Miss Ecuador 2020

Miss Ecuador 2020 was the 70th edition of the Miss Ecuador pageant. The contest was held on 17 October, 2020 at Hotel Wyndham Sail in Manta, Manabí Province. Cristina Hidalgo from Guayas Province crowned Leyla Espinoza from Los Ríos Province as her successor at the end of the event. The winner will compete at Miss Universe 2020.

Miss Ecuador 2020
Date	17 October 2020
Presenters	Carlos Luis Andrade Claudia Schiess
Venue	Hotel Wyndham Sail, Manta, Manabí Province
Broadcaster	Gamavisión
Entrants	20
Placements	10+1
Debuts	Morona Santiago
Withdrawals	Azuay El Oro Orellana Santa Elena
Returns	Imbabura Los Ríos Napo Tungurahua
Winner	Leyla Espinoza  Los Ríos
Best National Costume	Daniela Mera  Esmeraldas

Results

Final results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2020	Los Ríos – Leyla Espinoza
1st Runner-Up	Los Ríos – Saskya Sacasa
2nd Runner-Up	Pichincha – María Luisa Corrales
3rd Runner-Up	Loja – Mireya Pérez
4th Runner-Up	Esmeraldas – Daniela Mera
5th Runner-Up	Guayas – Daniela Rodríguez
6th Runner-Up	Guayas – Keidy Boza §
Top 10	Guayas – Doménica Maquilón  Manabí – Valentina Mendoza  Manabí – Nicole Loor  Santo Domingo – Dayar Olmedo

§ - Voted in the Top 7 by the public

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Guayas – Daniela Rodríguez
Miss Public Vote	Guayas – Keidy Boza
Miss Fashion Beauty	Guayas – Keidy Boza
Miss Glamour	Pichincha – María Luisa Corrales
Miss Puntuality	Los Ríos – Leyla Espinoza
Miss Cielo	Manabí – Nicole Loor
Miss Hair	Loja – Mireya Pérez
Miss Leadership	Esmeraldas – Betsabeth Paladines

National costume contest

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Esmeraldas – Daniela Mera (Andrea Segarra)[1][2]
1st Runner-Up	Manabí – Nicole Loor (Wenceslao Muñoz)
2nd Runner-Up	Manabí – Valentina Mendoza (Manolo Loor)

Contestants

The delegates were as follows:[3]

Province	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Esmeraldas	Nelly Betsabeth Paladines Vélez	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas	Daniela Mera Palomino	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Muisne
Galápagos	María José Córdova Guerrero	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Guayas	Keidy Zulema Boza Rendón	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Balzar
Guayas	Doménica Shantal Maquilón Argüello	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Guayaquil
Guayas	Daniela Alejandra Rodríguez Estéves	25	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Guayaquil
Imbabura	Diana Milena Gusmán Quiñónez	24	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Ibarra
Loja	Mireya Anahí Pérez Celi	23	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)	Loja
Los Ríos	Leyla Shuken Espinoza Calvache	24	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	Quevedo
Los Ríos	Saskya Adela Sacasa Prado	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)	Quevedo
Manabí	Mayra Nicole Loor Velásquez	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Manta
Manabí	Andrea Nataly Zurita Gómez	25	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)	Pedernales
Manabí	Cinthya Valentina Mendoza Loor	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	Portoviejo
Morona Santiago	Andrea Carolina Quito Torres	27	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Macas
Napo	María Celeste Lozada Rubio	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Archidona
Pichincha	Melissa Andino Ayala	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Quito
Pichincha	María Luisa Corrales Cobos	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	Quito
Pichincha	Michelle Priscilla Sigüenza Revelo	26	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Quito
Santo Domingo	Dayar Mercedes Olmedo Rubio	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)	Santo Domingo
Tungurahua	Diana Aracelly Palacios Morales	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Ambato

Notes

Debuts

•  Morona Santiago

Returns

Last compete in 1999

•  Napo

Last compete in 2017

•  Imbabura

Last compete in 2018

•  Los Ríos
•  Tungurahua

Withdrawals

•  Azuay
•  El Oro
•  Orellana
• Santa Elena

Did not compete

•  Azuay - Tatiana Alexandra Guillén Jaramillo
•  Guayas - Judith Isabella San Lucas Aguilar

Crossover

• Betsabeth Paladines was Reina de Esmeraldas 2018.
• María José competed at Miss World Ecuador 2019, but she unplaced.
• Keidy Boza was Reina de Balzar 2019 and competed at Reina del Guayas 2019 where she unplaced.
• Saskya Sacasa was Reina de Quevedo 2016.
• Milena Gusmán was Reina de Ibarra 2018.
• Nicole Loor was Reina Mundial del Banano Ecuador 2014 and competed at Reina Mundial del Banano 2014 finishing as 3rd Runner-up (5th place). Also, she was Reina de Manta 2014 and Reina de Manabí 2016.
• Valentina Mendoza was Reina de Portoviejo 2016 and 1st Runner-up (3rd place) at Reina de Manabí 2016.
• Andrea Quito was Reina de Macas 2017 and Virreina de Morona Santiago 2017. Aso, she competed at Miss World Ecuador 2019 where she finished at 1st Runner-up.
• Celeste Lozada was Reina de Archidona 2018 and Reina de Napo 2019.
• Dayar Olmedo was Reina de Santo Domingo 2015.

References

1. Farándula. "Eligen los mejores trajes típicos del 2020". El Diario. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
2. Redacción. "'Sumaq' es el traje típico que llevará la Miss Ecuador 2020 a Miss Universo". El Comercio. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
3. Palma, Neptali. "Miss Ecuador 2020: Conoce a las 22 candidatas". El Universo. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links

• Official Miss Ecuador website