Ecuador currently has three Miss Universe placements including the second runner-up finish of Constanza Baez in 2013. Representing the South American country, Lucia Vinueza finished in the Top 12 in 1981 and Susana Rivadeneira finished in the Top 10 in 2004.
The winner of Miss Ecuador represented Ecuador in Miss Universe from 1955 to 1961, from 1968 to 1969 and from 1975 to 2023. On July 1, 2023, Delany Stoffers was crowned Miss Ecuador 2023 at the Recinto Ferial “Alfonso Torres Ordoñez” in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador.
Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 predictions
The Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 coronation ceremony will be held at the Parque Zoila Ugarte de Landívar in Machala, El Oro, Ecuador on June 8, 2024. It is the inaugural edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Ecuador’s Miss Universe candidate.
There are 25 women competing for the Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 crown. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 5 candidates:
predicted 4th runner-up
Melany Fabiana Flor Serrano, 27, Central Region
predicted 3rd runner-up
Karla Paulette Jiménez Urrutia, 25, Los Rios
predicted 2nd runner-up
Nadia Grace Mejia Eicher, 28, United States’ Ecuadorian community
predicted 1st runner-up
Mara Topić, 29, Guayaquil
predicted Miss Universe Ecuador 2024
Katherine Elizabeth Espín Gomez, 31, Cañar
If Espin wins Miss Universe Ecuador 2024, she will make history as the first beauty queen to compete in Miss Universe after winning Miss Earth. She is the second Miss Earth from Ecuador following Olga Alava, who was crowned in 2011.
On August 8, 2016, Espin was appointed Miss Earth Ecuador 2016. On October 29, 2016, she represented Ecuador at Miss Earth 2016 and competed against 82 other candidates at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines and won the title.
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