Miss Ecuador 2003

Miss Ecuador 2003
Miss Ecuador 2003
Date	March 27, 2003
Venue	Teatro Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Gamavision
Entrants	11
Withdrawals	Manabí
Returns	Imbabura
Winner	Andrea Jácome; Guayas

The Miss Ecuador 2003 was on March 27, 2003. There were 11 candidates for the national title. The previous winner, Isabel Ontaneda from Pichincha, crown her successor, Andrea Jácome from Guayas as Miss Ecuador 2003. She competed at Miss Universe 2003.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 2003	Guayas - Andrea Jácome
Miss World Ecuador 2003	Esmeradas - Mayra Rentería
1st Runner-up	Guayas - Leovanna Orlandini
2nd Runner-up	Esmeraldas - Verónica Heredia
3rd Runner-up	Azuay - Victoria Arbelaéz

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Pichincha - Carolina Endara
Miss Photogenic	Guayas - Leovanna Orlandini
Miss Yambal	Esmeraldas - Verónica Heredia
Miss Sedal	Guayas - Leovanna Orlandini
Miss Trident	Guayas - Andrea Jácome

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
Azuay	María Victoria Arbeláez Ortíz	22	180	5 ft 11 in	Cuenca
Azuay	Silvia Sarmiento Narváez	22	171	5 ft 7 in	Cuenca
El Oro	Alexandra Murillo Paldines	21	172	5 ft 8 in	Machala
Esmeraldas	María Verónica Heredia Cañizares	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas	Mayra Katty Rentería Matamba	18	183	6 ft 0 in	Esmeraldas
Guayas	Leovanna Orlandini Febres-Cordero	19	180	5 ft 11 in	Guayaquil
Guayas	Andrea Marcela Jácome Ruíz	22	173	5 ft 8 in	Guayaquil
Imbabura	Paulina Vasquez Buitrón	21	170	5 ft 7 in	Ibarra
Pichincha	María Dolores Vela Troya	24	175	5 ft 9 in	Quito
Pichincha	Carolina Endara Hernández	19	173	5 ft 8 in	Quito
Pichincha	Nancy Álvarez Illescas	20	176	5 ft 9 in	Santo Domingo