Miss Ecuador Explained

Organización Miss Ecuador
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Guayaquil
Location:Ecuador
Language:Spanish
Leader Title:President
Key People:Marco Tapia

Miss Ecuador is a national beauty pageant in Ecuador. The current Miss Ecuador is Delary Stoffers from Guayaquil. She won the title on July 1, 2023, and represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2023.

History

The first winner of the Miss Ecuador pageant was Sara Chacón Zúñiga from Guayas in 1930. The contest was inactive for 25 years until 1955 when Leonor Carcache from Guayas won the first modern title of Miss Ecuador and became the first representative of the country to Miss Universe 1955.[1]

Representatives from the 24 provinces that make up Ecuador compete annually for the title of Miss Ecuador among others. Since 2024, Miss Ecuador has sent its winner to Miss International. In addition, the pageant also selects candidates to represent Ecuador in other international contests such as Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss United Continents and Miss Landscapes International. In the past, Miss Ecuador sent representatives to: Miss Universe until (2023), Miss World until (2012), Miss Earth until (2004), Miss Supranational until (2017) and Miss Grand International until (2018).

Note

Titleholders

The following titleholders have represented Ecuador in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women.[2] [3] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International with the exception of Miss Earth which has a separate national franchise in Ecuador.[4] [5] [6]

EditionDate VenueMiss Ecuador Representation International
1930 February 9, 1930 GuayasMiss América Latina 1930
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1955 June 4, 1955Leonor María Carcache Rodríguez Guayas
1956 June 26, 1956María Mercedes Flores Espín Guayas Miss Universe 1956
1957 May 31, 1957Teatro Olmedo
Guayaquil, Guayas
Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright Guayas Miss Universe 1957
1958 June 20, 1958Teatro Olmedo
Guayaquil, Guayas
Alicia Vallejo Eljuri Chimborazo Miss Universe 1958
1959 July 3, 1959Teatro Olmedo
Guayaquil, Guayas
Carlota Elena Ayala Arellano Guayas Miss Universe 1959
1960 June 25, 1960Guayaquil Tennis Club
Guayaquil, Guayas
Isabel Matilde Rolando Ceballos PichinchaMiss Universe 1960
1961 June 29, 1961Teatro Olmedo
Guayaquil, Guayas
Elaine Nina Ortega Hougen Pichincha
Miss Universe 1962
Miss World 1962
1962 August 5, 1962Club de Leones de Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Guayas
Margarita Leonor Arosemana GómezGuayas Miss International 1962
  • Top 15
1963 July 30, 1963Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Tania Valle Moreno Guayas Miss International 1963
1964 July 21, 1964Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Agustina Mendoza Vélez Manabí
1965 July 20, 1965Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Eugenia Mosquéra BañadosGuayas Miss International 1965
1966
  • Appointed
August 3, 1966Salón de la Asociación de Periodistas
Guayaquil, Guayas
Alexandra Vallejo Klaere Guayas
1967
  • Appointed
October 10, 1966Canal 4 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Laura Elena Baquero Palacios Guayas Miss Universe 1967
  • Did not compete
Miss International 1967
1968 June 15, 1968Guayaquil Yacht Club
Guayaquil, Guayas
Priscilla Elena Álava González Guayas Miss Universe 1968
June 12, 1969Canal 2 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Rosana Leonor Vinueza EstradaGuayas Miss Universe 1969
July 16, 1970Canal 2 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Sofía Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis GuayasMiss World 1970
  • Top 15
August 19, 1971Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Cecilia Gómez Buenaventura Guayas Miss World 1971
October 27, 1972Canal 2 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Patricia Ximena Falconí Salas Pichincha Miss World 1972
1973
  • Appointed
May 3, 1973Canal 2 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Ana Patricia Rivadeneira Peña Azuay Miss Maja 1973
October 7, 1974Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada Guayas Miss World 1974
July 4, 1975Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Ana María Wray Salas Guayas Miss Universe 1975
June 1, 1976Canal 2 Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Gilda de las Mercedes Plaza Guerra Guayas Miss Universe 1976
June 17, 1977Coliseo Cerrado de Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Guayas
Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñonez Manabí Miss Universe 1977
Miss World 1977
  • Appointed
May 8, 1977Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Mabel Adelaida Ceballos Sangster Guayas Miss Universe 1978
  • Appointed
June 9, 1979Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Ana Beatriz Plaza GuerraGuayas Miss Universe 1979
June 11, 1980Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Leslie Verónica Rivas Franco El Oro Miss Universe 1980
  • Appointed
June 2, 1981Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Lucía Isabel Vinueza UrgellesGuayas Miss Universe 1981
  • Top 12
1982
  • Appointed
June 4, 1982Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Lorena Jacqueline Burgos García Guayas Miss Universe 1982
1983June 14, 1983Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Mariela del Mar García MonsalveManabí Miss Universe 1983
May 29, 1984Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Leonor Patricia Gonzenbach Vallejo Guayas Miss Universe 1984
June 4, 1985Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Elena Stangl Tamayo Guayas Miss Universe 1985
May 27, 1986Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergeber Pichincha Miss Universe 1986
March 31, 1987Teatro 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil, Guayas
María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón PichinchaMiss Universe 1987
  • Appointed
April 1, 1988Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Cecilia Cristina Pozo Carminer Guayas Miss Universe 1988
June 15, 1988Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Eugenia Molina Astudillo GuayasMiss Universe 1989
  • Appointed
January 8, 1990Telecentro Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Jéssica del Carmen Núñez Severino Guayas Miss Universe 1990
March 12, 1991Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
Diana Karina Neira Rassmussen Guayas Miss Universe 1991
April 9, 1992Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Soledad Diab AguilarGuayas Miss Universe 1992
April 22, 1993Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Arianna Mandini Klein GuayasMiss Universe 1993
March 24, 1994Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
Mafalda del Pilar Arboleda Arditto Guayas Miss Universe 1994
  • Appointed
March 1, 1955Ecuavisa Studios
Guayaquil, Guayas
Radmila Miryana Pandžić ArapovManabí Miss Universe 1995
November 9, 1955Teatro Bolívar
Quito, Pichincha
Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía Pichincha Miss Universe 1996
April 17, 1997Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
María José López Verdú Pichincha Miss Universe 1997
March 21, 1988Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Soraya Edith Hogonaga SerranoPichincha Miss Universe 1998
April 16, 1999Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Carolina Alfonso De la Paz Pichincha Miss Universe 1999
April 6, 2000Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
Gabriela Mercedes Cadena Vedova Guayas Miss Universe 2000
2001 March 21, 2001Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Jéssica Eliana Bermudez Ronquillo Guayas Miss Universe 2001
March 26, 2002Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
Isabel Cristina Ontaneda PintoPichincha Miss Universe 2002
Miss International 2002
Miss Earth 2003
March 27, 2003Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Andrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz Guayas Miss Universe 2003
March 4, 2004Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Susana Rivadeneira Simbal Pichincha
  • Top 10
March 12, 2005Teatro Nacional de la Cultura
Quito, Pichincha
Laura Ximena Zamora Moreano Pichincha Miss Universe 2005
March 16, 2006Coliseo Mayor de Cuenca
Cuenca, Azuay
Catalina "Katty" Mercedes López Samán Guayas
March 22, 2007Coliseo Voltaire Paladines Polo
Guayaquil, Guayas
María Lugina Cabezas Andrade Pichincha Miss Universe 2007
March 18, 2008Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO
Quito, Pichincha
Doménica Francesca Saporiti Hinojosa Guayas Miss Universe 2008
March 13, 2009Coliseo Lorgio Pinargote
Manta, Manabí
Sandra María Vinces Pinargote Manabí Miss Universe 2009
March 25, 2010Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO
Quito, Pichincha
Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra Guayas Miss Universe 2010
March 17, 2011Recinto Ferial Alfonso Torres Ordóñez
Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo
Claudia Elena Schiess FretzGalápagos
March 16, 2012Puerto Lucía Yacht Club
La Libertad, Santa Elena
Andrea Carolina Aguirre Pérez GuayasMiss Universe 2012
March 8, 2013Teatro Centro Cívico
Guayaquil, Guayas
Constanza María Báez Jalil Pichincha
  • 2nd Runner-up
March 15, 2014Teatro Centro Cívico
Guayaquil, Guayas
Silvia Alejandra Argudo Intriago Manabí Miss Universe 2014
March 4, 2015Centro de Convenciones de Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Guayas
Francesca Keyco Cipriani Burgos Guayas Miss Universe 2015
March 12, 2016Hotel Oro Verde
Machala, El Oro
Connie Maily Jiménez Romero Los Ríos Miss Universe 2016
April 22, 2017Complejo Polideportivo El Chorrillo
Babahoyo, Los Ríos
María Daniela Cepeda Matamoros Guayas Miss Universe 2017
May 5, 2018Hotel Oro Verde
Machala, El Oro
Virginia Stephanie Limongi Silva Manabí Miss Universe 2018
July 19, 2019Teatro Centro de Arte
Guayaquil, Guayas
Cristina María Hidalgo Berry Guayas Miss Universe 2019
October 17, 2020Hotel Wyndham Sail
Manta, Manabí
Leyla Shuken Espinoza CalvacheLos Ríos
September 11, 2021Malecón Eloy Alfaro
Quevedo, Los Ríos
Susana "Susy" Valeria Sacoto Mendoza Manabí Miss Universe 2021
September 3, 2022Malecon Eloy Alfaro
Quevedo, Los Rios
Nayelhi Alejandra González Ulloa[7] Esmeraldas Miss Universe 2022
July 1, 2023Recinto Ferial "Alfonso Torres Ordoñez"
Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo
Delary Georgette Stoffers Villón[8] Guayas Miss Universe 2023
2024 TBATBATBATBAMiss International 2024

A.Lucía Vinueza was born in Cuenca, Azuay; but she represented the province of Guayas.

B.Mariela García was born in Cuenca, Azuay; but she represented the province of Manabí.

C.Soraya Hogonaga was born in Milagro, Guayas; but she represented the province of Pichincha.

D.Isabel Ontaneda was born in Cuenca, Azuay; but she represented the province of Pichincha.

E.Claudia Schiess was born in Basel, Switzerland; but she represented the province of Galápagos.

Representatives to international beauty pageants

Miss Ecuador Internacional

Before 2013, the 2nd Runner-up used to compete at Miss International. Began 2013 the 1st Runner-up of Miss Ecuador represents her country at the Miss International pageant.

YearProvinceHometownMiss Ecuador InternacionalPlacement at Miss InternationalSpecial Awards
2024PichinchaQuitoPaulette Cajas VelaTBA
2023GuayasGuayaquilTatiana Georgette Kalil RohaUnplaced
2022GuayasGuayaquilValeria Gutiérrez Pinto[9] Unplaced
  • Miss Photogenic
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PichinchaQuitoAlegría María Tobar CordovésUnplaced
Michelle Nathalie Huet Rodríguez Top 8
  • Best National Costume
Jocelyn Daniela Mieles Zambrano Top 8
2016El OroMachalaIvanna Fiorella Abad Vásquez
  • Miss International Americas
GuayasGuayaquilBianka Yamel Fuentes Dieb Resigned
Daniela Armijos Cordero Unplaced
Carla Daniela Prado Thoret Unplaced
Nathaly Arroba Hurtado Top 15
Tatiana Katherine Loor Hidalgo Unplaced
  • Miss Stature
  • Miss Beauty
Andrea Ivonne Suárez MelgarUnplaced
PichinchaIsabella Chiriboga ValdiviesoUnplaced
Top 12
Jéssica Maena Ortiz Campos Unplaced
Denisse Elizabeth Rodríguez Quiñónez Unplaced
Bianca María Salame Avilés Unplaced
Irene Andrea Zunino García Unplaced
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Isabel Cristina Ontaneda PintoUnplaced
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Lucía del Carmen Fernández AvellanedaUnplaced
  • Best National Costume
Susana Castro JaramilloUnplaced
Lourdes Hernández Top 15
Alexandra Swanberg ViteriUnplaced
Enriqueta Valdéz Fuentes Unplaced
Laura Elena Baquero Palacios Unplaced
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María Eugenia Mosquera BañadosUnplaced
María Agustina Mendoza VélezUnplaced
Tania Valle Moreno Unplaced
GuayaquilMargarita Arosemena GómezTop 15
GuayaquilElaine Nina Ortega Hougen Unplaced
Magdalena Dávila VarelaUnplaced

Past titleholders under Miss Ecuador org.

Miss Ecuador Universo

See main article: Miss Universe Ecuador.

The winner of Miss Ecuador represents her country at the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

YearProvinceHometownMiss EcuadorPlacement at Miss UniverseSpecial Awards
2023GuayasGuayaquilDelary Georgette Stoffers VillónUnplaced
2022EsmeraldasEsmeraldasNayelhi Alejandra González UlloaUnplaced
2021PortoviejoSusana Sacoto MendozaUnplaced
Los RíosQuevedoLeyla Shuken Espinoza CalvacheUnplaced
Cristina María Hidalgo BerryUnplaced
Virginia Stephanie Limongi SilvaUnplaced
María Daniela Cepeda MatamorosUnplaced
Connie Maily Jiménez Romero Unplaced
GuayaquilFrancesca Keyco Cipriani Burgos Unplaced
PortoviejoSilvia Alejandra Argudo IntriagoUnplaced
QuitoConstanza María Báez Jalil 2nd Runner-up
GuayaquilCarolina Andrea Aguirre Pérez Unplaced
Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz Unplaced
Lady Fernanda Mina LastraUnplaced
PortoviejoMaría Sandra Vinces PinargoteUnplaced
  • Best National Costume (3rd place)
Doménica Francesca Saporitti HinojosaUnplaced
QuitoMaría Lugina Cabezas AndradeUnplaced
Catalina Mercedes López Samán Unplaced
Laura Ximena Zamora MoreanoUnplaced
María Susana Rivadeneira SimballTop 10
  • Best National Costume (Top 10)
GuayaquilAndrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz Unplaced
QuitoIsabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto Unplaced
Jéssica Eliana Bermúdez RonquilloUnplaced
Gabriela Mercedes Cadena VédovaUnplaced
QuitoCarolina Alfonso De La Paz Unplaced
Soraya Edith Hogonaga SerranoUnplaced
María José López Verdú Unplaced
Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía Unplaced
1995Radmila Padnizic Arapov Unplaced
GuayaquilMafalda Arboleda Arditto Unplaced
GuayaquilArianna Mandini Klein Unplaced
Unplaced
  • Miss Photogenic
Diana Neira Rassmussen Unplaced
GuayaquilJéssica Núñez Severino Unplaced
GuayaquilMaría Eugenia Molina Astudillo Unplaced
GuayaquilCecilia Pozo Caminer Unplaced
QuitoMaría del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón Unplaced
Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergeber Unplaced
María Elena Stangl Tamayo Unplaced
GuayasLeonor Patricia Gonzembach Vallejo Unplaced
PortoviejoMariela del Mar García Monsalve Unplaced
Lorena Jacqueline Burgos García Unplaced
Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles Top 12
MachalaLeslie Verónica Rivas Franco Unplaced
GuayaquilAna Margarita Plaza GuerraUnplaced
Mabel Cevallos Sangster Unplaced
ChoneLucía del Carmen Hernández QuiñonezUnplaced
GuayaquilGilda Plaza GuerraUnplaced
Ana María Wray Salas Unplaced
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Susana Castro Jaramillo Unplaced
1971Ximena Montenegro Ochoa Unplaced
Zoila Montesinos Rivera Unplaced
Unplaced
Priscilla Alava GonzálezUnplaced
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Martha Cecilia Andrade Alomina Unplaced
Patricia Susana Ballesteros Unplaced
GuayaquilTanya Yela Klein Loffredo Unplaced
Patricia Córdova MartínezUnplaced
GuayaquilElaine Nina Ortega Hougen Unplaced
Yolanda Palacios Charvert Unplaced
Isabel Matilde Rolando Ceballos Unplaced
GuayaquilCarlota Elena Ayala ArellanoUnplaced
Alicia Vallejo Eljuri Unplaced
Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright Unplaced
María Mercedes Flores Espín Unplaced
Leonor María Carcache Rodríguez Unplaced

Miss Ecuador Mundo

See main article: Miss World Ecuador.

Before 2013 Miss Ecuador org crowned Miss Mundo Ecuador where the winner represented Ecuador at Miss World. Since 2013 the Miss World Ecuador sends winners to Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

YearProvinceHometownMiss Ecuador MundoPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial Awards
Unplaced
María Verónica Vargas GranjaUnplaced
Ana Mercedes Galarza AñazcoUnplaced
María Gabriela Ulloa QuiñonesUnplaced
Marjorie Alexandra Cevallos Vera Unplaced
Valeska Alexandra Saab GómezTop 16
María Rebeca Flores JaramilloUnplaced
Marielisa Márques GutiérrezUnplaced
Cristina Eugenia Reyes HidalgoUnplaced
  • Beach Beauty (Top 10)
  • Miss World Talent (Top 25)
Mayra Katty Rentería MatambaUnplaced
Jéssica Leonela Angulo MirandaUnplaced
Carla Lorena Revelo Pérez Unplaced
Ana Dolores Murillo SánchezUnplaced
Sofía Morán TruebaUnplaced
Vanessa Natalia Graf AlvearUnplaced
EsmeraldasClío Olaya Frías Unplaced
1996Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani Unplaced
1995Ana Fabiola Trujillo Parker Unplaced
Diana Margarita Noboa GordonUnplaced
Danna Saab SaabUnplaced
1992Stephanie Krumholz De Menezes Unplaced
Suanny Denise Bejarano LópezUnplaced
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Ximena Paulett Correa JarreUnplaced
Cristina Elena López Villagómez Unplaced
Cecilia Pozo Caminer Top 15
Alicia Gisela Cucalón Macías6th Runner-up
María del Pilar De Veintemilla RussoUnplaced
María Sol Corral ZambranoUnplaced
Martha Lascano Salcedo Unplaced
Gianna Machiavello González Unplaced
Lucía Isabel Vinueza UrjellesUnplaced
Gabriela María Catelina Ríos Roca Unplaced
Olba Lourdes Padilla Guevara Unplaced
Antonieta Cecilia Campodónico Aguirre Unplaced
Lucía del Carmen Hernández QuiñonezUnplaced
Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco Unplaced
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Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada Unplaced
1973colspan=5
Patricia Falconí Salas Unplaced
María Cecilia Gómez Buenaventura Unplaced
Sofía Virginia Monteverde NimbriotisTop 15
Ximena Lourdes Aulestia DíazUnplaced
Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen Unplaced
Laura Elena Baquero Palacios Unplaced
Alexandra Vallejo KlaereUnplaced
Corine Mildred CorralUnplaced
María de Lourdes Anda Vallejo Unplaced
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Elaine Ortega HougenUnplaced
Magdalena Dávila González Unplaced
Unplaced

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  4. News: Những scandal của Miss World . . 2008-10-08 . 2015-11-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022548/http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/nhung-scandal-cua-miss-world-1898682.html . November 17, 2015 .
  5. News: The misses and missuses of the world. The Jakarta Post. Lynda. Ibrahim. 2013-09-13. 2015-11-09.
  6. News: Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams. Channel NewsAsia. Aya. Lowe. 2016-01-25. 2016-01-25.
  7. Web site: 3 September 2022 . La esmeraldeña Nayelhi González es la Miss Ecuador 2022 . 4 September 2022 . . es-ec.
  8. Web site: 2023-07-01 . La guayaquileña Delary Stoffers Villón es Miss Ecuador 2023. 2023-07-01 . El Universo . es.
  9. Web site: 9 Pesona Valeria Gutierrez Miss International Ekuador 2021 . 2 May 2022 .