargues, to honor the home region of incumbent titleholder Alexandrine Dias dos Santos of Hautes-Robinelles. They additionally confirmed that this year's overseas trip would be to Azile, and that the competition would, for the first time ever, have two swimsuit rounds: a one-piece swimsuit round for all 30 contestants, and a two-piece swimsuit round for the Top 12.

Regional pageants were held to select the 30 contestants between June and October 2005. The 30 contestants traveled to Delmas to begin pre-pageant activities on 19 November 2005, before embarking on their overseas trip to Azile on 22 November. While in Azile, 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 Cargues on 30 November in order to begin rehearsals for the final.

## Results

 **Top 12** |  **Ditrone** – Gwendoline Le Teixier *(5th Runner-Up)* **Fuadeloupe** – Célestine Pierre-Louis *(6th Runner-Up)* **Châtillon-Rèches** – Lucile Baehr **Hautes-Robinelles** – Mariette Gounelle **Île-de-Marone** – Riya Vaikhan **Namou-Rentes** – Amélie Jankovic **Picarie** – Déborah Noir

### Special awards

 **Miss Photogenic** |  **Picarie** – Déborah Noir

### 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 7 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.

 Languedoie | 7.39%

### Call-out order

2. Namou-Rentes
3. Nord
4. Languedoie
5. Côte Turquoise
6. Châtillon-Rèches
7. Fuadeloupe
8. Ambas
9. Ditrone
10. Hautes-Robinelles
11. Wahiti
12. Picarie
2. Wahiti
3. Côte Turquoise
4. Nord
5. Ambas

## Pageant

### Format

In September 2005, it was announced by the Miss Marone Committee that the theme for this edition would be "The Misses Celebrate Around the World" (Maronan: *Les Miss fêtent à travers le monde*), with competition rounds themed after international festivals and celebrations.

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 Oktoberfest (Lungary), Saint Patrick's Day (Gumberland), and Choli (Tiria), respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants participated in the one-piece swimsuit competition, themed after the Feast of Cythereia (Lima).

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 Carnival (Azile). 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 Republic Day (Marone), before the final results were announced.