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. Its aim is to select a country representative to participate in its parent pageant, Miss Grand International. 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, for international competitions.
Ecuador has had three Miss Grand International placements; the highest was first runner-up, Andrea Aguilera in 2021, and Mara Topic reached the top 10 in 2019. History Ecuador first appeared at the 2013 pageant, when Alexandra Zulay Castillo Velasco, the national finalist of Miss Ecuador 2012, reached the top 20. From 2013 to 2018, the Ecuadorian franchise was the Miss Ecuador organization, with one of the pageant finalists being appointed as Miss Grand Ecuador. Only contestants qualified for the top 20 at international contests, the others were unplaced. Later in 2019, Ecuador ended its record of non-placement after the new franchisee, the Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador, appointed Mara Topic Verduga from Guayaquil, to Miss Grand International 2019. At the contest she reached the top 10, and received the Best in National Costume award.
Tahiz Panus and Miguel Panus, the presidents of Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador (CNB Ecuador), have been the national directors of Miss Grand Ecuador since 2019. The first edition of Miss Grand Ecuador was on June 26, 2021, at the TC Televisión studios in Guayaquil. The contest featured six national finalists from six provinces, including Cañar, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Manabí, and Pichincha. Andrea Aguilera Paredes from Los Ríos Province won. Aguilera was the first runner-up at Miss Grand International 2021 in Thailand. She was the highest placed of Ecuador at the contest since 2013. Previously, Aguilera competed at Miss Earth Ecuador 2019 and did not win.
No contest was held in 2022, and the first runner-up of 2021, Emilia Vásquez of Pichincha Province, was appointed to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia, but was replaced by Liseth Naranjo for undisclosed reasons. Naranjo was Miss Grand Ecuador 2020 but was removed before competing.
Editions Location and date The Miss Grand Ecuador pageant was separately held once in 2021, and the upcoming pageant was scheduled to be held in 2023.
Edition Date Final venue Host province Entrants 1st 26 June 2021TC Televisión Studios, GuayaquilGuayas 2nd 15 April 2023
Competition result
EditionWinnerRunners-up First Second1st Andrea Aguilera(Los Ríos Emilia Vásquez(Pichincha) Marjorie Vivas(Manabí) 2nd Véronique Michielsen(Ecuadorian commu. in Europe) Andrea Ojeda(Guayaquil) Alyson Flores(Santo Domingo)
International competition The following is a list of Ecuadorian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest. Color keys
YearProvinceMiss Grand EcuadorTitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director2026 Manabí Shyare Andrade CNB Ecuador 2026 – Miss Grand Ecuador TBATahiz Panuz2025 Pichincha Samantha Quenedit CNB Ecuador 2025 – Miss Grand Ecuador Top 222024 Los Ríos María José Vera Unplaced Best National Costume2023 Antwerp, Belgium Véronique Michielsen Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 colspan=2 Guayas Andrea Ojeda 1st runner-up Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 Unplaced2022 Pichincha Emilia Vásquez 1st runner-up Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 colspan=2 Guayas Lisseth Naranjo CNB Ecuador 2020 – Grand International Unplaced2021 Los Ríos Andrea Aguilera Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 1st runner-up2020 Guayas Lisseth Naranjo CNB Ecuador 2020 – Grand International colspan=2 Guayas Sonia Luna 1st runner-up Miss Ecuador 2019 Unplaced2019 Guayas Mara Topić Appointed Top 10Best National Costume2018 El Oro Norma Tejada 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2018 colspan=2 María delCarmen Aguayo Guayas Blanca Arambulo 3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2018 Unplaced2017 Imbabura María José Villacís 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2017 colspan=2 Pichincha Analía Vernaza Appointed Unplaced2016 Guayas Carmen Iglesias 3rd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2016 Unplaced2015 Guayas María Emilia Cevallos 2nd runner-up Miss Ecuador 2015 colspan=2 2014 Guayas Irene Lucia Zabala Appointed Unplaced2013 Esmeraldas Alexandra Castillo Appointed Top 20
National pageant candidates Participating provinces and territories representatives
Representatives1st2ndProvincesAzuay Bolívar Cañar Carchi Chimborazo Cotopaxi El Oro Esmeraldas Galápagos Guayas Imbabura Loja Los Ríos Manabí Morona Santiago Napo Orellana Pastaza Pichincha Santa Elena Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Sucumbíos Tungurahua Zamora Chinchipe No affiliated provinceEcuadorian communities in Europe Ecuadorian communities in USA Guayaquil Total 6 7Color keys
Winner gallery
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