Ana Galarza

Model and politician from Ecuador

Ana Galarza

in 2025 at the National Assembly

Born|

Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco

August 24, 1988 (1988-08-24) (age 36)

Ambato, Ecuador

Height| 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title| Miss World Ecuador 2010
Hair color| Blond
Eye color| Black
Major
competition(s)| Reina de Ambato 2007 (winner)
Miss Ecuador 2010 (1st runner-up)
Miss World 2010 (unplaced)

Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco (born August 24, 1988 in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador[1] is an Ecuadorian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2010. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2017.

## Beauty pageant

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### Miss Ecuador 2010

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Galarza was a student of Psychology in the Pontificia Universidad Cátolica del Ecuador. She is also the first woman from Tungurahua to be crowned Miss World Ecuador.[2][3] Miss Ecuador 2010 was broadcast live from CEMEXPO, in Quito.

### Miss World 2010

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As the first runner-up of the Miss Ecuador 2010 beauty pageant, Galarza represented Ecuador in the Miss World 2010 pageant.[4] She placed among the Top 20 in the Miss World Talent fast-track competition.

## Political career

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Galarza was a candidate for the CREO movement for Tungurahua at the 2017 General election and was elected to the National Assembly. In February 2019, she was removed from office following a vote of the assembly due to accusations of illicit enrichment and forgery.[5][6] In December 2021 the case is closed.[7]

In August 2023, she was candidate for Movimiento Construye and re-elected at the National Assembly.[5][8] She, Rosa Mayorga, Ramiro Vela and Rosa Baltazar (in absentia) were acknowledged as successful in a ceremony on 15 October 2023 in the city hall by Lorena Ramos, director of the Provincial Electoral Delegation of Tungurahua.[9]

## References

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1. ^ http://www.ambato.com/amb09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1757:ana-galarza-anazco&catid=25[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ EL UNIVERSO. "Lady Mina se llevó la corona de Miss Ecuador 2010". El Universo. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
3. ^ EL UNIVERSO. "Camino a Miss Ecuador: Ana Galarza Añazco". El Universo. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
4. ^ "Expreso". expreso.ec. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
5. ^ a b "Dos ex reinas de belleza de Ambato hoy comparten el escenario legislativo como asambleístas". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
6. ^ Jara, Mónica (February 7, 2019). "Las dos terceras partes de la Asamblea Nacional destituyen a la legisladora Ana Galarza". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
7. ^ "Ana Galarza, destituida de su cargo en periodo pasado de la Asamblea, vuelve al Legislativo". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
8. ^ "Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
9. ^ "Llamados a trabajar contra corrupción durante entrega de credenciales a legisladores de Tungurahua". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

## External links

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* Miss Ecuador Organization[usurped]

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Gabriela Ulloa

|  Miss World Ecuador
2010 | Succeeded by

Verónica Vargas

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Miss World 2010 national titleholders

* Cilou Annys
* Snežana Prorok
* Emma Wareus
* Denise Garrido
* Cristin Alexander
* Angenie Simon
* Veronika Machová
* Ana Galarza
* Sara El-Khouly
* Jessica Linley
* Virginie Dechenaud
* Mimi Areme
* Manasvi Mamgai
* Asyifa Latief
* Chantal Raymond
* Gritė Maruškevičiūtė
* Nadia Heng
* Anabel Solís
* Odile Gertze
* Sadichha Shrestha
* Cody Yerkovich
* Fiona Amuzie
* Lori Moore
* Mariann Birkedal
* Paola Vaprio
* Egni Eckert
* Alexandra Liao
* Yara Lasanta
* Fatisha Imo
* Nicola Mimnagh
* Milica Jelić
* Nicole Flint
* Dani Karlsson
* Sirirat Rueangsri
* Gizem Memiç
* Alexandria Mills
* Carolyn Carter
* Adriana Vasini
* Nguyễn Ngọc Kiều Khanh

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