Andrea Aguilera

Biography

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.

== Early life and education == Aguilera was born in Ventanas, Ecuador. 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. In 2022, Aguilera resumed her studies, pursuing a bachelor's degree in International Business at the UEES.

== 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.

=== 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.

=== Miss Grand International 2021 ===

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