Mara Topić Explained

Mara Topić
Birth Name:Mara Štefica Topić Verduga
Birth Place:Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height:1.77m
Hair Color:Brown
Eye Color:Hazel

Mara Štefica Topić Verduga is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Ecuador 2024, and will represent Ecuador at Miss Universe 2024.[1]

She previously won Miss Grand Ecuador 2019, and represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2019, where and finished in the top ten.[2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Mara Štefica Topić Verduga[5] was born in Guayaquil, to an Ecuadorian mother and a Croatian father. At the age of 18, she moved to Los Angeles, California. Her eldest brother Jan Topić is a former Ecuadorian presidential candidate for the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. Topic had Hashimoto's thyroiditis, has had to wear a wig.[6] [7]

Pageantry

Miss World Ecuador 2019

On April 27, 2019, Topic represented the US Ecuadorian community at Miss World Ecuador 2019, where she reached the top nine and won several awards during the final. In May, 2019 she was appointed Miss Grand Ecuador 2019, by CNB Ecuador.[8]

Miss Grand International 2019

On October 25, 2019, Topić represented Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2019, and reached the top 10. She was the first Ecuadorian to win Best National Costume at the pageant.

Miss Universe Ecuador 2024

Topic won the first Miss Universe Ecuador on June 8, 2024 representingGuayaquil, and will now represent Ecuador at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico on November 2024.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mara Topic Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 . Pageantopolis. Jun 13, 2024 . She defeated 25 other candidates earning the right to represent Ecuador in the upcoming Miss Universe pageant which will be held in Mexico. She was crowned by the reigning Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios in a ceremony held at Parque Zoila Ugarte de Landívar in Machala, El Oro..
  2. Web site: 2024-05-17 . Mara Topic, candidata a Miss Universo Ecuador, dice: "(Sheynnis Palacios) no era la más bella, ella se creía la más bella" . 2024-06-08 . El Universo . es.
  3. Web site: Navarrete . Irving . 2024-05-20 . Miss Universo Ecuador: Critican a Mara Topic, candidata, por decir "abrido" . 2024-06-08 . El Diario Ecuador . es-CO.
  4. Web site: Mara Topic to represent Ecuador at Miss Grand International 2019 . 2024-06-08 . www.femina.in . en.
  5. Web site: Haczek . Ángela Reyes . 2024-06-09 . Mara Topic es la nueva Miss Universo Ecuador; la concursante Yajaira Quizhpi de 46 años no entró en el top 13 . 2024-06-11 . CNN . es.
  6. Web site: ¿Qué es la enfermedad de Hashimoto, que tiene Miss Universo Ecuador, Mara Topic?. Primicias.com. ES. June 9, 2024. June 9, 2024.
  7. Web site: Jan Topic sobre el triunfo de su hermana Mara en Miss Universo Ecuador: "Lo tiene bien merecido". El Universo.com. ES. June 8, 2024. June 9, 2024.
  8. Web site: Mara Topic, la ecuatoriana ganadora al mejor traje típico en el Miss Grand International, agradeció a sus seguidores. El Universo.com. ES. October 31, 2019. June 9, 2024.
  9. Web site: Mara Topic, de Guayaquil, es la Miss Universo Ecuador 2024. El Universo.com. ES. June 8, 2024. June 9, 2024.

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