Meet The 18 Finalists of Miss Ecuador 2012

Miss Ecuador will be chosen March 16th during a special event to take place at the Puerto Lucia Yacht Club in La Libertad (Santa Elena), with the participation of 18 beautiful contestants.

Miss Ecuador 2012 contestants

Among the special guests are Miss World 1984, Astrid Carolina Herrera, and brazilian designer Salvatore Laureano. Both will be part of the panel of judges.

The winner -who will be crowned by Claudia Schiess, reigning Miss Continente Americano- gets a spectacular crown designed by Daniella Kronfle, valued at USD 30,000, and she also gets a brand new automobile. Top 6 finalists will be chosen, to compete for the titles of Miss Ecuador Universe, Miss World Ecuador and Miss International Ecuador.

Meet the 18 finalists here:

Ana Gabriela Barahona	Carolina Aguirre
Christel Oyague Merizalde	Cipriana Correia Macias
Erika Guerrero Mejía	Estefanía Realpe Pérez
Giannella Gallardo Herrera	Kimberly Bravo
Lidia León Guillén	María del Carmen Moncayo Game
María José Molina Marin	Melina Moreano Zambrano
Nicole Cevallos Correa	Steffany Tamayo Castro
Sulay Castillo	Tatiana Chele Villafuerte
Tatiana Loor Hidalgo	Tatiana Mondoñedo Farías

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