| Andrea Aguilera | |
| Birth Name: | Andrea Victoria Aguilera Paredes |
| Birth Place: | Ventanas, Ecuador |
| Height: | 1.80m |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Education: | UEES |
| Occupation: | Model |
Andrea Victoria Aguilera Paredes is an Ecuadorian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Supranational 2023 on July 14, 2023. She is the first Ecuadorian to have won Miss Supranational.
She was previously crowned Miss Grand Ecuador 2021, and represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2021 where she finished first runner-up.[1]
Aguilera was born in Ventanas, Ecuador.[2] Aguilera represented her province in several beauty pageants in her country. She was studying medicine at the University of Guayaquil in 2021, but paused to compete for Miss Grand International 2021. After the pageant, Aguilera joined the sixth season of the reality show Soy el Mejor 2022, but left after two appearances, due to three judges making derogatory remarks about her participation in Miss Grand International.[3] In 2022, Aguilera resumed her studies, pursuing a bachelor's degree in International Business at the UEES.[4]
Aguilera began her pageantry career when she won the Reina de Los Rios.[5] Aguilera joined on September 16 where she was announced as contestant. On September 27, 2019, Aguilera won the provincial pageant.[6]
Before competing at the Reina de Los Rios. Aguilera joined the national pageant for Miss Earth, where she finished as Miss Earth Ecuador – Fire (third runner-up), in the finals gala.
In December 2019, Aguilera won Miss New Model Maganize 2020, and was sent to the national contest, CNB Ecuador. In February 2020, she was announced as one of 20 delegates to compete for the title of CNB Ecuador 2020. After Aguilera withdrew from the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she had the opportunity to return in the next edition automatically.
See main article: Miss Grand Ecuador 2021. On June 26, 2021, she represented Los Rios at Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 on TC Televisión in Guayaquil, Ecuador and won, beating the five other candidates.[7] [8]
See main article: Miss Grand International 2021. Aguilera represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2021 on December 4 and was first runner-up, making her the first Ecuadorian to reach the highest placement for the first time at this pageant.[9]
See main article: Miss Supranational 2023. In March 2023, Aguilera won Miss Ecuador Supranational 2023. She then represented Ecuador and won Miss Supranational 2023 in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Aguilera is the first Ecuadorian and second South American woman to win in the history of the Miss Supranational competition since Stephanía Stegman of Paraguay in 2015.[10] [11]