| Date: | April 15, 2023 |
| Venue: | TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil |
| Entrants: | 7 |
| Placements: | 3 |
| Broadcaster: | YouTube |
| Winner: | Véronique Michielsen (Ecuadorian communities in Europe; Dethroned) Andrea Ojeda (Guayaquil, Assumed) |
| Award1 Label: | Best in Swimsuit |
| Award1: | Véronique Michielsen (Ecuadorian communities in Europe) |
| Award2 Label: | Best Social Project |
| Award2: | Tamara Bautista (Esmeraldas) |
| Before: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2024 |
Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Ecuador beauty pageant, held at TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil.[1] It was originally proposed to be held in January but was postponed to April 15, 2023, for unspecified reasons.[2] Candidates from seven provinces of the country, who qualified for the national pageant via an audition performed virtually earlier in November 2022, competed for the title.
The event was held by a Guayaquil-based pageant organizer headed by Tahiz and Miguel Panus, Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador).[2] The grand final round of the pageant was hosted by an Ecuadorian television presenter, radio host, and singer,, and was live-transmitted to the audience worldwide via its international parent contest's YouTube channel, GrandTV, and was also attended by Miss Grand International 2017 from Peru, .[3] [1]
The winner of the contest, Véronique Michielsen, representing Ecuadorian communities in Europe, was crowned by Miss Grand Ecuador 2022, Lisseth Naranjo. However, Michielsen was later dethroned a few months before entering the international contest, thus, the first runner-up Andrea Ojeda assumed the title and competed at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant as the replacement.[1] [4] [5]
| Position | Delegate | |
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| Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Special awards[6] | ||
| Best in Swimsuit |
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| Best in Sportswear |
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| Best Social Project |
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| Miss Runway |
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| Miss Multimedia |
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| Grand Challenge | Gold |
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| Silver |
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| Bronze |
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Seven candidates competed for the title.[7]
| Province | Delegate | Height | Hometown | ||
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| Ecuadorian communities in Europe | Véronique Michielsen Marcillo | 22 | Antwerp | ||
 Ecuadorian communities in USA | Doménica Valverde Zamora | 22 | Washington D.C | ||
| Noemí Cedeño Carrasco | 22 | Machala | |||
| Tamara Bautista Mansaba | 24 | Esmeraldas | |||
| Guayaquil | Andrea Ojeda Fernández | 24 | Guayaquil | ||
| Nayeli Párraga Zambrano | 21 | Portoviejo | |||
| Alyson Flores Lozano | 23 | Santo Domingo |