13 things about Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 second runner-up Katherine Espin

Katherine Elizabeth Espín Gómez is the second Miss Earth from Ecuador. The first one is Olga Alava, who was crowned in 2011.

BIOGRAPHY

Espin is an Ecuadorian lawyer and beauty queen from Cañar, Ecuador. Here are 13 more things about her:

She was born in La Troncal, Cañar to Freddy Espín and Orsa Gómez.
From 2002 to 2008, she lived in New York City, New York, United States with her parents.
In 2005, she suffered from facial paralysis.
In 2010, she entered the Universidad Católica de Cuenca in Cuenca, Ecuador to pursue a law degree.
She was a Reinado Internacional del Café 2013 candidate.
She was a Miss World Ecuador 2013 candidate.
She was Miss Bikini Universe 2015 first runner-up.
She is Miss Earth Ecuador 2016.
She won Miss Earth 2016.
In 2017, she visited Angola, France, Ghana, Singapore, Puerto Rico and Chile.
In 2022, she and Daniel Lopez got engaged.
She was Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 second runner-up.
On November 15, 2024, she turned 32.

Katherine is 5’7.5″ tall. She speaks Spanish and English.

On January 12, 2013, she represented Ecuador at Reinado Internacional del Café 2013 and competed against 22 other candidates in Manizales, Colombia. She was unplaced.
On July 4, 2013, she represented Cañar at Miss World Ecuador 2013 and competed against 15 other candidates at the Centro Cultural Libertador Simón Bolívar in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. She was unplaced.
On November 16, 2015, she represented Ecuador at Miss Bikini Universe 2015 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. She was runner-up to Melidsa Duarte of Venezuela.
On August 8, 2016, she 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. She won the title.
On November 4, 2017, she crowned her successor Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
On September 16, 2018, she became the national director of Miss Earth Ecuador.

On March 11, 2022, Lopez proposed to her in Manhattan, New York City and she said yes.
On June 8, 2024, she represented Cañar at Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 and competed against 24 other candidates at the Parque Zoila Ugarte de Landívar in Machala, El Oro, Ecuador. She was second runner-up to Mara Topic.