title: Miss Ecuador 2006
text: # Miss Ecuador 2006
  
  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
  
  | Final results | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Ecuador 2006 | Guayas - Catalina López |
  | Miss World Ecuador 2006 | Azuay - Rebeca Flores |
  | Miss Internacional Ecuador 2006 | Pichincha - Denise Rodríguez |
  | 1st Runner-up | Guayas - Mirely Barzola |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Esmeraldas - Carla Caicedo |
  
  ### Special awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Congeniality | Loja - Sandra Armíjos |
  | Miss Photogenic | Azuay - Rebeca Flores |
  | Miss Yambal | Azuay - Rebeca Flores |
  | Miss Sedal | Guayas - Catalina López |
  | Miss Tridentt | Guayas - Catalina López |
  | Miss Cosas Magazine | Azuay - Rebeca Flores |
  
  ## 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 |
  