Miss Grand Ecuador

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Miss Grand Ecuador
FormationJune 26, 2021;2 years ago (2021-06-26)(As Miss Grand Ecuador pageant)
FounderTahiz Panuz
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Guayaquil
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Spanish
National Director
  • Tahiz Panus
  • Miguel Panus
Parent organization
Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (2019  present)

Miss Grand Ecuador is an Ecuadorian female national beauty pageant launched in 2021 by the Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador) organization, directed by Tahiz Panus and Miguel Panus, [1] with the aim of selecting a country representative to participate in its parent pageant, Miss Grand International. [1] [2] [3] Previously, the competition franchise belonged to Maria del Carmen Aguayo, who usually chose the runners-up or national finalists from her national pageant, Miss Ecuador, to partake in such an international competition. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Ecuador has three Miss Grand International placements; the highest is first runner-up, achieved by Andrea Aguilera in 2021, [8] followed by Mara Topi's Top 10 finalists in 2019. [9]

History

Ecuador made its Miss Grand International debut in 2013, when Alexandra Zulay Castillo Velasco, the national finalist of Miss Ecuador 2012, was named one of the top 20 finalists. [10] From 2013 to 2018, the Ecuadorian franchise belonged to the Miss Ecuador organization, with one of the pageant finalists being appointed as Miss Grand Ecuador. [4] [5] [6] [7] However, only one of them qualified for the top 20 finalists on the international stage; the rest were unplaced. [11] Later in 2019, Ecuador broke the record of non-placement after the new franchisee, the Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador), appointed a 24-year-old actress from Guayaquil, Mara Topic Verduga, to join the international contest in Venezuela, [12] [13] [14] where she was ranked among the top 10 finalists as well as obtained the Best in National Costume award. [15] [9]

Tahiz Panus and Miguel Panus, the presidents of the CNB Ecuador, have been serving as the national directors of Miss Grand Ecuador since 2019. [16] Under their leadership, the first edition of Miss Grand Ecuador happened on June 26, 2021, at the TC Televisión studios in the city of Guayaquil. [1] [2] The contest featured six national finalists from six provinces, including Cañar, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Manabí, and Pichincha, [3] of whom Andrea Aguilera from Los Ríos Province was elected the winner. [1] [2] [3] Aguilera had later participated at Miss Grand International 2021 in Thailand and was awarded the first runner-up, the highest placement of Ecuador at such the international contest since 2013. [1] [2] [3] Previously, Aguilera competed in the Miss Earth Ecuador 2019 pageant but did not win the main title. [1] [2]

However, no pageant was held to determine the titleholder in 2022; the first runner-up of the previous edition, Emilia Vásquez of Pichincha Province, was appointed to the position and expected to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia, [17] but was later replaced by Liseth Naranjo for undisclosed reasons. [18] Naranjo was a former Miss Grand Ecuador 2020 but was dethroned before competing on the international stage. [19]

Editions

The Miss Grand Ecuador pageant was separately held once in 2021, [1] [2] [3] and the upcoming edition is scheduled to be held in 2023. [20] The following table is the competition detail for such contests.

Miss Grand Ecuador's edition details
YearEditionDateFinal venueEntrantsResultRef.
Winner1st runner-up2nd runner-up
2021 1stJune 26 TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil 6 Andrea Aguilera
(Los Ríos)
Emilia Vásquez
(Pichincha)
Marjorie Vivas
(Manabí)
[1] [2] [3]
2023 2ndApril 157Véronique Michielsen
(Ecudorian commu. in Europe)
Andrea Ojeda
(Guayaquil)
Alyson Flores
(Santo Domingo)
[21] [22]

Representatives at Miss Grand International

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleInternational placementLicenseeRef.
2013Alexandra CastilloAppointedTop 20 Organización Miss Ecuador,
chaired by María del Carmen Aguayo
[23]
2014Irene Lucia ZabalaUnplaced [24]
2015María Emilia Cevallos [α] 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2015 Unable to compete [4]
2016 Carmen Iglesias3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2016 Unplaced [5] [25]
2017María José Villacís [α] 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2017 Unable to compete [6] [26]
Analía Vernaza [β] AppointedUnplaced [26] [27]
2018Norma Tejada [α] 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2018 Unable to compete [7] [28]
Blanca Arambulo [β] 3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2018 Unplaced [28] [29]
2019 Mara TopićAppointedTop 10 Organización Concurso Nacional
de Belleza Ecuador
(CNB Ecuador),
chaired by Tahiz Panuz
[30] [9]
2020 Lisseth Naranjo [α] CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand InternationalUnable to compete [31] [32]
Sonia Luna [β] 1st runner-up Miss Ecuador 2019 Unplaced [32] [33]
2021 Andrea Aguilera Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 1st runner-up [8] [34]
2022 Emilia Vásquez [α] 1st runner-up Miss Grand Ecuador 2021Unable to compete [17] [18]
Lisseth Naranjo [β] CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand InternationalUnplaced [35] [36]
2023 Véronique Michielsen [α] Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 Unable to compete [22] [37]
Andrea Ojeda [β] 1st runner-up Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 Unplaced [37] [38]
2024 María José Vera
CNB Ecuador 2023 – Virreina Miss World Ecuador [39]
TBA [40]
Color keys for the placements at international contest
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
  Unplaced
  Did not compete
Note
Resigned/Dethroned
Successor
Winner gallery

National finalists

Color key
  Winner
  Runners-up
  Finalists
  Semifinalists
  Unplaced
  No representative
Year
Province
2021 [3] 2023
Bandera Provincia Azuay.svg  Azuay
Bandera Provincia Bolivar.svg  Bolívar
Bandera Provincia Canar.svg  Cañar Dayanna Méndez
Bandera Provincia Carchi.svg  Carchi
Bandera Provincia Chimborazo.svg  Chimborazo
Bandera Provincia Cotopaxi.svg  Cotopaxi
Bandera Provincia El Oro.svg  El Oro Tahiz ZambranoNoemí Cedeño
Bandera Provincia Esmeraldas.svg  Esmeraldas Lissette ArroyoTamara Bautista
Bandera Provincia Galapagos.svg  Galápagos
Bandera de Guayaquil.svg Guayaquil Andrea Ojeda
Bandera Provincia Imbabura.svg  Imbabura
Bandera Provincia Loja.svg  Loja
Bandera de Los Rios.svg  Los Ríos Andrea Aguilera
Bandera Provincia Manabi.svg  Manabí Marjorie VivasNayeli Párraga
Bandera Provincia Morona Santiago.svg  Morona Santiago
Bandera Provincia Napo.svg  Napo
Bandera Provincia Orellana.svg  Orellana
Bandera Provincia Pastaza.svg  Pastaza
Bandera Provincia Pichincha.svg  Pichincha Emilia Vásquez
Bandera Provincia Santa Elena.svg  Santa Elena
Bandera Provincia Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas.svg  Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Alyson Flores
Bandera Provincia Sucumbios.svg  Sucumbíos
Bandera Provincia Tungurahua.svg  Tungurahua
Bandera Provincia Zamora Chinchipe.svg  Zamora Chinchipe
Contestants with no affiliated province
Flag of Europe.svg Ecuadorian communities in Europe Véronique Michielsen
Flag of the United States.svg Ecuadorian communities in USA Doménica Valverde
Total entrants67

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