Miss Ecuador 1998

Miss Ecuador 1998
Miss Ecuador 1998
Date	March 21, 1998
Venue	Teatro Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Broadcaster	Gamavision
Entrants	15
Withdrawals	Azuay and Imbabura
Returns	Chimborazo and Los Ríos
Winner	Soraya Hogonaga; Pichincha

The Miss Ecuador 1998 was held on March 21, 1998. There were 15 candidates for the national title. At the end of the night María Jóse López from Pichincha crowned Soraya Hogonaga from Pichincha as Miss Ecuador 1998. The Miss Ecuador competed at Miss Universe 1998.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Ecuador 1998	Pichincha - 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	File:Bandera Província Chimborazo.svg Chimborazo - Mónica Merino
Miss Silueta Henkel	File:Bandera Província Chimborazo.svg Chimborazo - Mónica Merino

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft in)	Hometown
File:Bandera Província Chimborazo.svg 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
Loja	Thalía Rodríguez	23	176	5 ft 9 in	Loja
Los Ríos	Rosalía Ordoñez	21	175	5 ft 9 in	Babahoyo
Manabi	Johanna Ferrín Mantilla	19	172	5 ft 8 in	Bahía de Caraquez
Manabí	Carolina Avellán Zambrano	22	175	5 ft 9 in	Portoviejo
Pichincha	Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano	21	178	5 ft 10 in	Quito
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

Notes

Returns

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Withdraws

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