Miss Universe Ecuador

Beauty contest in Ecuador

Ecuador

Membership

Miss Universe

Official language

Spanish

Current titleholder

Mara Topić

Guayaquil

President

Miguel Panus

National Director

Tahiz PanusWebsitewww.cnbecuador.com

Miss Universe Ecuador is a beauty pageant and organization that selects Ecuador's official representative to Miss Universe.^[1]

The reigning Miss Universe Ecuador is Mara Štefica Topić Verduga of Guayaquil, who was crowned on June 8, 2024, in El Oro, Ecuador.

History

Miss Universe Ecuador pageant will be held in 2024 by Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador, with Tahiz Panus as the national director.^[2]

Titleholders

: Declared as Winner
: Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
: Ended as special awards winner

The winner of Miss Universe Ecuador represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to unforeseen circumstances) a runner-up is sent.

Year	Represented	Miss Universe Ecuador	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Awards	Notes
2024	Guayaquil	Mara Štefica Topić Verduga^[3]	TBA		Previously Miss Grand Ecuador 2019

References

^ "Quién es Tahiz Panus, la nueva directora de Miss Universo Ecuador". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "¿Quién es Tahiz Panus, la nueva directora de Miss Universo Ecuador?". Teleamazonas (in Spanish). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "¡Mara Topic es la primera Miss Universo Ecuador!". Ecuavisa. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

External links

Past titleholders

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Uruguay United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Bahrain Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa

Inactive since 2023 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

Africa	Benin (1962) Cote d'Ivoire (1986) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Seychelles (2022) Sierra Leone (2019) Tunisia (1971)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) Grenada (1964) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006)
Asia	Bhutan (2022) Chinese Taipei (2004) Iraq (2017) Israel (2021) Jordan (1960) Sri Lanka (2018)
Europe	Azerbaijan (2013) Cyprus (2012) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) Sweden (2021)
Oceania	American Samoa (1978) Cook Islands (1999) Guam (2019) Northern Marianas (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

Disputed Parts and SAR's of China	Taiwan (1961–1964) Hong Kong (1952–2000)
Constituent country of Denmark	Greenland (1987–1990)
Overseas regions and collectivities of France	French Guiana (1977–1984) Guadeloupe (1977–1984) New Caledonia (1982) Réunion (1977–1986) Tahiti (1962–1985)
Constituent countries of Great Britain	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)
Prefecture of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)
Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)
States of the United States	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)
Former entities (1952–2006)	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Micronesia (1975) Southern Rhodesia (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958) Yugoslavia (1968–2002)