Miss Ecuador 2016 Explained

Date:	March 12, 2016
Venue:	Oro Verde Hotel, Machala, El Oro^[1]
Acts:	Johann Vera
Entrants:	21
Placements:	6
Winner:	Connie Jiménez
Represented:	Los Ríos
Best National Costume:	Zulibeth Coronel Pastaza
Broadcaster:	Gama TV
Congeniality:	Francesca Possieri Guayas
Photogenic:	Connie Jiménez Los Rios
Before:	2015
Next:	2017

Miss Ecuador 2016, the 66th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 12, 2016 in Machala, El Oro.^[2] Francesca Cipriani, Miss Ecuador 2015 from Guayas crowned her successor Connie Jiménez of Los Ríos at the end of the event. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2016.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2016	– Connie Jiménez
1st Runner-Up	– Bianka Fuentes
2nd Runner-Up	– Ivanna Abad
3rd Runner-Up	– Carmen Iglesias
4th Runner-Up	– Yoselín Noroña
5th Runner-Up	Isabel Piñeyro

Best National Costume

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Pastaza - Zulibeth Coronel (Luis Ayala)^[3]
1st Runner-up	Loja Pichincha - María Fernanda Manzano (Alexi Robalino)
2nd Runner-up	El Oro - Ivanna Abad (Gustavo Otero)

Dream Sedal

Award	Contestant
Winner	Guayas - Francesca Possieri
Top 5	El Oro - Ivanna Abad Loja - Karen Vélez Los Ríos - Connie Jiménez Pichincha - María Fernanda Manzano

Notes

Returns

Last compete in:

• • • 1977 United States
    • 1999 Pastaza
• 2013
  • Los Ríos
• 2014
  • Manabí
  • Santa Elena

Withdrawals

• Carchi
• Cotopaxi
• Imbabura
• Santo Domingo
• Tungurahua

Crossovers

• Cristina Vázquez competed at Reina de Cuenca 2011, but she was unplaced.
• Ivanna Abad was 1st Runner-up (Virreina) at Reina de Machala 2009, and she was Top 5 at Miss Panamarican International 2012.
• Karla Morales competed at Reina de Machala 2013 and Reina del Banano Ecuador 2014; she was unplaced in both pageants.
• Karen Guerrero competed at Reina de Guayaquil 2014 where she was unplaced. She was elected Miss Congeniality.
• Karen Vélez intended to compete at Miss Ecuador 2012, but she was eliminated as precandidate at the Miss Ecuador reality stage. She was Señorita Fundación de Loja 2009
• Yoselin Noroña was Reina de Buena Fé 2014, Reina de Los Ríos 2014 and 1st Runner-up at Miss Tourism World 2015 in Malaysia.
• Carmen Iglesias was Reina del Portoviejo 2014 and Reina de Manabí 2014.
• Cecilia Drouet was Reina de Salinas 2012.
• Zulibeth Coronel was Reina del Puyo 2010 and Reina de Pastaza 2010.
• Milkha Moreira competed at Reina de Quito 2015, but she was unplaced.
• Jushtin Osorio is from Guayaquil, but she represented the US Community.

External links

• Official Miss Ecuador website

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Telégrafo.
2. Web site: Miss Ecuador 2016 será en Machala – Metro Ecuador . www.metroecuador.com.ec . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001112807/http://www.metroecuador.com.ec/entretenimiento/miss-ecuador-2016-sera-en-machala/rUroiD---UvzZks9ry9BCQ/ . 2015-10-01.
3. Web site: Elección del Mejor Traje Típico Miss Ecuador 2016.