Miss Ecuador 2006

Miss Ecuador 2006
Date	March 16, 2006
Venue	Coliseo Mayor de la Ciudad de Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Gamavisión
Entrants	15
Placements	5
Withdrawals	Carchi and Galápagos
Returns	Azuay, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Loja and Los Ríos
Winner	Catalina Mercedes López Saman Guayas

The Miss Ecuador 2006 was on March 16, 2006. There were 16 candidates for the national title. As Miss Ecuador 2006 was elected Catalina López, she was crowned by Ximena Zamora from Pichincha. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2006.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Azuay	Rebeca Flores	20	177	5 ft 10 in	Cuenca
El Oro	Mayra Ríos	18	183	6 ft 0 in	Machala
Esmeraldas	Carla Caicedo	20	184	6 ft 0 in	Esmeraldas
Guayas	Sthepanie Samán	21	170	5 ft 7 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Tahíz Panus	20	179	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Sttefania Mata	22	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Estefanía Iturralde	26	178	5 ft 10 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Catalina "Katty" Mercedes López Samán	23	175	5 ft 9 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Laura Cruz	22	174	5 ft 9 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Mirely Barzola	18	181	5 ft 11 in	Nobol
Loja	Sandra Armíjos	18	184	6 ft 0 in	Loja
Los Ríos	Jéssica Bajaña	25	178	5 ft 10 in	Babahoyo
Manabí	María Eugenia Macías	24	170	5 ft 7 in	Santa Ana
Pichincha	Denise Rodríguez	18	177	5 ft 10 in	Quito
Pichincha	María Augusta Gortaire	24	172	5 ft 8 in	Quito

Notes

Returns

Last compete in:

• 2000
  • Loja
• 2004
  • Azuay
  • El Oro
  • Esmeraldas
  • Los Ríos

Withdraws

• Carchi
• Galápagos

External links

• http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/news/2006/Marzo/20060317.htm
• http://www.cuencanos.com/fotos/detallesfotoporid.php?Id_Foto=5880
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081007085941/http://www.enlacespanama.com/missecuador2006.html