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Model and politician from Ecuador
Ana Galarza
BornAna Mercedes Galarza Añazco
August 24, 1988 (1988-08-24) (age 36)
Ambato, Ecuador
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss World Ecuador 2010
Hair colorBlond
Eye colorBlack
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 is an Ecuadorian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2010.

Beauty pageant

Miss Ecuador 2010

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. Miss Ecuador 2010 was broadcast live from CEMEXPO, in Quito.

Miss World 2010

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

Political career

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. In December 2021 the case is closed.

In August 2023, she was candidate for Movimiento Construye and re-elected at the National Assembly. 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.

References

  1. http://www.ambato.com/amb09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1757:ana-galarza-anazco&catid=25
  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. ^ "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.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Gabriela Ulloa Miss World Ecuador
2010 		Succeeded by Verónica Vargas
Miss World 2010 national titleholders
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