title: Miss Ecuador 2009
text: # Miss Ecuador 2009
  
  The Miss Ecuador 2009 pageant was held on March 13, 2009. There were 21 candidates for the national title. The Miss Ecuador 2009 was Sandra Vinces from Manabí, she was crowned by Domenica Saporitti from Guayas. She represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2009.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Final results | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Ecuador 2009 | Manabí - Sandra Vinces |
  | Miss World Ecuador 2009 | Esmeraldas - Gabriela Ulloa |
  | Miss Internacional Ecuador 2009 | Pichincha - Isabella Chiriboga |
  | 1st Runner-up | Manabí - Diana Sánchez |
  | 2nd Runner-up | El Oro - Yuliana Delgado |
  
  ### Special awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Congeniality | Manabí - Karina Ibañez |
  | Miss Photogenic | Manabí - Sandra Vinces |
  | Miss Yambal | Santo Domingo - Renata Moreira |
  | Miss Sedal | Pichincha - Isabella Chiriboga |
  | Miss Vivant | Santo Domingo - Renata Moreira Manabí- Diana Sánchez |
  | Best National Costume | Chimborazo - María José Pérez |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  | Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) | Height (ft in) | Hometown |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Azuay | Julia Antonieta Ojeda Ochoa | 20 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Cuenca |
  | Azuay | Elizabeth Espinoza Molina | 22 | 175 | 5 ft 9 in | Cuenca |
  | Chimborazo | María José Pérez Echeverría | 20 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Riobamba |
  | Cotopaxi | Karina Berenice Naranjo Hernández | 19 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Latacunga |
  | El Oro | Yuliana Estefanía Delgado Pontón | 19 | 170 | 5 ft 7 in | Atahualpa |
  | Esmeraldas | Gabriela María Ulloa Quiñónez | 21 | 180 | 5 ft 11 in | Esmeraldas |
  | Guayas | María del Mar Landívar Vanoni | 24 | 170 | 5 ft 7 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Ana Karina Ridniki Guevara | 20 | 178 | 5 ft 10 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Mariuxi Denisse Bajaña McKliff | 23 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Luisa Juliette Solines Hurtado | 22 | 178 | 5 ft 10 in | Guayaquil |
  | Imbabura | María José Torres Vinueza | 21 | 174 | 5 ft 9 in | Ibarra |
  | Imbabura | Eliana Magaly Ayala Delgado | 21 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | El Juncal |
  | Loja | Thanya Alexandra Román Mora | 20 | 174 | 5 ft 9 in | Macará |
  | Los Ríos | Sylvana Katherine Yépez Barriga | 24 | 174 | 5 ft 9 in | Vinces |
  | Manabí | Diana Sánchez Ormaza | 23 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Manta |
  | Manabi | Karina Elizah Ibáñez Cedeño | 24 | 171 | 5 ft 7 in | Manta |
  | Manabi | Sandra María Vinces Pinargote | 18 | 178 | 5 ft 10 in | Portoviejo |
  | Pichincha | Isabella Chiriboga Valdivieso | 20 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Quito |
  | Pichincha | Paola Tigreros Quintero | 23 | 174 | 5 ft 9 in | Quito |
  | Santo Domingo | Evelyn Renata Moreira Tortorelli | 18 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Santo Domingo |
  | Tungurahua | María Paula Palacios Larrea | 24 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Ambato |
  