{{Short description|Beauty contest in Ecuador}} {{distinguish|Miss Ecuador}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Universe Ecuador | formation = {{start date and years ago|2024}} | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Guayaquil]] | location = [[Ecuador]] | membership = [[Miss Universe]] | language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] | leader_title = Current titleholder | leader_name = '''[[Nadia Mejia]]'''<br>{{flag|United States}} | leader_title2 = President | leader_name2 = Miguel Panus | leader_title3 = National Director | leader_name3 = Tahiz Panus | website = {{URL|www.cnbecuador.com}} }} '''Miss Universe Ecuador''' is a beauty pageant and organization that selects Ecuador's official representative to [[Miss Universe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/gente/quien-es-tahiz-panus-la-nueva-directora-de-miss-universo-ecuador-nota/ |title=Quién es Tahiz Panus, la nueva directora de Miss Universo Ecuador|website=[[El Universo]]|language=es|date=|access-date=9 June 2024}} </ref>
The reigning Miss Universe Ecuador is [[Nadia Mejia]] of the Ecuadorian Community in the [[United States]], who was crowned on July 26, 2025, in [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador.
==History== Miss Universe Ecuador pageant will be held in 2024 by [[Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador]], with Tahiz Panus as the national director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teleamazonas.com/tahiz-panus-miss-universo-ecuador/|title=¿Quién es Tahiz Panus, la nueva directora de Miss Universo Ecuador?|website=[[Teleamazonas]]|language=es|date=13 December 2023|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref>
==Titleholders== {{For|the complete details of Miss Ecuador past winners from the previous organization|Miss Ecuador}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : 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.''
{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Represented ! CNB Ecuador ! Placement at Miss Universe ! Special Award(s) ! Notes |- | [[Miss Universe Ecuador 2025|2025]] | [[Ecuadorian Americans|Ecuadorian Community in USA]] | [[Nadia Mejia| Nadia Grace Mejia Eicher]] | Unplaced | | Previously [[Miss California USA|Miss California USA 2016]] |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " | [[Miss Universe Ecuador 2024|2024]] | [[Guayaquil Canton|Guayaquil]] | [[Mara Topić|Mara Štefica Topić Verduga]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecuavisa.com/entretenimiento/television/miss-universo-ecuador-en-vivo-minuto-a-minuto-XH7458770|title=¡Mara Topic es la primera Miss Universo Ecuador!|website=[[Ecuavisa]]|language=en|date=8 June 2024|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> | Top 30 | | Previously [[Miss Grand Ecuador|Miss Grand Ecuador 2019]] |- |}
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==See also== * [[Miss Ecuador]]
==External links== *[http://www.missecuador.tv/ Past titleholders]
{{Miss Universe countries and territories}}
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Ecuador]] [[Category:Miss Universe by country|Ecuador]]