Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador

Miss Ecuador

Miss Ecuador is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Ecuador's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International....

 pageant, was held on March 17, 2011. Claudia Schiess

Claudia Schiess

Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...

, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011

Miss Ecuador 2011

Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 17, 2011. Claudia Schiess, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina....

 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina

Lady Mina

Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra is a beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Ecuador 2010.- Miss Ecuador 2010 :...

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The winner of Miss Ecuador will represent her country

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 at Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

 and Miss Continente Americano 2011

Miss Continente Americano 2011

Miss Continente Americano 2011 was the 6th annual contest of Miss Continente Americano. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 22, 2011. At the end of the event Giuliana Zevallos, Miss Continente Americano 2010 from Peru crowned her successor Claudia Schiess from Ecuador.-Placements:-Special...

. Verónica Vargas was crowned as Miss World Ecuador and she will participate in Miss World 2011

Miss World 2011

Miss World 2011, the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant took place at the Earls Court Two on November 6, 2011 in London. As part of the events, the contestants also traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland between October 23 and October 27.. Alexandria Mills of the United States crowned her successor...

, María Fernanda Cornejo was crowned as Miss International Ecuador and she will represent Ecuador in Miss International 2011

Miss International 2011

Miss International 2011, the 51st edition of the Miss International pageant, was held on November 6, 2011 at the International Tennis Center, in Chengdu, China...

. The First Runner-up, Olga Alava, will be entering Miss Empresarial 2011 and the Second Runner-up, Leslie Ayala, will be entering Miss Atlantico Internacional 2012

Miss Atlántico Internacional

The Miss Atlántico Internacional beauty pageant began in Uruguay in 1987, but probably was not international until 1995. It is always held in Punta del Este, Uruguay...

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Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2011	Galápagos - Claudia Schiess Claudia Schiess Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...
Miss World Ecuador 2011	Guayas Guayas Guayas may refer to:*Ecuador:**Guayas River**Guayas Province**Guayas **Guayas *The fruit of the mamoncillo tree... - María Verónica Vargas Verónica Vargas María Verónica Vargas Granja is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Ecuador 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss World pageant.-Early life:...
Miss Internacional Ecuador 2011	Pichincha Pichincha Pichincha can refer to following places in Ecuador* Pichincha Volcano* Pichincha Province* Pichincha Canton, a canton in Manabí Province* Pichincha, Ecuador, the capital of Pichincha CantonSee also:* Battle of Pichincha... - María Fernanada Cornejo Fernanda Cornejo María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder and Top Model who was crowned Miss International Ecuador 2011 and is the reigning Miss International.-Early life:...
1st Runner-up	Guayas Guayas Guayas may refer to:*Ecuador:**Guayas River**Guayas Province**Guayas **Guayas *The fruit of the mamoncillo tree... - Olga Alava
2nd Runner-up	Guayas Guayas Guayas may refer to:*Ecuador:**Guayas River**Guayas Province**Guayas **Guayas *The fruit of the mamoncillo tree... - Leslie Ayala

Special Awards

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| Miss Congeniality
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Manabí

Manabí Province

Manabí is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people.-Economy:Manabí's economy is based heavily on natural resources such as cacao, bananas, cotton, etc. It's industrial sector is based on Tuna canning, tobacco, and alcoholic beverage production...

- Romina Vera
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| Miss Photogenic
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Guayas

Guayas

Guayas may refer to:*Ecuador:**Guayas River**Guayas Province**Guayas **Guayas *The fruit of the mamoncillo tree...

- María Verónica Vargas

Verónica Vargas

María Verónica Vargas Granja is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Ecuador 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss World pageant.-Early life:...

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| Miss Yambal
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Galápagos - Claudia Schiess

Claudia Schiess

Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...

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| Miss Sedal
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Galápagos - Claudia Schiess

Claudia Schiess

Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...

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| Miss Cielo
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Galápagos - Claudia Schiess

Claudia Schiess

Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...

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| Best National Costume
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Pichincha

Pichincha

Pichincha can refer to following places in Ecuador* Pichincha Volcano* Pichincha Province* Pichincha Canton, a canton in Manabí Province* Pichincha, Ecuador, the capital of Pichincha CantonSee also:* Battle of Pichincha...

- María Fernanda Cornejo

Fernanda Cornejo

María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder and Top Model who was crowned Miss International Ecuador 2011 and is the reigning Miss International.-Early life:...

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Judges

• Rafael Araneda
  Rafael Araneda
  Rafael Luis Domingo Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN...
  
   - Chilean TV Presenter

• Marjorie Adum - Jeweler

• Gionni Straccia - Venezuelan Fashion Designer

• Carlos Ochoa - Ecuadorean TV Presenter

• Stefanía Fernández
  Stefanía Fernández
  Stefanía Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She earned a Guinness record by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot....
  
   - Miss Universe 2009
  Miss Universe 2009
  Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. It was the first time back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana...
  
  

• Alonso Espinoza - Tame
  Tama
  -Religion:* Tama , part of the soul in the Japanese Shinto faith, roughly equivalent to ghost, spirit, or soul* Tama , a votive deposit or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches...
  
  

• Edwin Rosario - Puerto Rican Fashion Designer

• María Mosquera de Saman - Make-up Artist

• Luis De Los Reyes - Renault
  Renault
  Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
  
  

Contestants

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| Carchi
| Mireya Isabel Levy Ortíz
| 21
| 172
| 5'7"
| Tulcan

Tulcán

Tulcán is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador. The population of Tulcán is approximately 83,000. Tulcán is known for its hot springs, deep wells, and a topiary garden cemetery created by José Franco...

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| El Oro
| Andrea Lissette Mestanza Ramarez
| 19
| 171
| 5'7"
| Machala

Machala

Machala is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province and located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 230,901 , making it the fourth biggest city of the country; it has been referred to as the Banana Capital of the...

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| Esmeraldas

Esmeraldas Province

Esmeraldas is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas.The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture.- Cantons :The province is divided into 8 cantons...

| Jéssica Katherine Mercado Chasing
| 23
| 173
| 5'8"
| Esmeraldas

Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and the capital of the Esmeraldas Province. It has an international sea port and a small airport ....

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| Galápagos

Galápagos Province

Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno....

| Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz

Claudia Schiess

Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...

| 21
| 172
| 5'7"
| Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)

Santa Cruz Island is one of the Galápagos Islands with an area of and a maximum altitude of .Situated in the center of the archipelago, Santa Cruz is the second largest island after Isabela. Its capital is Puerto Ayora, the most populated urban centre in the islands. On Santa Cruz there are some...

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| Guayas

Guayas Province

Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean ; to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.With a population of over 3...

| Ana Carolina Ortega Salazar
| 21
| 180
| 5'11"
| Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

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| Guayas
| Leslie Annette Ayala Rodríguez
| 23
| 176
| 5'9"
| Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

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| Guayas
| María José Maza Solorzano
| 20
| 174
| 5'8"
| Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

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| Guayas
| María Verónica Vargas Granja

Verónica Vargas

María Verónica Vargas Granja is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Ecuador 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss World pageant.-Early life:...

| 21
| 175
| 5'9"
| Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

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| Guayas
| Olga Mercedes Alava Vargas
| 23
| 173
| 5'8"
| Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

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| Loja
| Jhoanna Lizbeth Ruiz Moncada
| 19
| 180
| 5'11"
| Zapotillo

Zapotillo Canton

Zapotillo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Loja Province. Its capital is the town of Zapotillo. Its population at the 2001 census was 10,940.- GENERAL INFORMATION :Header Cantonal: ZapotilloElevation: 325 m.s.n.m...

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| Los Rios

Los Ríos Province

Los Ríos is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Babahoyo. The province was founded on September 30, 1948 under legistative decree. Its capital Babahoyo was founded October, 6, 1860...

| Rina María Cantó Aguilar
| 18
| 178
| 5'10"
| Urdaneta

Urdaneta Canton

Urdaneta Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Los Ríos Province. Its capital is the town of Catarama. Its population at the 2001 census was 25,812....

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| Manabí
| Evelyn Natasha Rivera Chávez
| 24
| 172
| 5'7"
| Veinticuatro de Mayo

Veinticuatro de Mayo Canton

Veinticuatro de Mayo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Sucre. Its population at the 2001 census was 28,294....

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| Manabí

Manabí Province

Manabí is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people.-Economy:Manabí's economy is based heavily on natural resources such as cacao, bananas, cotton, etc. It's industrial sector is based on Tuna canning, tobacco, and alcoholic beverage production...

| Rocío Claribel González Loor
| 24
| 173
| 5'8"
| Manta

Manta

Manta is a mid-sized city in Manabí Province, Ecuador. It is the second most populous city in the province, the fifth most populous in the country and, economically, the third most important city of Ecuador. Manta has existed since Pre-Columbian times. It was a trading post for the Mantas....

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| Manabí
| Romina Patricia Vera Cedeño
| 24
| 175
| 5'9"
| Calceta

Calceta

Calceta is a town in the Manabí province of Ecuador.Situated to banks of the river Carrizal, and surrounded by the valley of the same name, Calceta is in the actuality a center of trade and services for the zone centre north of Manabí. It has a dozen of high schools and more of twenty schools...

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| Pichincha
| Andrea Carolina Hurtado Murillo
| 24
| 173
| 5'8"
| Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

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| Pichincha

Pichincha, Ecuador

Pichincha is a city in Pichincha Canton in the Manabí Province in Ecuador.It is situated along the Daule River....

| Diana Estefanía Urresta Valencia
| 18
| 175
| 5'9"
| Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

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| Pichincha

Pichincha, Ecuador

Pichincha is a city in Pichincha Canton in the Manabí Province in Ecuador.It is situated along the Daule River....

| María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro

Fernanda Cornejo

María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder and Top Model who was crowned Miss International Ecuador 2011 and is the reigning Miss International.-Early life:...

| 21
| 178
| 5'10"
| Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

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| Santo Domingo
| María Dolores Saavedra Santander
| 20
| 172
| 5'7"
| Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Santo Domingo de los Colorados, simply referred to as Santo Domingo, is a city and seat of the canton that bears its name. it´s a fourth largest city of Ecuador with a population of over 305,000, it is in important commercial and industrial center and the capital of the province Santo Domingo de...

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| Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha....

| Ruth Estefanía Guevara Yanez
| 18
| 172
| 5'7"
| Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Santo Domingo de los Colorados, simply referred to as Santo Domingo, is a city and seat of the canton that bears its name. it´s a fourth largest city of Ecuador with a population of over 305,000, it is in important commercial and industrial center and the capital of the province Santo Domingo de...

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Reallity

• January 17, 2011 was the first elimination where Nelly Carreño of Guayas was eliminated because the judges said that she is really skiny. The judges were: Dr. Nelson Estrella, Dr. Mariana Mosquera, and Mr. Marco Tapia.

• January 24, 2011 was the second elimination but no one was elimaneted because four contestants have had an accident.

• January 31, 2011 was the third elimination where Emily Briones of Pichincha was eliminated due she hasn't finished high school. The judges were: Ing. Andriana Loor, Mrs. María Fernanda Coello, and Ab. Heytel Moreno.

• February 7, 2011 was the fourth elimination where Jéssica Cortez of Esmeraldas was eliminated due not complete to the official events. The judges were: Dra. Laura Perrone, Dra. Martha Tetamanti, and Mr. Alberto Cajamarca.

Crossovers

• Claribel González competed in Reina de Manta 2002 where she was 2nd Runner-up, and she won Models New Generation in 2007

• María Fernanda Cornejo
  Fernanda Cornejo
  María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder and Top Model who was crowned Miss International Ecuador 2011 and is the reigning Miss International.-Early life:...
  
  is an Ecuadorian Top Model who competed in Models New Generation in 2004 ,and Elite Models in Curaçao
  Curaçao
  Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
  
   and won Srta Tersovit 2010.

• Jéssica Mercado was Reina del Esmeraldeñismo in 2005.

• Andrea Hurtado competed in Reina de Quito 2005, but she was unplaced.

• Rina María Cantó was Reina de Urdaneta 2007 and Reina de Los Ríos 2007.

• Olga Alava was Virreina de Guayaquil 2008.

• Leslie Ayala competed in Reina de Guayaquil 2008 but she was unplaced, and she was 1st Runner-up in Miss Piel Dorada 2009.

• María Dolores Saavedra is Reina de Santo Domingo 2010.

• Mireya Levy is Reina de Tulcan 2010, Reina de Carchi 2010, and Reina de Mi Tierra 2010.

• Claudia Schiess
  Claudia Schiess
  Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant...
  
  competed in Miss Supranational 2010
  Miss Supranational 2010
  Miss Supranational 2010, the 2nd edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, was held in Płock, Poland on August 28, 2010. Karina Pinilla of Panama was crowned Miss Supranational 2009 by Oksana Moria of Ukraine at the end of the event.-Results:-Placements:...
  
  , but unplaced. She was born in Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  , but her father is Ecuadorian and her mother is of Swiss and German ancestry.

• Natasha Rivera is Reina de Veinticuatro de Mayo 2010 and Virreina de Manabi 2010.

• Jhoanna Ruiz is Reina de Zapotillo 2010.

• Verónica Vargas
  Verónica Vargas
  María Verónica Vargas Granja is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Ecuador 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss World pageant.-Early life:...
  
  won Nereida de la Armada Nacional 2009.

• María José Maza won CN Modelos Search 2010.

• Ana Carolina Ortega competed in Reina de Guayaquil 2010, but she was unplaced.