| Ana Galarza | |
| Birth Name: | Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco |
| Birth Place: | Ambato, Ecuador |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Hair Color: | Blond |
| Miss World Ecuador 2010 | |
| Nationalcompetition: | Reina de Ambato 2007 (winner) Miss Ecuador 2010 (1st runner-up) Miss World 2010 (unplaced) |
Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco (born August 24, 1988 in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador[1] is an Ecuadorian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2010.
Galarza is a student of Psychology in the Pontificia Universidad Cátolica del Ecuador. She is also the first woman from Tungurahua to be crowned Miss World Ecuador.[2] [3] Miss Ecuador 2010 was broadcast live from CEMEXPO, in Quito.
As the first runner-up of the Miss Ecuador 2010 beauty pageant, Galarza represented Ecuador in the Miss World 2010 pageant.[4] She placed among the Top 20 in the Miss World Talent fast-track competition.
Galarza was a candidate for the CREO movement for Tungurahua at the 2017 General election and was elected to the National Assembly. In February 2019, she was removed from office following a vote of the assembly due to accusations of illicit enrichment and forgery.[5] [6] In December 2021 the case is closed.[7]
In August 2023, she was candidate for Movimiento Construye and re-elected at the National Assembly.[8] She, Rosa Mayorga, Ramiro Vela and Rosa Baltazar (in absentia) were acknowledged as successful in a ceremony on 15 October 2023 in the city hall by Lorena Ramos, director of the Provincial Electoral Delegation of Tungurahua.[9]