Miss Ecuador 2018, the 68th edition of the Miss Ecuador pageant. The gala finale was held on 5 May 2018, in Machala, El Oro. Daniela Cepeda from Guayas crowned Virginia Limongi from Manabí as Miss Ecuador 2018. The winner competed at Miss Universe 2018.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Ecuador 2018 – Virginia Limongi 1st Runner-Up – Michelle Huet 2nd Runner-Up – Norma Tejada 3rd Runner-Up – Blanca Arambulo 4th Runner-Up – Heszen Johst 5th Runner-Up – Ximena Arroyo Top 10 – Allison Matamoros – Iskra Landucci – Fernanda Yépez – Gabriela Jiménez
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality - Mayra Bravo Miss Photogenic - Norma Tejada Miss DUET - Virginia Limongi Miss Tourism Green Gold - Gabriela Jiménez Miss Punctuality - Michelle Huet Miss NIVEA Skin Care - Virginia Limongi Miss Heaven - Virginia Limongi Miss Popularity - Virginia Limongi Best National Costume - Virginia Limongi
Best National Costume Award Contestant Best National Costume Manabí - Virginia Limongi (Wenceslao Muñoz) 1st Runner-up - Norma Tejada (Manolo Loor) 2nd Runner-up Guayas - Allison Matamoros (Jefferson Vera)
Contestants Province Contestant Age Height Hometown Azuay Lisseth Estefanía Naranjo Goya201,73Cuenca Azuay Mayra Alejandra Bravo Altamirano241,74Cuenca El Oro Valeria Michelle Guarnizo Jaramillo231,74 Machala El Oro Kristel Paulette Ludeña Garzón201,71 Machala Esmeraldas Bertha Ximena Arroyo Marín221,73 Esmeraldas Guayas Gabriela Alexandra Carrillo Zambrano231,82 Guayaquil Guayas Ylinka Nahomy Drašković Pazan221,72 Guayaquil Guayas Michelle Nathalie Huet Rodríguez221,74 Guayaquil Guayas Iskra Julissa Landucci Martínez211,78 Guayaquil Guayas Allison Magali Matamoros Yépez231,78 Guayaquil Guayas Mónica Jazmín Fajardo Sornoza231,73 Lomas de Sargentillo Loja Silvana Patricia Jaramillo Aguilar201,78 Loja Los RíosDaniela Lüscher Valencia231,72 Babahoyo Manabí Virginia Stephanie Limongi Silva241,75 Portoviejo Pastaza Kerstin Heszen María Johst Salamah241,81 Mera Pichincha Lucía Gabriela Jiménez Prado261,73 Quito Pichincha María Fernanda Yépez Montesdeoca251,76 Quito Santo Domingo Joselin Valeria Zambrano Alvarado231,70 Santo Domingo Tungurahua Mónica Abigaíl Soria Rojas251,71 Ambato Tungurahua Cassia Pouleth Hurtado Vásconez241,72 Píllaro Norma Andrea Tejada Arcentales221,77 Miami / Machala Blanca Stefany Arambulo Pinargote221,84 Hackensack / Playas
Crossovers
Mayra Bravo participated in Miss Global Beauty Queen in 2016 and in Miss Mesoamerica International in 2017. Valeria Guarnizo participated in Reina de Machala 2012, finalist in Miss Teen Ecuador 2012 and Virreina in Miss Teen Mesoamérica 2013. Ximena Arroyo was Negra Linda de Esmeraldas 2013, Virreina in Miss Teen Ecuador 2013, Miss Turismo de Esmeraldas 2013 and Reina del Ecuador 2013. Allison Matamoros was Miss Atlantic Ecuador 2013. Mónica Fajardo was Reina of Lomas de Sargentillo in 2011 and Estrella del Carnaval del Guayas in 2015. Blanca Arámbulo was Queen of the Ecuadorian Civic Committee in New Jersey in 2014. Daniela Lüscher was Queen of Babahoyo in 2015. Virginia Limongi was Queen of Portoviejo and Queen of the province of Manabí in 2012, participated in Miss World Ecuador 2014 winning and representing Ecuador in Miss World 2014, was selected as Top Model of the World Ecuador 2016 participating in the contest international where she figured as a semifinalist. Heszen Johst was Virreina of Shell Mera in 2015. Gabriela Jiménez was Señorita Simpatía at Reina de Quito 2016. Abigaíl Soria was Señorita Patronato de Ambato in 2014. Pouleth Hurtado was Reina de Píllaro in 2014. Norma Tejada is originally from Machala, but she represented the Ecuadorian community in USA. Blanca Arambulo is originally from Playas, but she represented the Ecuadorian community in USA.
References
External links Official Miss Ecuador website