Miss Ecuador 1980

The Miss Ecuador 1980 was held on March 20, 1980. There were 18 candidates for the national title. At the end of the night, Ana Plaza from Guayas crowned Verónica Rivas as Miss Ecuador 1980. The Miss Ecuador competed in Miss Universe 1980.

Miss Ecuador 1980
Date	March 20, 1980
Venue	Teatro 9 de Octubre, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Telecentro
Entrants	18
Debuts	Bolívar
Withdrawals	Loja and Pastaza
Returns	El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Imbabura, Los Ríos, and Napo
Winner	Verónica Rivas El Oro

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 1980	El Oro - Verónica Rivas
1st Runner-up	Galápagos - Elizabeth Herzog
2nd Runner-up	Guayas - Leticia Godwin
3rd Runner-up	Pichincha - María Elena Malo

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Guayas - Giselle Molinari
Best in National Costume	El Oro - Verónica Rivas

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Bolívar	Lucciola Valdéz Andrade	19	173	5 ft 8 in	Guaranda
Chimborazo	Aura Clemencia Vallejo Santos	21	174	5 ft 9 in	Riobamba
El Oro	Leslie Verónica Rivas Franco	18	166	5 ft 5 in	Machala
Esmeraldas	Judith Tello Acosta	19	172	5 ft 8 in	Esmeraldas
Galápagos	Elizabeth Herzog Casanova	19	177	5 ft 10 in	Isabela
Guayas	Leticia Godwin Castro	21	177	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Gissele Molinari Negrete	17	177	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Cecilia Serrano Macías	19	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Imbabura	Margarita Proaño Bonilla	20	173	5 ft 8 in	Ibarra
Los Ríos	Alba Jaqueline Aviléz Salázar	17	177	5 ft 10 in	Vinces
Los Ríos	Mónica Bastidas Junes	21	177	5 ft 10 in	Babahoyo
Manabí	Aura Luz Garzón Delgado	19	175	5 ft 9 in	Portoviejo
Manabí	Marcela Andrade Vélez	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Manta
Manabí	Zoila Proaño Reyes	18	176	5 ft 9 in	Jipijapa
Manabí	Virginia Nadia Burgequio	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Bahia
Manabí	Miriam Vera Giller	20	175	5 ft 9 in	Chone
Napo	Silvana Moncayo Vivar	20	175	5 ft 9 in	Tena
Pichincha	María Elena Malo Bandera	19	179	5 ft 10 in	Quito

Casting

A casting was held in 1980 to select an ecuadorian representative to compete at Miss World 1980.

Casting	Contestant
Miss World 1980	Guayas - Gabriela María Catalina Ríos Roca

Notes

Debuts

• Bolívar

Returns

Last compete in:

• 1960
  • El Oro
• 1965
  • Napo
• 1975
  • Esmeraldas
• 1974
  • Galápagos
  • Imbabura
  • Los Ríos

Withdrawals

• Loja
• Pastaza

External links

• "missecuador.net". missecuador.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
• "Jessica Angulo Miss Ecuador Mundo 2002 | Univision.com Buscar". univision.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
• "Doce Mujeres Tras La Corona | 1997-04-17 00:00:00 Explored - Noticias de Ecuador". explored.com.ec. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
• "Nomina de Misses Ecuador y finalistas". geocities.ws. Retrieved 2014-01-26.