Miss Ecuador 2011

Miss Ecuador 2011
Date	March 17, 2011[1]
Presenters	Roberto Rodríguez, and Jennifer Pazmiño
Venue	Recinto Ferial Alfonso Torres Ordoñez, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador[2]
Broadcaster	Gama TV
Entrants	19[3]
Placements	5
Winner	Claudia Schiess Galápagos

Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 17, 2011^[4]. Claudia Schiess, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina.

The winner of Miss Ecuador will represent her country at Miss Universe 2011 and Miss Continente Americano 2011. Verónica Vargas was crowned as Miss World Ecuador and she will participate in Miss World 2011, María Fernanda Cornejo was crowned as Miss International Ecuador and she will represent Ecuador in Miss International 2011. The First Runner-up, Olga Alava, will be entering Miss Empresarial 2011 and the Second Runner-up, Leslie Ayala, will be entering Miss Atlantico Internacional 2012. ^[4][4]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2011	Galápagos - Claudia Schiess
Miss World Ecuador 2011	Guayas - María Verónica Vargas
Miss Internacional Ecuador 2011	Pichincha - María Fernanada Cornejo
1st Runner-up	Guayas - Olga Alava
2nd Runner-up	Guayas - Leslie Ayala

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Manabí - Romina Vera
Miss Photogenic	Guayas - María Verónica Vargas
Miss Yambal	Galápagos - Claudia Schiess
Miss Sedal	Galápagos - Claudia Schiess
Miss Cielo	Galápagos - Claudia Schiess
Best National Costume	Pichincha - María Fernanda Cornejo

Judges

• Rafael Araneda - Chilean TV Presenter

• Marjorie Adum - Jeweler

• Gionni Straccia - Venezuelan Fashion Designer

• Carlos Ochoa - Ecuadorean TV Presenter

• Stefanía Fernández - Miss Universe 2009

• Alonso Espinoza - Tame

• Edwin Rosario - Puerto Rican Fashion Designer

• María Mosquera de Saman - Make-up Artist

• Luis De Los Reyes - Renault

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft)	Hometown
Carchi	Mireya Isabel Levy Ortíz	21	172	5'7"	Tulcan
El Oro	Andrea Lissette Mestanza Ramarez	19	171	5'7"	Machala
Esmeraldas	Jéssica Katherine Mercado Chasing	23	173	5'8"	Esmeraldas
Galápagos	Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz	21	172	5'7"	Santa Cruz
Guayas	Ana Carolina Ortega Salazar	21	180	5'11"	Guayaquil
Guayas	Leslie Annette Ayala Rodríguez	23	176	5'9"	Guayaquil
Guayas	María José Maza Solorzano	20	174	5'8"	Guayaquil
Guayas	María Verónica Vargas Granja	21	175	5'9"	Guayaquil
Guayas	Olga Mercedes Alava Vargas	23	173	5'8"	Guayaquil
Loja	Jhoanna Lizbeth Ruiz Moncada	19	180	5'11"	Zapotillo
Los Rios	Rina María Cantó Aguilar	18	178	5'10"	Urdaneta
Manabí	Evelyn Natasha Rivera Chávez	24	172	5'7"	Veinticuatro de Mayo
Manabí	Rocío Claribel González Loor	24	173	5'8"	Manta
Manabí	Romina Patricia Vera Cedeño	24	175	5'9"	Calceta
Pichincha	Andrea Carolina Hurtado Murillo	24	173	5'8"	Quito
Pichincha	Diana Estefanía Urresta Valencia	18	175	5'9"	Quito
Pichincha	María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro	21	178	5'10"	Quito
Santo Domingo	María Dolores Saavedra Santander	20	172	5'7"	Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo	Ruth Estefanía Guevara Yanez	18	172	5'7"	Santo Domingo

Notes

Reallity

• January 17, 2011 was the first elimination where Nelly Carreño of Guayas was eliminated because the judges said that she is really skiny. The judges were: Dr. Nelson Estrella, Dr. Mariana Mosquera, and Mr. Marco Tapia.

• January 24, 2011 was the second elimination but no one was elimaneted because four contestants have had an accident.

• January 31, 2011 was the third elimination where Emily Briones of Pichincha was eliminated due she hasn't finished high school. The judges were: Ing. Andriana Loor, Mrs. María Fernanda Coello, and Ab. Heytel Moreno.

• February 7, 2011 was the fourth elimination where Jéssica Cortez of Esmeraldas was eliminated due not complete to the official events. The judges were: Dra. Laura Perrone, Dra. Martha Tetamanti, and Mr. Alberto Cajamarca.

Crossovers

• Claribel González competed in Reina de Manta 2002 where she was 2nd Runner-up, and she won Models New Generation in 2007

• María Fernanda Cornejo is an Ecuadorian Top Model who competed in Models New Generation in 2004 ,and Elite Models in Curaçao and won Srta Tersovit 2010.

• Jéssica Mercado was Reina del Esmeraldeñismo in 2005.

• Andrea Hurtado competed in Reina de Quito 2005, but she was unplaced.

• Rina María Cantó was Reina de Urdaneta 2007 and Reina de Los Ríos 2007.

• Olga Alava was Virreina de Guayaquil 2008.

• Leslie Ayala competed in Reina de Guayaquil 2008 but she was unplaced, and she was 1st Runner-up in Miss Piel Dorada 2009.

• María Dolores Saavedra is Reina de Santo Domingo 2010.

• Mireya Levy is Reina de Tulcan 2010, Reina de Carchi 2010, and Reina de Mi Tierra 2010.

• Claudia Schiess competed in Miss Supranational 2010, but unplaced. She was born in Switzerland, but her father is Ecuadorian and her mother is of Swiss and German ancestry.

• Natasha Rivera is Reina de Veinticuatro de Mayo 2010 and Virreina de Manabi 2010.

• Jhoanna Ruiz is Reina de Zapotillo 2010.

• Verónica Vargas won Nereida de la Armada Nacional 2009.

• María José Maza won CN Modelos Search 2010.

• Ana Carolina Ortega competed in Reina de Guayaquil 2010, but she was unplaced.

References

1. ^ http://www.eldiario.com.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/173368-miss-ecuador-2011-va-tomando-forma/
2. ^ http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/03/17/1/1379/19-mujeres-corona-miss-ecuador.html?p=1377&m=58
3. ^ http://www.eldiario.com.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/173368-miss-ecuador-2011-va-tomando-forma/
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Santo Domingo es la sede para Miss Ecuador 2011". Extra. August 29, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.extra.ec/suplementos/somos/2010-08-29/santo-domingo-es-la-sede-para-miss-ecuador-2011/. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 

External links

• Official Miss Ecuador website