Ecuador in Beauty Pageants
The first beauty queen in Ecuador was Sara Chacón from Guayaquil, Guayas province in 1930, who wore the brand and the crown of Miss Ecuador being the very first Miss Ecuador. The contest was inactive for more than 20 years until 1955 when Leonor Carcache won the first modern title of Miss Ecuador and became the first representative of the country to the Miss Universe pageant.
Representatives from the 24 provinces that make up Ecuador compete annually for the title of Miss Ecuador among others. In addition of representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International; Miss Ecuador also selects candidates for Miss Continente Americano, Reina Hispanoamericana. The director of Miss Ecuador is Mrs. María del Carmen de Aguayo. The representative for Miss Earth is selected by Mr. José Hidalgo the owner of Miss Earth Ecuador and the rights to send an ecuadorian delegate to this contest. Mr. Marco Tapia has the rights to chose and send a contestant to Miss Supranational.
Miss Ecuador Titleholders
Lucía Vinueza (1981), Mariela García (1983) and Isabel Ontaneda (2002) were born in Cuenca, but they represented their hometown's province.
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 35 | 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
Pichincha | 14 | 1960, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 |
Manabí | 05 | 1970, 1977, 1983, 1995, 2009 |
Chimborazo | 01 | 1958 |
El Oro | 01 | 1980 |
Galápagos | 01 | 2011 |
Miss Universe participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | Placement |
1952 | ||||
1953 | ||||
1954 | ||||
1955 | Leonor Carcache Rodríguez | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1956 | María Mercedes Flores Espin | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1957 | Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1958 | Alicia Vallejo Eljuri | Chimborazo | Riobamba | |
1959 | Carlota Elena Ayala | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1960 | Isabel Rolando Ceballos | Pichincha | Quito | |
1961 | Yolanda Palacios Chavert | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1962 | Elaine Ortega Hougen | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1963 | Patricia Córdova | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1964 | Tanya Yela Klein Loffredo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1965 | Patricia Susana Ballesteros | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1966 | Martha Cecilia Andrade Alomina | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1967 | ||||
1968 | Priscilla Alava González | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1969 | Rossana Vinueza Estrada | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1970 | Zoila Montesinos Rivera | Manabi | Jipijapa | |
1971 | Ximena Moreno Ochoa | Pichincha | Quito | |
1972 | Susana Castro Jaramillo | Pichincha | Quito | |
1973 | ||||
1974 | ||||
1975 | Ana María Wray Salas | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1976 | Gilda Plaza | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1977 | Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñonez | Manabí | Chone | |
1978 | Mabel Cevallos Sangster | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1979 | Ana Margarita Plaza | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1980 | Leslie Verónica Rivas Franco | El Oro | Machala | |
1981 | Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 12 |
1982 | Jacqueline Burgos García | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1983 | Mariela García Monsalve | Manabí | Portoviejo | |
1984 | Leonor Gonzembach Vallejo | Guayas | Guayas | |
1985 | María Elena Stangl Tamayo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1986 | Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergeber | Pichincha | Quito | |
1987 | María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalon | Pichincha | Quito | |
1988 | Cecilia Pozo Caminer | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1989 | María Eugenía Molina Astudillo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1990 | Jessica Nuñez Severino | Guayas | Guayaquil | 22nd place |
1991 | Diana Neira Rassmussen | Guayas | Guayaquil | 50th place |
1992 | María Soledad Diab Aguilar | Guayas | Guayaquil | 31st place (Miss Photogenic) |
1993 | Arianna Mandini Klein | Guayas | Guayaquil | 41st place |
1994 | Mafalda Arboleda Arditto | Guayas | Guayaquil | 27th place |
1995 | Radmila Padnizic Arapov | Manabí | Manta | 64th place |
1996 | Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía | Pichincha | Quito | 46th place |
1997 | María José López Verdú | Pichincha | Quito | 39th place |
1998 | Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano | Pichincha | Quito | 14th place |
1999 | Carolina Alfonso De La Paz | Pichincha | Quito | 33th place |
2000 | Gabriela Cadena | Guayas | Guayaquil | 57th place |
2001 | Jessica Eliana Bermudez Ronquillo | Guayas | Guayaquil | 12th place |
2002 | Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto | Pichincha | Quito | 16th place |
2003 | Andrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz | Guayas | Guayaquil | 21th place |
2004 | María Susana Rivadeneira Simball | Pichincha | Quito | Top 10 |
2005 | Laura Ximena Zamora Moreno | Pichincha | Quito | |
2006 | Catalina Mercedes López Saman | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2007 | María Lugina Cabezas Andrade | Pichincha | Quito | |
2008 | María Doménica Saporitti Hinojosa | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2009 | María Sandra Vinces Pinargot | Manabí | Portoviejo | |
2010 | Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2011 | Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz | Galápagos | Santa Cruz |
Lucía Vinueza (1981), Mariela García (1983) and Isabel Ontaneda (2002) were born in Cuenca, but they represented their hometown's provice.
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 33 | 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
Pichincha | 13 | 1960, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 |
Manabí | 05 | 1970, 1977, 1983, 1995, 2009 |
Chimborazo | 01 | 1958 |
El Oro | 01 | 1980 |
Galápagos | 01 | 2011 |
Miss World participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | Placement |
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1954 | ||||
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1958 | ||||
1959 | ||||
1960 | María Rosa Rodríguez Váscones | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1961 | Magdalena Dávila González | Pichincha | Quito | |
1962 | Elaine Ortega Hougen | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1963 | ||||
1964 | Maria de Lourdes Anda Vallejo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1965 | Corine Mildred Corral | Pichincha | Quito | |
1966 | Alexandra Vallejo Klaere | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1967 | Laura Elena Baquero Palacios | Pichincha | Quito | |
1968 | Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1969 | Ximena Aulestia Díaz | Pichincha | Quito | |
1970 | Sofia Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 15 |
1971 | Maria Cecilia Gómez Buenaventura | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1972 | Patricia Falcon | Pichincha | Quito | |
1973 | ||||
1974 | Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada | Guayas | Playas | |
1975 | ||||
1976 | Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1977 | Lucía del Carmen Hernandez Quiñonez | Manabí | Chone | |
1978 | Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1979 | Olba Lourdes Padilla Guevara | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1980 | Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1981 | Lucia Isabel Vinueza Urjelles | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1982 | Gianna Machiavello González | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1983 | Martha Lascano Salcedo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1984 | Maria Sol Corral Zambrano | Azuay | Azuay | |
1985 | Maria del Pilar De Veintemilla Russo | Pichincha | Quito | |
1986 | Alicia Gisela Cucalón Macas | Guayas | Guayaquil | 6th Runner-up |
1987 | Cecilia Pozo Caminer | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1988 | Cristina Elena López Villagómez | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1989 | Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre | El Oro | Machala | |
1990 | ||||
1991 | Suanny Denise Bejarano López | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1992 | Stephanie Krumholz De Menezes | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1993 | Danna Saab Saab | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1994 | Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1995 | Ana Fabiola Trujillo Parker | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1996 | Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1997 | Clío Olaya Frías | Esmeraldas | Esmeraldas | |
1998 | Vanessa Natalia Graf Alvear | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1999 | Sofia Morán Trueba | Manabí | Manta | |
2000 | Ana Dolores Murillo Sánchez | Manabí | Portoviejo | |
2001 | Carla Revelo Pérez | Pichincha | Quito | |
2002 | Jessica Angulo | Pichincha | Santo Domingo | |
2003 | Mayra Katty Rentería Matamba | Esmeraldas | Esmeraldas | |
2004 | Cristina Reyes Hidalgo | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2005 | Marielisa Marques Gutiérrez | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2006 | María Rebeca Flores Jaramillo | Azuay | Cuenca | |
2007 | Valeska Alexandra Saab Gómez | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 16 |
2008 | Marjorie Cevallos Vera | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2009 | María Gabriela Ulloa Quiñones | Esmeraldas | Esmeraldas | |
2010 | Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco | Tungurahua | Ambato | |
2011 | María Verónica Vargas Granja | Guayas | Guayaquil |
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 28 | 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1878, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
Pichincha | 08 | 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1985, 2001, 2002 |
Manabí | 03 | 1977, 1999, 2000 |
Esmeraldas | 03 | 1997, 2003, 2009 |
Azuay | 02 | 1984, 2006 |
El Oro | 01 | 1989 |
Tungurahua | 01 | 2010 |
Miss International participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | Placement |
1960 | Magdalena Davila Varela | Pichincha | Quito | |
1961 | Elaine Ortega Hougen | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1962 | Margarita Arosemena Gómez | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 15 |
1963 | Tania Valle Moreno | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1964 | María Agustina Mendoza Veléz | Manabí | Santa Ana | |
1965 | María Eugenia Mosquera Banados | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1967 | Laura Elena Baquero Palacios | Pichincha | Quito | |
1968 | Enriqueta Valdez Fuentes | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1969 | Alexandra Swanberg | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
1970 | Lourdes Hernández | Pichincha | Quito | Top 15 |
1971 | Susana Castro Jaramillo | Pichincha | Quito | |
1972 | Lucia del Pilar Hernandez | Manabí | Manta | |
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2002 | Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto | Pichincha | Quito | |
2003 | ||||
2004 | Irene Andrea Zunino García | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2005 | Bianca María Salame Avilés | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2006 | Denisse Elizabeth Rodriguez Quiñónez | Pichincha | Quito | |
2007 | Jessica Maena Ortíz Campos | Esmeraldas | Esmeraldas | |
2008 | Jennifer Stephannie Pazmiño Saldaña | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 12 |
2009 | Isabella Chiriboga Valdivieso | Pichincha | Quito | |
2010 | Andrea Ivonne Suárez Melgar | Loja | Loja | |
2011 | María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro | Pichincha | Quito |
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 09 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
Pichincha | 08 | 1960, 1967, 1970, 1971, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011 |
Manabí | 02 | 1964, 1972 |
Esmeraldas | 01 | 2007 |
Loja | 01 | 2010 |
Miss Earth Participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | Placement |
2001 | ||||
2002 | ||||
2003 | Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto | Pichincha | Quito | |
2004 | María Luisa Barrios Landivar | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2005 | Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 16 |
2006 | María Magdalena Stahl Hurtado | Carchi | San Gabriel | |
2007 | María Verónica Ochoa Crespo | Azuay | Cuenca | |
2008 | Andrea Carolina León Janzso | El Oro | Machala | Miss Congeniality |
2009 | Diana Nataly Delgado Balseca | Manabí | Manta | |
2010 | Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña | Guayas | Guayaquil | Miss Earth-Air 2010 Best in Long Gown |
2011 | Olga Mercedes Alava Vargas | Guayas | Guayaquil |
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 04 | 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011 |
Pichincha | 01 | 2003 |
Carchi | 01 | 2006 |
Azuay | 01 | 2007 |
El Oro | 01 | 2008 |
Manabí | 01 | 2009 |
Miss Supranational Participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | International Pageant |
2009 | Hilda Mirely Barzola Gónzalez | Guayas | Nobol | Did not compete |
2010 | Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz | Galapagos | Santa Cruz | |
2011 | Leslie Anette Ayala Rodríguez | Guayas | Guayaquil |
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 02 | 2009, 2011 |
Galapagos | 01 | 2010 |
Miss Continente Americano Participation
Year | Delegate | Province | Hometown | International Pageant |
2006 | Catalina Mercedes López Saman | Guayas | Guayaquil | Top 6 Miss Photogenic Miss Yambal |
2007 | María Lugina Cabezas Andrade | Pichincha | Quito | Miss Congeniality |
2008 | María Doménica Saporitti Hinojosa | Guayas | Guayaquil | 2nd Runner-up |
2009 | María Sandra Vinces Pinargot | Manabí | Portoviejo | 2nd Runner-up |
2010 | Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra | Guayas | Guayaquil | |
2011 | Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz | Galápagos | Santa Cruz |
Provincial Rankings
Province | Number | Year |
Guayas | 03 | 2006, 2008, 2010 |
Pichincha | 01 | 2007 |
Manabí | 01 | 2009 |
Galapagos | 01 | 2011 |
References
External links
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