Shyare Andrade

Facts

Full name

Shyare Madelayne Andrade Hidalgo¹¹¹²

Title

Miss Grand Ecuador 2026¹²

Result

1st runner-up, Miss Grand International 2026 (Bangkok, 10 October 2026)⁸¹⁴¹⁵

Special awards

Miss Popular Vote; Country's Power of the Year⁸¹³

Born

28 September 2003, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador⁷¹³

Grew up in

Portoviejo (Bellavista neighbourhood) and Jama, Manabí³⁷

Studies

Law, Universidad Técnica de Manabí³

Work

Model and content creator; runs a family food business with her mother³

Social project

Mundo Lienzo: painting, music and dance for children and vulnerable communities¹¹¹²

National costume

"Tsunki Nua", the Shuar water goddess, by Steven Vera⁷

Result in Bangkok

Shyare Andrade finished 1st runner-up at Miss Grand International 2026, held on 10 October 2026 at MGI Hall in Bangkok. Jihan Dimack of Tanzania won the title. The other runners-up were the delegates of the Netherlands, Guatemala and Vietnam.⁸¹⁴¹⁵

She reached the semifinal directly through the Country's Power of the Year award, decided by votes on Instagram, and the Top 5 directly through the Miss Popular Vote award. Her placement equals Ecuador's best result at the pageant, set by Andrea Aguilera, 1st runner-up in 2021.⁸¹³¹⁴

Her answers on stage

Final question: "What qualities should an empowered woman have?" She answered in Spanish. Original: "Crecí en un hogar donde mi mamá fue mi referente principal… la primera cualidad que una persona tiene que tener es la sencillez y el agradecer por las cosas pequeñas de la vida." Our translation: "I grew up in a home where my mother was my main role model… the first quality a person must have is simplicity and gratitude for the small things in life." She closed: "My English is not perfect, but every day I keep growing and learning."⁹¹⁶

Top 11 question: "Who is your female role model?" Original: "Vengo de una clase baja, pero nunca me han enseñado a hacer limitantes mis sueños." Our translation: "I come from a low-income background, but I was never taught to put limits on my dreams." She said it was her first international pageant.¹⁰

Background

Andrade is from Portoviejo in the coastal province of Manabí. She was raised by her mother, studies law at Universidad Técnica de Manabí, works as a model and content creator and runs a family food business with her mother. In interviews she named women's rights as a cause she wants to defend.³⁷

Before the international title she won local and provincial titles, among them Señorita Manabí 2026, and placed in the Top 5 of Miss Universo Ecuador 2026 on 15 August 2026. The national organisation CNB Ecuador appointed her Miss Grand Ecuador on 16 August 2026; her predecessor crowned her on Ecuavisa on 21 August.¹²⁷

Timeline

1. August 15, 2026 Top 5 at Miss Universo Ecuador 2026, Santa Elena.⁷
2. August 16, 2026 Appointed Miss Grand Ecuador 2026 by CNB Ecuador.¹
3. August 21, 2026 Crowned on the Ecuavisa programme "Hackers".²³
4. September 23, 2026 Top 15 of the Grand Talent round (chair dance).⁵
5. October 10, 2026 1st runner-up, Miss Grand International 2026, Bangkok; Miss Popular Vote.⁸¹⁴
6. October 14, 2026 Expected back in Guayaquil at 23:00 local time; a fan meet-and-greet is planned.¹⁷

Her posts

Posts from her own Instagram account. Each post loads from Instagram only when you tap it.

Not confirmed

Her height is not stated in any source. Her own TikTok and Facebook accounts are not confirmed. The title is Miss Grand Ecuador 2026, a different title from Miss Ecuador 2026.

Sources

1. Shyare Andrade, Miss Grand Ecuador 2026 ↗ Primicias, 16 Aug 2026 (es)
2. Shyare Andrade crowned Miss Grand Ecuador 2026 ↗ Primicias, 21 Aug 2026 (es)
3. Interview: Shyare Andrade on the Miss Grand Ecuador title ↗ El Universo, 21 Aug 2026 (es)
4. Red gown by an Ecuadorian designer at Miss Grand International ↗ Primicias, 23 Sep 2026 (es)
5. Top 15 of the talent show ↗ Primicias, 24 Sep 2026 (es)
6. Preliminary gown by Edghar Rey ↗ Primicias, 9 Oct 2026 (es)
7. Profile of Shyare Andrade, Miss Grand International finalist ↗ Primicias, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
8. Live coverage of the Miss Grand International 2026 final ↗ Primicias, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
9. Her answer to the final question ↗ El Universo, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
10. Her answer in the Top 11 round ↗ El Universo, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
11. Shyare Andrade takes second place at Miss Grand International ↗ Extra, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
12. Shyare Andrade reaches the top 2 of Miss Grand International 2026 ↗ El Diario, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
13. Shyare Andrade on her way to the final ↗ Metro Ecuador, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
14. Shyare Andrade second at Miss Grand International 2026 ↗ Expreso, 10 Oct 2026 (es)
15. Tanzania's Jihan Dimack wins Miss Grand International 2026 ↗ Daily Tribune, 10 Oct 2026
16. Miss Grand International 2026: the final answers ↗ PEP.ph, 11 Oct 2026
17. Date and time of her return to Guayaquil ↗ Primicias, 12 Oct 2026 (es)