Miss Ecuador 2011 was the 61st edition of the Miss Ecuador pageant, held at the Recinto Ferial Alfonso Torres Ordoñez in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, on March 17, 2011.
Lady Mina of Guayas crowned Claudia Schiess of Galápagos as her successor at the end of the event. Schiess represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2011, held in Brazil.voy.com/206289/
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Ecuador 2011 – Claudia Schiess Miss World Ecuador 2011 – Verónica Vargas Miss International Ecuador 2011 – María Fernanada Cornejo Miss Earth Ecuador 2011 – Olga Álava 2nd Runner-Up – Leslie Ayala
Special awards Award Contestant Miss Congeniality – Romina Vera Miss Photogenic – María Verónica Vargas Miss Yambal – Claudia Schiess Miss Sedal – Claudia Schiess Miss Cielo – Claudia Schiess Best National Costume – Fernanda Cornejo
Judges
Rafael Araneda - Chilean TV presenter Marjorie Adum - Jeweler Gionni Straccia - Venezuelan fashion designer Carlos Ochoa - Ecuadorean TV presenter Stefanía Fernández - Miss Universe 2009 Alonso Espinoza - TAME Edwin Rosario - Puerto Rican fashion designer María Mosquera de Saman - Make-up artist Luis De Los Reyes - Renault
Contestants
Twenty-two contestants competed for the title. Province Contestant Age Height (cm) Height (ft) Hometown Carchi Mireya Isabel Levy Ortíz 21 Tulcán El Oro Andrea Lissette Mestanza Ramarez 19 Machala Esmeraldas Jéssica Katherine Mercado Chasing 23 Esmeraldas Esmeraldas Jéssica Viviana Cortéz Zuñiga 22 Esmeraldas Galápagos Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz 21 Santa Cruz Guayas Nelly Cedeño Ortíz 23 Guayaquil Guayas Olga Mercedes Álava Vargas 23 Guayaquil Guayas Leslie Annette Ayala Rodríguez 23 Guayaquil Guayas María José Maza Solórzano 20 Guayaquil Guayas Ana Carolina Ortega Salazar 21 Guayaquil Guayas María Verónica Vargas Granja 21 Guayaquil Loja Jhoanna Lizbeth Ruiz Moncada 19 Zapotillo Los Ríos Rina María Cantó Aguilar 18 Urdaneta Manabí Rocío Claribel González Loor 24 Manta Manabí Romina Patricia Vera Cedeño 24 Calceta Manabí Evelyn Natasha Rivera Chávez 24 Veinticuatro de Mayo Pichincha Emily Sorely Briones Alvarez 18 Quito Pichincha María Fernanda Cornejo Alfaro 21 Quito Pichincha Andrea Carolina Hurtado Murillo 24 Quito Pichincha Diana Estefanía Urresta Valencia 18 Quito Santo Domingo Ruth Estefanía Guevara Yanez 18 Santo Domingo Santo Domingo María Dolores Saavedra Santander 20 Santo Domingo
Notes
Returns
Last Competed in:
2005: Carchi Galápagos 2009: El Oro Esmeraldas Los Ríos Santo Domingo
Withdraws
Bolívar Cañar Chimborazo Tungurahua
Reality January 17, 2011 was the first elimination where Nelly Carreño from Guayas was eliminated because the judges said that she was really skinny. The judges were: Dr. Nelson Estrella, Dr. Mariana Mosquera, and Mr. Marco Tapia. January 24, 2011 was the second elimination but no one was eliminated because four contestants have had an accident. January 31, 2011 was the third elimination where Emily Briones from Pichincha was eliminated due she hasn't finished high school. The judges were: Andriana Loor, María Fernanda Coello, and Heytel Moreno. February 7, 2011 was the fourth elimination where Jéssica Cortez from Esmeraldas was eliminated due not complete to the official events. The judges were: Laura Perrone, Martha Tetamanti, and 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 is an Ecuadorian Top Model who competed in Models New Generation in 2004, and Elite Models in Curaçao and won the Miss Tersovit 2010 crown Miss International 2011. 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 Álava was Virreina de Guayaquil 2008.and competed in Miss Earth 2011 and she won. 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 competed in Miss Supranational 2010, but unplaced. She was born in Galápagos Islands, 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 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.
References
External links Official Miss Ecuador website