Miss Ecuador 2016

Miss Ecuador 2016
Miss Ecuador 2016
Date	March 12, 2016
Presenters	Carlos Montero and Alejandra Argudo
Entertainment	Johann Vera
Venue	Oro Verde Hotel, Machala, El Oro
Broadcaster	Gama TV
Entrants	21
Placements	6
Withdrawals	Carchi, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Santo Domingo and Tungurahua
Returns	Los Ríos, Manabí, Pastaza, and Santa Elena
Winner	Connie Jiménez; Los Ríos
Congeniality	Francesca Possieri; Guayas
Best National Costume	Zulibeth Coronel; Pastaza
Photogenic	Connie Jiménez; Los Rios
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Miss Ecuador 2016, the 66th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 12, 2016 in Machala, El Oro.^[2] Francesca Cipriani, Miss Ecuador 2015 from Guayas crowned her successor Connie Jiménez of Los Ríos at the end of the event. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2016.

Results[]

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2016	Los Ríos - Connie Jiménez
1st Runner-up	Guayas - Bianka Fuentes (Resigned)
2nd Runner-up	El Oro - Ivanna Abad (Assumed)
3rd Runner-up	Manabí - Carmen Iglesias
4th Runner-up	Los Ríos - Yoselín Noroña
5th Runner-up	Guayas - Isabel Piñeyro

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Pastaza - Zulibeth Coronel (Luis Ayala)^[3]
1st Runner-up	Loja Pichincha - María Fernanda Manzano (Alexi Robalino)
2nd Runner-up	El Oro - Ivanna Abad (Gustavo Otero)

Award	Contestant
Winner	Guayas - Francesca Possieri
Top 5	El Oro - Ivanna Abad Loja - Karen Vélez Los Ríos - Connie Jiménez Pichincha - María Fernanda Manzano

Province	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Azuay	Cristina Elizabeth Vázquez Alarcón	23	175	5 ft 9 in	Cuenca
Azuay	Johanna Paola Vintimilla Andrade	24	178	5 ft 10 in	Cuenca
Chimborazo	Ana Cristina Mick Poveda	19	175	5 ft 9 in	Riobamba
El Oro	Ivanna Fiorella Abad Vásquez	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Machala
El Oro	Karla Ximena Morales Quezada	21	175	5 ft 9 in	Machala
Esmeraldas	Laura Valeria Arizala Ávila	23	176	5 ft 9 in	Esmeraldas
Guayas	Bianka Yamel Fuentes Dieb	22	170	5 ft 7 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Karen Denise Guerrero Flores	24	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Jushtin Lisbeth Osorio Martínez	24	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	María Isabel Piñeyro García	20	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Francesca Costanza Possieri Loor	21	172	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	María Laura Ruíz Massa	24	174	5 ft 9 in	Guayaquil
Loja	Karen Ivonne Vélez Sánchez	24	174	5 ft 9 in	Loja
Los Ríos	Johanna Yoselin Noroña Onofre	22	173	5 ft 8 in	Buena Fé
Los Ríos	Connie Maily Jiménez Romero	20	175	5 ft 9 in	Ventanas
Manabí	Carmen Verónica Iglesias López	21	176	5 ft 9 in	Portoviejo
Pastaza	Betty Zulibeth Coronel Murillo	23	170	5 ft 7 in	Veracruz
Pichincha	Carole Abedrabbo Valhubert Tioch	24	172	5 ft 8 in	Quito
Pichincha	María Fernanda Manzano Pinto	24	175	5 ft 9 in	Quito
Pichincha	Milkha Makhouldy Moreira López	19	170	5 ft 7 in	Quito
Santa Elena	María Cecilia Drouet Contreras	20	170	5 ft 7 in	Salinas

Last compete in:

Cristina Vázquez competed at , but she was unplaced.
Ivanna Abad was 1st Runner-up (Virreina) at , and she was Top 5 at Miss Panamarican International 2012.
Karla Morales competed at and Reina del Banano Ecuador 2014; she was unplaced in both pageants.
Karen Guerrero competed at where she was unplaced. She was elected Miss Congeniality.
Karen Vélez intended to compete at Miss Ecuador 2012, but she was eliminated as precandidate at the Miss Ecuador reality stage. She was Señorita Fundación de Loja 2009
Yoselin Noroña was , and 1st Runner-up at Miss Tourism World 2015 in Malaysia.
Carmen Iglesias was and .
Cecilia Drouet was .
Zulibeth Coronel was and .
Milkha Moreira competed at , but she was unplaced.