Who is Tahiz Panus, the new director of Miss Universe Ecuador

The night of this Wednesday, December 13, surprised fans and those curious about the reign of beauty with the news that from now on the organization of the national pageant to choose the representative of Ecuador for Miss Universe is in the hands of communicators. Tahiz Panus. Previously, and for about 20 years, the ceremony for this purpose was conducted under the guidance of journalists Maria del Carmen Aguayo.

Miss Universe Ecuador has a new director: Tahiz Panus takes over the organization of the pageant of the Ecuadorian who goes to the international pageant

The name Panus is more than well known in the ruling circle. In fact, she is a former beauty queen herself. She participated in the contest for Miss Ecuador in 2006, and three years earlier, in 2003, she participated in the contest in Guayaquil, where she won the title of Estrella de Octubre.

But organizing beauty pageants was her main activity and she dedicated almost her whole life to it. On several occasions, the journalist from Guayaquil, who initially worked in front of the cameras of Telerama, said that the first competition she developed was the first edition of Reina del Carnaval de Guayaquil, when she was only 15 years old.

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Since then, the journalist from Guayaquil has led pageants such as Reina de Guayaquil, Miss World Ecuador and Reina de Machala. In 2018, she bought the Miss Supranational and Miss Intercontinental franchises, and also has the Miss Grand franchise. All these titles are competed for through the National Beauty Contest (CNB), of which Panus is the director.

Together with his brother Miguel Panus, Tahiz is also in charge of REINART – Escuela de Reinas, a company that supports the development of CNB. (AND)