Miss Ecuador 1996

The Miss Ecuador 1996 was held on November 9, 1995. There were 12 candidates for the national title; at the end of the night Radmila Pandzic from Manabí crowned to Mónica Chalá from Pichincha as Miss Ecuador 1996. The Miss Ecuador competed at Miss Universe 1996.

Miss Ecuador 1996
Date	November 9, 1995
Venue	Teatro Bolívar, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Ecuavisa
Entrants	12
Withdrawals	Esmeraldas and Los Ríos
Returns	Chimborazo, Cotopaxi and Napo
Winner	Mónica Chalá Pichincha

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 1996	Pichincha - Mónica Chalá
1st Runner-up	Cotopaxi - María Eulalia Silva
2nd Runner-up	Guayas - Silvana Semiglia
3rd Runner-up	Manabí - Pamela Hidalgo
4th Runner-up	Pichincha - Samanta León

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Guayas - Silvana Semiglia
Miss Photogenic	Cotopaxi - María Eulalia Silva

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Azuay	Carla María Ayala Rovira	20	173	5 ft 8 in	Cuenca
Chimborazo	Ivette Verónica Ruíz Lacoste	20	170	5 ft 7 in	Riobamba
Cotopaxi	María Eulalia Silva Ricaurte	22	179	5 ft 10 in	Latacunga
El Oro	Zenia Carolina Jaramillo Rivas	21	178	5 ft 10 in	Machala
Guayas	Silvana Blanca Semiglia Moreira	20	177	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Karina de Lourdes Guerra Manzo	20	180	5 ft 11 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Paola Tamara Tamaríz Guerrero	23	173	5 ft 8 in	Salinas
Manabí	Pamela Michelle Hidalgo Cevallos	19	175	5 ft 9 in	Manta
Manabí	María Alexandra Monge Sánchez	19	175	5 ft 9 in	Portoviejo
Napo	Carla Emilia Coronel Triana	20	177	5 ft 10 in	Tena
Pichincha	Samanta Cecilia León Galecio	19	175	5 ft 9 in	Quito
Pichincha	Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía	22	179	5 ft 10 in	Quito

Casting

A casting was held in 1996 to select an Ecuadorian representative to compete at Miss World 1996.

Casting	Contestant
Miss World Ecuador 1996	Guayas - Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani

Notes

Returns

Last compete in:

• 1982
  • Napo
• 1986
  • Chimborazo
• 1989
  • Cotopaxi

Withdraws

• Esmeraldas
• Los Ríos

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.