Formation | 2024 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Guayaquil |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe |
Official language | Spanish |
Current titleholder | Mara Topić Guayaquil |
President | Miguel Panus |
National Director | Tahiz Panus |
Website | www |
Miss Universe Ecuador is a beauty pageant and organization that selects Ecuador's official representative to Miss Universe. [1]
The reigning Miss Universe Ecuador is Mara Štefica Topić Verduga of Guayaquil, who was crowned on June 8, 2024, in El Oro, Ecuador.
Miss Universe Ecuador pageant will be held in 2024 by Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador, with Tahiz Panus as the national director. [2]
Year | Represented | Miss Universe Ecuador | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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2024 | Guayaquil | Mara Štefica Topić Verduga [3] | TBA | Previously Miss Grand Ecuador 2019 | |
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