Organización Miss Ecuador

Formation	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Guayaquil
Location	Ecuador
Official language	Spanish
President	María del Carmen de Aguayo[1]
Key people	Marco Tapia
Affiliations	Miss International Reina Hispanoamericana Miss United Continents Miss Landscapes International Miss Cosmo
Website	www.missecuador.tv

Miss Ecuador is a national beauty pageant in Ecuador. The current Miss Ecuador is Eunice Rivadeneira fromGuayas. She won the title on 17 August 2024, and will represent Ecuador atMiss International 2025.

The first winner of the Miss Ecuador pageant wasSara Chacón Zúñiga fromGuayas in 1930. The contest was then inactive until 1955 when Leonor Carcache from Guayas won the first modern title of Miss Ecuador, and was the first representative of the country atMiss Universe 1955.^[2]

Representatives from the 24 provinces that make up Ecuador compete annually for the title of Miss Ecuador. Since 2024, Miss Ecuador has sent its winner toMiss International. In addition, the pageant also selects candidates to represent Ecuador in other international contests such asReina Hispanoamericana, Miss United Continents and Miss Landscapes International. In the past, Miss Ecuador sent representatives to:Miss Universe until2023,Miss World until2012,Miss Earth until2004,Miss Supranational until2017 andMiss Grand International until2018.

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• In 1966, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1990 and 1995, the Miss Ecuador title was appointed.
• In 1967, 1978, 1989 and 1996, the Miss Ecuador election/appointment was made the year before the edition to represent.
• In 1993, the Miss Ecuador election was not held in Guayaquil for the first time.
• In 1996, Mónica Chalá was the firstAfro-Ecuadorian in winning the Miss Ecuador title.
• In 2011, Claudia Schiess was the first non Ecuadorian-born in winning the Miss Ecuador title.
• Guayas has hosted the Miss Ecuador pageant for 46 editions.
• Guayas is the most successful province at Miss Ecuador with 39 winners.
• Zamora Chinchipe has never been represented at Miss Ecuador.
• Ecuadorian people in the USA & Italy have been represented at Miss Ecuador since 1977 and2023 respectively.

The following titleholders have represented Ecuador in three of theBig Four major international beauty pageants for women.^[3][4] These areMiss World,Miss Universe, andMiss International with the exception ofMiss Earth which has a separate national franchise in Ecuador.^[5][6][7]

A.^ Lucía Vinueza was born inCuenca,Azuay; but she represented the province ofGuayas.

B.^ Mariela García was born inCuenca,Azuay; but she represented the province ofManabí.

C.^ Soraya Hogonaga was born inMilagro,Guayas; but she represented the province ofPichincha.

D.^ Isabel Ontaneda was born inCuenca,Azuay; but she represented the province ofPichincha.

E.^ Claudia Schiess was born inBasel, Switzerland; but she represented the province ofGalápagos.

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

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

• ^{^} Lucía Vinueza (1981), Mariela García (1983) and Isabel Ontaneda (2002) were born inCuenca,Azuay; but they represented their hometown's :Guayaquil,Portoviejo and Province ofPichincha respectively.

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

• Miss Earth Ecuador
• Miss Teen Ecuador
• Miss Universe Ecuador 1970
• Mister Ecuador

• Official Miss Ecuador website
• Past titleholders^[usurped]

• Miss Ecuador
• Beauty pageants in Ecuador
• Ecuadorian awards
• Miss Universe by country

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