Formation | June 26, 2021 | (As Miss Grand Ecuador pageant)
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Founder | Tahiz Panuz |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Guayaquil |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director |
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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]
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]
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]
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.
Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | Ref. | ||
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Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | ||||||
2021 | 1st | June 26 | TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil | 6 |
Andrea Aguilera ( Los Ríos) |
Emilia Vásquez ( Pichincha) |
Marjorie Vivas ( Manabí) |
[1] [2] [3] |
2023 | 2nd | April 15 | 7 | Véronique Michielsen ( Ecudorian commu. in Europe) |
Andrea Ojeda ( Guayaquil) |
Alyson Flores ( Santo Domingo) |
[21] [22] |
Year | Representative | Original national title | International placement | Licensee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Alexandra Castillo | Appointed | Top 20 |
Organización Miss Ecuador, chaired by María del Carmen Aguayo |
[23] |
2014 | Irene Lucia Zabala | Unplaced | [24] | ||
2015 | María Emilia Cevallos [α] | 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2015 | Unable to compete | [4] | |
2016 | Carmen Iglesias | 3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2016 | Unplaced | [5] [25] | |
2017 | María José Villacís [α] | 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2017 | Unable to compete | [6] [26] | |
Analía Vernaza [β] | Appointed | Unplaced | [26] [27] | ||
2018 | Norma 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 Topić | Appointed | Top 10 |
Organización Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador), chaired by Tahiz Panuz |
[30] [9] |
2020 | Lisseth Naranjo [α] | CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand International | Unable 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 2021 | Unable to compete | [17] [18] | |
Lisseth Naranjo [β] | CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand International | Unplaced | [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] | |
Year Province |
2021 [3] | 2023 |
---|---|---|
Azuay | — | — |
Bolívar | — | — |
Cañar | Dayanna Méndez | — |
Carchi | — | — |
Chimborazo | — | — |
Cotopaxi | — | — |
El Oro | Tahiz Zambrano | Noemí Cedeño |
Esmeraldas | Lissette Arroyo | Tamara Bautista |
Galápagos | — | — |
Guayaquil | — | Andrea Ojeda |
Imbabura | — | — |
Loja | — | — |
Los Ríos | Andrea Aguilera | — |
Manabí | Marjorie Vivas | Nayeli Párraga |
Morona Santiago | — | — |
Napo | — | — |
Orellana | — | — |
Pastaza | — | — |
Pichincha | Emilia Vásquez | — |
Santa Elena | — | — |
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | — | Alyson Flores |
Sucumbíos | — | — |
Tungurahua | — | — |
Zamora Chinchipe | — | — |
Contestants with no affiliated province | ||
Ecuadorian communities in Europe | — | Véronique Michielsen |
Ecuadorian communities in USA | — | Doménica Valverde |
Total entrants | 6 | 7 |
Formation | June 26, 2021 | (As Miss Grand Ecuador pageant)
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Founder | Tahiz Panuz |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Guayaquil |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director |
|
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]
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]
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]
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.
Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | ||||||
2021 | 1st | June 26 | TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil | 6 |
Andrea Aguilera ( Los Ríos) |
Emilia Vásquez ( Pichincha) |
Marjorie Vivas ( Manabí) |
[1] [2] [3] |
2023 | 2nd | April 15 | 7 | Véronique Michielsen ( Ecudorian commu. in Europe) |
Andrea Ojeda ( Guayaquil) |
Alyson Flores ( Santo Domingo) |
[21] [22] |
Year | Representative | Original national title | International placement | Licensee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Alexandra Castillo | Appointed | Top 20 |
Organización Miss Ecuador, chaired by María del Carmen Aguayo |
[23] |
2014 | Irene Lucia Zabala | Unplaced | [24] | ||
2015 | María Emilia Cevallos [α] | 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2015 | Unable to compete | [4] | |
2016 | Carmen Iglesias | 3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2016 | Unplaced | [5] [25] | |
2017 | María José Villacís [α] | 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2017 | Unable to compete | [6] [26] | |
Analía Vernaza [β] | Appointed | Unplaced | [26] [27] | ||
2018 | Norma 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 Topić | Appointed | Top 10 |
Organización Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador), chaired by Tahiz Panuz |
[30] [9] |
2020 | Lisseth Naranjo [α] | CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand International | Unable 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 2021 | Unable to compete | [17] [18] | |
Lisseth Naranjo [β] | CNB Ecuador 2020—Grand International | Unplaced | [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] | |
Year Province |
2021 [3] | 2023 |
---|---|---|
Azuay | — | — |
Bolívar | — | — |
Cañar | Dayanna Méndez | — |
Carchi | — | — |
Chimborazo | — | — |
Cotopaxi | — | — |
El Oro | Tahiz Zambrano | Noemí Cedeño |
Esmeraldas | Lissette Arroyo | Tamara Bautista |
Galápagos | — | — |
Guayaquil | — | Andrea Ojeda |
Imbabura | — | — |
Loja | — | — |
Los Ríos | Andrea Aguilera | — |
Manabí | Marjorie Vivas | Nayeli Párraga |
Morona Santiago | — | — |
Napo | — | — |
Orellana | — | — |
Pastaza | — | — |
Pichincha | Emilia Vásquez | — |
Santa Elena | — | — |
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | — | Alyson Flores |
Sucumbíos | — | — |
Tungurahua | — | — |
Zamora Chinchipe | — | — |
Contestants with no affiliated province | ||
Ecuadorian communities in Europe | — | Véronique Michielsen |
Ecuadorian communities in USA | — | Doménica Valverde |
Total entrants | 6 | 7 |