Andrea Aguilera (Ecuadorian model)

Andrea Aguilera
Aguilera in 2021
Born
Andrea Victoria Aguilera Paredes

Ventanas, Ecuador
EducationUEES
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Hair color
Brown
Eye color
Black[1]
Major competitions

Andrea Victoria Aguilera Paredes is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Supranational 2023 on July 14, 2023. She is the first Ecuadorian to have won Miss Supranational.

She had previously won Miss Grand Ecuador 2021, and represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2021 and was the first runner-up.[2]

Early life and education

Aguilera was born in Ventanas, Ecuador.[1] Aguilera represented her province at several pageants in her country. She was studying medicine at the University of Guayaquil in 2021, but paused to compete for Miss Grand International 2021. After the pageant, Aguilera joined the sixth season of the reality show Soy el Mejor 2022, but left after two episodes, after three judges made derogatory remarks about her participation at Miss Grand International.[3] In 2022, Aguilera resumed her studies, pursuing a bachelor's degree in International Business at the UEES.[4]

Pageantry

Reina de Los Rios 2019

Aguilera's first pageant was the provincial pageant, Reina de Los Rios, which she won on September 27, 2019.[5]

Miss Grand Ecuador 2021

On June 26, 2021, she represented Los Rios and won Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 on TC Televisión in Guayaquil, Ecuador, against five other candidates.[6][7]

Miss Grand International 2021

Aguilera represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2021 on December 4, and finished as the first runner-up.[8]

Miss Supranational 2023

In March 2023, Aguilera won Miss Ecuador Supranational 2023. She then represented Ecuador and won Miss Supranational 2023 in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Aguilera is the first Ecuadorian and second South American woman to win in the history of the Miss Supranational competition since Stephanía Stegman of Paraguay in 2015.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Datos sobre la vida de Andrea Aguilera" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera y su paso por Miss Grand Internacional" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera ingresa a Soy el Mejor, donde se retira a las 2 semanas" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Aguilera y sus proyectos realizados en 2022, despues del concurso" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Reina de Los Rios 2019 es Andrea Aguilera" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  6. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera y su despues de ser coronada como representante de la belleza ecuatoriana a Miss Grand Internacional" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera es una de las candidatas a Miss Grand Ecuador 2021" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  8. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera se convierte en la primera ecuatoriana en llegar lejos en Miss Grand International" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Andrea Aguilera coronada como Miss Ecuador Supranational" (in Spanish). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  10. ↑ "Lalela Mswane crowns Andrea Aguilera Miss Supranational 2023". 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-22.