Ximena Aulestia

Ximena Lourdes Aulestia Díaz (born 25 September 1952) is an Ecuadorian journalist and beauty pageant titleholder. At Miss Ecuador 1969, she was crowned Miss World Ecuador.

Biography Ximena Aulestia was born on 25 September 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, She was born the sixth of seven children, second of her father's second marriage. In 1972, Aulestia's father became the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense to Guillermo Rodríguez, at the same time when Rodríguez founded the Institute of National Higher Studies. In 1969, she competed in Miss Ecuador 1969 as Miss Pichincha and was crowned Miss World Ecuador, the first finalist, and so represented Ecuador in the Miss World contest of that year. She hosted the OTI Festival 1996 held in Quito along Christian Johnson.