Miss Ecuador 1998

Miss Ecuador 1998
Date	March 21, 1998
Venue	Teatro Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Gamavisión
Entrants	15
Withdrawals	Azuay and Imbabura
Returns	Chimborazo and Los Ríos
Winner	MISS ECUADOR 1998 Guayas

The Miss Ecuador 1998 was held on March 21, 1998. There were 15 candidates for the national title, the crown passed from Monica Chala from Pichincha to Soraya Hogonaga from same province, but the new Miss Ecuador 1998 was crowned by Jamil Mahuad who was the mayor of the Quito, the future presidential candidate for the 1998 presidential election and the future president of Ecuador. Soraya competed at Miss Universe 1998.

Results[]

Placements[]

Special awards[]

Contestants[]

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Chimborazo	Mónica Merino	21	173	5 ft 8 in	Riobamba
Esmeraldas	Erika Geraldine Vásquez	19	176	5 ft 9 in	Esmeraldas
Guayas	Vanessa Graf Alvear	21	179	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Elsa Ojeda	19	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Sandra Sandoval	21	172	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano	21	178	5 ft 10 in	Milagro
Loja	Thalía Rodríguez	23	176	5 ft 9 in	Loja
Los Ríos	Rosalía Ordoñez	21	175	5 ft 9 in	Babahoyo
Manabí	Johanna Ferrín Mantilla	19	172	5 ft 8 in	Bahía de Caráquez
Manabí	Carolina Avellán Zambrano	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Portoviejo
Pichincha	María Fernanda Burgos	20	174	5 ft 9 in	Quito
Pichincha	Tiffany Miglietta	20	172	5 ft 8 in	Quito
Pichincha	Gabriela Zerpa	21	178	5 ft 10 in	Quito
Pichincha	María Gabriela Sánchez	20	175	5 ft 9 in	Santo Domingo
Pichincha	Ximena Ayala	21	172	5 ft 8 in	Santo Domingo

Notes[]

Returns[]

Last compete in:

• 1994
  • Los Ríos
• 1996
  • Chimborazo

Withdraws[]

• Azuay
• Imbabura