Ana Mercedes Galarza Añazco (born August 24, 1988 in Ambato,

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is an Ecuadorian

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and beauty pageant titleholder who placed first runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2010. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2017.

Beauty pageant

Miss Ecuador 2010

Galarza was a student of

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in the Pontificia Universidad Cátolica del Ecuador. She is also the first woman from

to be crowned

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. Miss Ecuador 2010 was broadcast live from CEMEXPO, in

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Miss World 2010

As the first runner-up of the Miss Ecuador 2010 beauty pageant, Galarza represented Ecuador in the

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pageant. She placed among the Top 20 in the

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fast-track competition.

Political career

Galarza was a candidate for the CREO movement for

at the 2017 General election and was elected to the

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. In February 2019, she was removed from office following a vote of the assembly due to accusations of

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and

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. In December 2021 the case is closed. In August 2023, she was candidate for '' Movimiento Construye'' and re-elected at the National Assembly. She,

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, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galarza, Ana 1988 births Living people People from Ambato, Ecuador Ecuadorian beauty pageant winners Miss World 2010 delegates Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador alumni Members of the National Assembly (Ecuador) Women members of the National Assembly (Ecuador) 21st-century Ecuadorian politicians 21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians