title: Miss Ecuador 1998
text: # Miss Ecuador 1998
  
  The Miss Ecuador 1998 was held on March 21, 1998. There were 15 candidates for the national title, the crown passed from Monica Chala from Pichincha to Soraya Hogonaga from same province, but the new Miss Ecuador 1998 was crowned by Jamil Mahuad who was the mayor of the Quito, the future presidential candidate for the 1998 presidential election and the future president of Ecuador. Soraya competed at Miss Universe 1998.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Final results | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Ecuador 1998 | Guayas - Soraya Hogonaga |
  | Miss World Ecuador 1998 | Guayas - Vanessa Graf |
  | 1st Runner-up | Manabí - Carolina Avellan |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Esmeraldas - Geraldine Vásquez |
  | 3rd Runner-up | Pichincha - María Gabriela Sánchez |
  
  ### Special awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss Congeniality | Manabí - Johanna Ferrín |
  | Miss Photogenic | Guayas - Vanessa Graf |
  | Miss Yambal | Chimborazo - Mónica Merino |
  | Miss Silueta Henkel | Chimborazo - Mónica Merino |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  | Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) | Height (ft in) | Hometown |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chimborazo | Mónica Merino | 21 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Riobamba |
  | Esmeraldas | Erika Geraldine Vásquez | 19 | 176 | 5 ft 9 in | Esmeraldas |
  | Guayas | Vanessa Graf Alvear | 21 | 179 | 5 ft 10 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Elsa Ojeda | 19 | 173 | 5 ft 8 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Sandra Sandoval | 21 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Guayaquil |
  | Guayas | Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano | 21 | 178 | 5 ft 10 in | Milagro |
  | Loja | Thalía Rodríguez | 23 | 176 | 5 ft 9 in | Loja |
  | Los Ríos | Rosalía Ordoñez | 21 | 175 | 5 ft 9 in | Babahoyo |
  | Manabí | Johanna Ferrín Mantilla | 19 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Bahía de Caráquez |
  | Manabí | Carolina Avellán Zambrano | 22 | 175 | 5 ft 9 in | Portoviejo |
  | Pichincha | María Fernanda Burgos | 20 | 174 | 5 ft 9 in | Quito |
  | Pichincha | Tiffany Miglietta | 20 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Quito |
  | Pichincha | Gabriela Zerpa | 21 | 178 | 5 ft 10 in | Quito |
  | Pichincha | María Gabriela Sánchez | 20 | 175 | 5 ft 9 in | Santo Domingo |
  | Pichincha | Ximena Ayala | 21 | 172 | 5 ft 8 in | Santo Domingo |
  