10 things about Miss Universe Ecuador 2021 Susy Sacoto

Susana Valeria Sacoto Mendoza represented Ecuador in the 70th edition of Miss Universe. It was won by Harnaaz Sandhu of India.

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BIOGRAPHY

Sacoto is an Ecuadorian lawyer, soprano singer and beauty queen. Here are 10 more things about her:

She is a resident of Portoviejo, Manabi, Ecuador.
She was born in 1997.
In 2015, she passed a professional English course in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
She is Miss Panamerican Ecuador 2018.
She was a Miss Panamerican International 2018 candidate.
From 2014 to 2019, she attended La Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
She was Jewel of the World 2019 third runner-up.
In 2020, she entered the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES) in Guayaquil, Ecuador to pursue a bachelor’s degree in medicine.
She won Miss Ecuador 2021.
She was a Miss Universe 2021 candidate.

Sacoto is 5’7″ tall. She speaks English and French, she she plays the piano and she loves makeup and modeling.

On October 20, 2018, she represented Ecuador and competed against 15 other candidates at Miss Panamerican International 2018 in Anaheim, California, United States. She was unplaced.
On May 14, 2019, she represented Ecuador at Jewel of the World 2019 in Manila, Philippines. She was third runner-up.

In September 2020, she graduated from La Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil with a law degree.
On September 11, 2021, she represented Portoviejo at Miss Ecuador 2021, competed against 19 other candidates at Malecón Eloy Alfaro in Quevedo, Los Ríos, Ecuador. She won the title.
On December 12, 2021, she represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel. She was unplaced.
On September 3, 2022, she crowned her successor Miss Ecuador 2022 Nayelhi Alejandra Gonzalez at Malecón Eloy Alfaro in Quevedo.
In December 2022, she converted to Islam.
In June 2025, she took to social media to share a photo of herself with her partner Luis Fernando.