title: Miss Ecuador 1955
text: # Miss Ecuador 1955
  
  Miss Ecuador 1955 was the 1st edition of the Miss Ecuador pageant since 1930 when Sara Chacón Zúñiga from Guayas was elected as the very first winner of the contest. The election was held on June 4, 1955 where Leonor Carcache from Guayas took the crown. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 1955.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Final results | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Ecuador 1955 Miss Universe Ecuador 1955 | Guayas - Leonor Carcache |
  | 1st Runner-up | Chimborazo - Primavera Campadónico |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Guayas - Mercedes Benítez |
  | 3rd Runner-up | Guayas - Francisca Ocaña |
  | Top 8 | Guayas - Elsa Alvear Guayas - Yolanda Jalil Guayas - Blanca Orellana Pichincha - Letty Vasquéz |
  | Top 12 | Guayas - Lady Baquerizo Guayas - Mildred Gómez Guayas - Jannete Ramírez Manabí - Celina Cabal |
  
  ### Special awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Congeniality | Chimborazo - Primavera Campadónico |
  | Miss Photogenic | Guayas - Francisca Ocaña |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  | Province | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chimborazo | Primavera Campadónico Winn | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Riobamba |
  | Guayas | Isabel Rendón Guerrero | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Coronel Marcelino Maridueña |
  | Guayas | Julieta Inés Abad Rhon | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Elsa Alvear Arboleda | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Lady Baquerizo Morlas | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Mercedes Benítez Marriot | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Leonor Carcache Rodríguez | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Aracely Espinoza Escobar | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Martha Flores Escobar | 25 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Mildred Gómez Icaza | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Yolanda Jalil Dueñas | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Argentina Moreno | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Francisca Ocaña Garcés | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Blanca Orellana Dávila | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Graciela Ramírez | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Jeanette Ramírez Crow | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Pilar Salcedo Morán | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Leonor Zamora | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guayaquil |
  | Los Ríos | Graciela "Chela" Zevallos Farah | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Babahoyo |
  | Manabí | Celina Cabal Avellán | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bahía |
  | Manabí | Bella Bowen | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Manta |
  | Manabí | Cerina Rubira | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Portoviejo |
  | Napo Pastaza | Carlota Abdo Rhon | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tena |
  | Pichincha | Letty Vasquéz Grijalva | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Quito |
  