Miss Ecuador

Organización Miss Ecuador
Logo of Organización Miss Ecuador
Formation	1955
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Guayaquil
Location	Ecuador
Official languages	Spanish
President	María del Carmen de Aguayo[1]
Website	missecuador.com.ec

Miss Ecuador (Organización Miss Ecuador) is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Ecuador's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International.

The current Miss Ecuador is Claudia Schiess from Santa Cruz. She won the title on March 17, 2011.

History

The first winner of a Miss Ecuador pageant was Sara Chacón from Guayas province in 1930. The contest was inactive for more than 20 years until 1955 when Leonor Carcache won the first modern tittle of Miss Ecuador and became the first representative of the country to the Miss Universe pageant.

Representatives from the 24 provinces that make up Ecuador compete annually for the title of Miss Ecuador among others. In addition of representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International, Miss Ecuador also selects candidates for Miss Tourism Queen International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano, Miss America Latina, Miss Caribbean, Miss Global Cities, Miss Globe International, Miss Bikini International, Miss Asia Pacific, Miss Leisure, Miss Tourism World, Reina Nacional del Café, Miss Mesoamerica, Miss Intercontinental, Reina Mundial del Banano and other small pageants.

Yanbal, a cosmetics brand, is the major sponsor of Miss Ecuador. Although the candidates are representatives of each province, they do not necessarily live in that province.

Miss Ecuador titleholders

Year	Winner	Province	City	Participated in
1955	Leonor Carcache Rodríguez	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1955
1956	María Mercedes Flores Espín	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1956
1957	Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1957
1958	Alicia Vallejo Eljuri	Chimborazo	Riobamba	Miss Universe 1958
1959	Carlota Elena Ayala	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1959
1960	Isabel Rolando Cevallos	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1960
1961	Yolanda Palacios Chavert	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1961
1962	Elaine Ortega Hougen	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1962
1963	Patricia Córdova	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1963
1964	Tanya Yela Klein Loffredo	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1964
1965	Patricia Susana Ballesteros	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1965
1966	Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1966
1967	Laura Elena Baquero Palacios	Pichincha	Quito	Miss World 1967
1968	Priscilla Alava González	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1968
1969	Rossana Vinueza Estrada	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1969
1970	Zoila Montesinos Rivera	Manabi	Jipijapa	Miss Universe 1970
1971	Ximena Moreno Ochoa	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1971
1972	Susana Castro Jaramillo	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1972
1973	Lourdes Raad	Guayas	Guayaquil	No Contest
1974	Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada	Guayas	Playas	Miss World 1974
1975	Ana María Wray Salas	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1975
1976	Gilda Plaza	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1976
1977	Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñonez	Manabí	Chone	Miss Universe 1977
1978	Mabel Ceballos Sangster	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1978
1979	Anita Plaza	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1979
1980	Leslie Verónica Rivas Franco	El Oro	Machala	Miss Universe 1980
1981	Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles[^]	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1981
1982	Jacqueline Burgos García	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1982
1983	Mariela García Monsalve[^]	Manabí	Portoviejo	Miss Universe 1983
1984	Leonor Patricía Gonzembach Vallejo	Guayas	Guayas	Miss Universe 1984
1985	María Elena Stangl Tamayo	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1985
1986	Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergerber	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1986
1987	María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalon	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1987
1988	Cecilia Pozo Carminer	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1988
1989	María Eugenia Molina Astudillo	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1989
1990	Jessica Nuñez Severino	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1990
1991	Diana Neira Rassmussen	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1991
1992	María Soledad Diab Aguilar	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1992
1993	Arianna Mandini Klein	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1993
1994	Mafalda Arboleda Arditto	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 1994
1995	Radmila Panzic Arapov	Manabí	Manta	Miss Universe 1995
1996	Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1996
1997	María José López Verdú	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1997
1998	Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1998
1999	Carolina Alfonso De La Paz	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 1999
2000	Gabriela Cadena	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2000
2001	Jessica Eliena Bermudez Ronquillo	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2001
2002	Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto[^]	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 2002
2003	Andrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2003
2004	María Susana Rivadeneira Simball	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 2004
2005	Laura Ximena Zamora Moreno	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 2005
2006	Catalina Mercedes López Saman	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2006
2007	María Lugina Cabezas Andrade	Pichincha	Quito	Miss Universe 2007
2008	Domenica Saporitti Hinojosa	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2008
2009	Sandra Vinces Pinargote	Manabí	Portoviejo	Miss Universe 2009
2010	Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra	Guayas	Guayaquil	Miss Universe 2010
2011	Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz	Galápagos	Santa Cruz	Miss Universe 2011

^{^} Lucía Vinueza (1981), Mariela García (1983) and Isabel Ontaneda (2002) were born in Cuenca, but they represented their hometown's province.

Miss Universe participation

Year	Miss Universe Ecuador	Province	City	Placement in Miss Universe
1952
1953
1954
1955	Leonor Carcache Rodríguez	Guayas	Guayaquil
1956	María Mercedes Flores Espin	Guayas	Guayaquil
1957	Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright	Guayas	Guayaquil
1958	Alicia Vallejo Eljuri	Chimborazo	Riobamba
1959	Carlota Elena Ayala	Guayas	Guayaquil
1960	Isabel Rolando Ceballos	Pichincha	Quito
1961	Yolanda Palacios Chavert	Guayas	Guayaquil
1962	Elaine Ortega Hougen	Guayas	Guayaquil
1963	Patricia Córdova	Guayas	Guayaquil
1964	Tanya Yela Klein Loffredo[2]	Guayas	Guayaquil
1965	Patricia Susana Ballesteros	Guayas	Guayaquil
1966	Martha Cecilia Andrade Alomina	Guayas	Guayaquil
1967
1968	Priscilla Alava González	Guayas	Guayaquil
1969	Rossana Vinueza Estrada[2]	Guayas	Guayaquil
1970	Zoila Montesinos Rivera	Manabi	Jipijapa
1971	Ximena Moreno Ochoa	Pichincha	Quito
1972	Susana Castro Jaramillo	Pichincha	Quito
1973
1974
1975	Ana María Wray Salas	Guayas	Guayaquil
1976	Gilda Plaza	Guayas	Guayaquil
1977	Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñonez	Manabí	Chone
1978	Mabel Cevallos Sangster	Guayas	Guayaquil
1979	Ana Margarita Plaza	Guayas	Guayaquil
1980	Leslie Verónica Rivas Franco	El Oro	Machala
1981	Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles[^][2]	Guayas	Guayaquil	Top 12
1982	Jacqueline Burgos García	Guayas	Guayaquil
1983	Mariela García Monsalve[^]	Manabí	Portoviejo
1984	Leonor Gonzembach Vallejo[2]	Guayas	Guayas
1985	María Elena Stangl Tamayo	Guayas	Guayaquil
1986	Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergeber	Pichincha	Quito
1987	María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalon	Pichincha	Quito
1988	Cecilia Pozo Caminer	Guayas	Guayaquil
1989	María Eugenía Molina Astudillo	Guayas	Guayaquil
1990	Jessica Nuñez Severino	Guayas	Guayaquil	22nd place
1991	Diana Neira Rassmussen	Guayas	Guayaquil	50th place
1992	María Soledad Diab Aguilar[2]	Guayas	Guayaquil	31st place (Miss Photogenic)
1993	Arianna Mandini Klein[2]	Guayas	Guayaquil	41st place
1994	Mafalda Arboleda Arditto	Guayas	Guayaquil	27th place
1995	Radmila Padnizic Arapov	Manabí	Manta	64th place
1996	Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía[2]	Pichincha	Quito	46th place
1997	María José López Verdú	Pichincha	Quito	39th place
1998	Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano[2]	Pichincha	Quito
1999	Carolina Alfonso De La Paz	Pichincha	Quito
2000	Gabriela Cadena	Guayas	Guayaquil
2001	Jessica Eliana Bermudez Ronquillo	Guayas	Guayaquil
2002	Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto[^]	Pichincha	Quito
2003	Andrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz[3]	Guayas	Guayaquil
2004	María Susana Rivadeneira Simball[4]	Pichincha	Quito	Top 10
2005	Laura Ximena Zamora Moreno[5]	Pichincha	Quito
2006	Catalina Mercedes López Saman[6]	Guayas	Guayaquil
2007	María Lugina Cabezas Andrade[7]	Pichincha	Quito
2008	María Doménica Saporitti Hinojosa[8]	Guayas	Guayaquil
2009	María Sandra Vinces Pinargot[9]	Manabí	Portoviejo
2010	Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra[10]	Guayas	Guayaquil
2011	Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz[11]	Galápagos	Santa Cruz

      Semifinalist

^{^} Lucía Vinueza (1981), Mariela García (1983) and Isabel Ontaneda (2002) were born in Cuenca, but they represented their hometown's provice.

Miss World participation

Year Miss World Ecuador Province City Placement in Miss World 1960 María Rosa Rodríguez Váscones Guayas Guayaquil 1961 Magdalena Dávila González Pichincha Quito 1962 Elaine Ortega Hougen Guayas Guayaquil 1964 Maria de Lourdes Anda Vallejo Guayas Guayaquil 1965 Corine Mildred Corral Pichincha Quito 1966 Alexandra Vallejo Klaere Guayas Guayaquil 1967 Laura Elena Baquero Palacios Pichincha Quito 1968 Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen Guayas Guayaquil 1969 Ximena Aulestia Díaz Pichincha Quito 1970 Sofia Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis Guayas Guayaquil Top 15 1971 Maria Cecilia Gómez Buenaventura Guayas Guayaquil 1972 Patricia Falcon Pichincha Quito 1974 Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada Guayas Playas 1976 Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco Guayas Guayaquil 1977 Lucía del Carmen Hernandez Quiñonez Manabí Chone 1978 Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre Guayas Guayaquil 1979 Olba Lourdes Padilla Guevara Guayas Guayaquil 1980 Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca Guayas Guayaquil 1981 Lucia Isabel Vinueza Urjelles Guayas Guayaquil 1982 Gianna Machiavello González Guayas Guayaquil 1983 Martha Lascano Salcedo Guayas Guayaquil 1984 Maria Sol Corral Zambrano Azuay Azuay 1985 Maria del Pilar De Veintemilla Russo Pichincha Quito 1986 Alicia Gisela Cucalón Macas Guayas Guayaquil 6th Runner-up 1987 Cecilia Pozo Caminer Guayas Guayaquil 1988 Cristina Elena López Villagómez Guayas Guayaquil 1989 Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre El Oro Machala 1991 Suanny Denise Bejarano López Guayas Guayaquil 1992 Stephanie Krumholz De Menezes Guayas Guayaquil 1993 Danna Saab Saab Guayas Guayaquil 1994 Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon Guayas Guayaquil 1995 Ana Fabiola Trujillo Parker Guayas Guayaquil 1996 Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani Guayas Guayaquil 1997 Clío Olaya Frías Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 1998 Vanessa Natalia Graf Alvear Guayas Guayaquil 1999 Sofia Morán Trueba Manabí Manta 2000 Ana Dolores Murillo Sánchez Manabí Portoviejo 2001 Carla Revelo Pérez Pichincha Quito 2002 Jessica Angulo[^] Santo Domingo Santo Domingo 2003 Mayra Katty Rentería Matamba Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 2004 Cristina Reyes Hidalgo Guayasa Guayaquil 2005 Marielisa Marques Gutiérrez Guayas Guayaquil 2006 María Rebeca Flores Jaramillo Azuay Cuenca 2007 Valeska Alexandra Saab Gómez Guayas Guayaquil Top 16 2008 Marjorie Cevallos Vera Guayas Guayaquil 2009 María Gabriela Ulloa Quiñones Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 2010 Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco Tungurahua Ambato 2011 María Verónica Vargas Granja[11] Guayas Guayaquil       Semifinalist ^ Jessica Angulo (2002) represented Pichincha Province in the pageant because Santo Domingo was not a province until 2008.

Valeska Saab, Beauty with a Purpose Award and Top 16 at Miss World 2007. Marjorie Cevallos, Miss World Ecuador 2008 .

Miss International participation

Year Miss Internacional Ecuador Province City Placement in Miss International 1960 Magdalena Davila Varela Pichincha Quito 1961 Elaine Ortega Hougen Guayas Guayaquil 1962 Margarita Arosemena Gómez Guayas Guayaquil Top 15 1963 Tania Valle Moreno Guayas Guayaquil 1964 María Agustina Mendoza Veléz Manabí Santa Ana 1965 María Eugenia Mosquera Banados Guayas Guayaquil 1967 Laura Elena Baquero Palacios Pichincha Quito 1968 Enriqueta Valdez Fuentes Guayas Guayaquil 1969 Alexandra Swanberg Guayas Guayaquil 1970 Lourdes Hernández Pichincha Quito Top 15 1971 Susana Castro Jaramillo Pichincha Quito 1972 Lucia del Pilar Hernandez Manabí Manta 2002 Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto Pichincha Quito 2004 Irene Andrea Zunino García Guayas Guayaquil 2005 Bianca María Salame Avilés Guayas Guayaquil 2006 Denisse Elizabeth Rodriguez Quiñónez Pichincha Quito 2007 Jessica Maena Ortíz Campos Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 2008 Jennifer Stephannie Pazmiño Saldaña Guayas Guayaquil Top 12 2009 Isabella Chiriboga Valdivieso Pichincha Quito 2010 Andrea Ivonne Suárez Melgar Loja Loja 2011 María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro[11] Pichincha Quito Miss International 2011       Semifinalist

Provincial rankings

Province	Total	Miss Ecuador
Guayas	35	1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010
Pichincha	14	1960, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
Manabí	5	1970, 1977, 1983, 1995, 2009
Galápagos	1	2011
El Oro	1	1980
Chimborazo	1	1958

References

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External links

• Official Miss Ecuador website
• Past titleholders