Ángela Maritza Bonilla Zapata (born December 27, 1991) is an Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Earth Ecuador 2015. She also won Miss Global 2016 representing Ecuador.

Biography

Early life

She was born in Urcuquí,

Imbabura Province Imbabura () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish, and a large portion of the population also speak the Imbaburan Kichwa va ...

. Ángela speaks

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, English and

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. She is studying

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Pageantry

Ángela is the second woman in competing at the three big national pageants in Ecuador:

Miss Ecuador Miss Ecuador is a national beauty pageant in Ecuador. The current Miss Ecuador is Eunice Rivadeneira from Guayas. She won the title on 17 August 2024, and will represent Ecuador at Miss International 2025. History The first winner of the Mis ...

, Miss World Ecuador, and

Miss Earth Ecuador Miss Earth Ecuador (''Miss Tierra Ecuador'') is one of the official preliminaries to the international Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was established in the Philippines in 2001. The pageant focuses mainly on promoting environmental causes and wi ...

. The first one was Estefanía Realpe from Pichincha.

Miss World Ecuador 2013

Bonilla represented her province, Imbabura at Miss World Ecuador 2013. At the end of final night on July 4, 2013, in

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she was unplaced.

Miss Ecuador 2015

Ángela competed at Miss Ecuador 2015, representing Imbabura. The final night was on March 14, 2015, in

where she was one of the biggest favorites to win, but she was unplaced.

Miss Earth Ecuador 2015

She was designated on September 2, 2015, by José Delgado, the director of

, as the national representative to compete in

Miss Earth 2015 Miss Earth 2015 was the 15th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 2015. Jamie Herrell of the Philippines crowned her compatriot Angelia Ong as her successor at the end of the event. It w ...

Miss Earth 2015

Bonilla competed at

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where she was unplaced.

Miss Global 2016

Bonilla also represented Ecuador at Miss Global 2016 in the

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where she won the crown.

References

External links

Official Miss Ecuador website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonilla, Angela 1991 births Living people Miss World Ecuador Ecuadorian beauty pageant winners Ecuadorian people of Spanish descent Miss Earth 2015 contestants