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Gran Hermano (Ecuador)
''Gran Hermano'' Ecuador was the ecuadorian version of the reality show based on the international '' Big Brother'' format produced in the Netherlands by Endemol. ''Gran Hermano'' Ecuador was broadcast by Ecuavisa network and 24 hours a day by its paid television company Univisa obtainingn the highest ratings of the last years. The reality show was filmed in the house of ''Gran Hermano'' Argentina owned by the televisión Network Telefe and it began on 16 March 2003 and finished on 13 July 2003 with a total duration of 120 days. The winner of the first season was David Burbano, a 21-year-old student born in the city of Cuenca. First season (2003) Contestants Nominations table Housemates nominate for two points (top of the box) and one point (bottom of the box) and the two or more Housemates with the most nomination points face the public vote. Notes External links {{Big Brother Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toty Rodríguez
Toty Rodríguez (born María Rosa Rodríguez Váscones 7 November 1942) is an Ecuadorian actress, tv host, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Ecuador 1960 and represented her country at Miss World 1960 but unplaced. Biography Toty Rodríguez was born María Rosa Rodríguez Váscones in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 7 November 1942. She found an early interest in classical music, and chose to study singing, the piano, and the cello while still in high school. At 17, while going to college, Rodríguez performed in the play ''Madre y Hija'' at the request of another actress in 1959. In 1960, Rodríguez became Miss World Ecuador in 1960 and came to compete in that year's Miss World contest. She toured London and other European cities, but would spend the most time in Paris because of modeling and advertising contracts. While in Paris, Rodríguez also took acting classes with Alain Delon and René Simon, was offered and rejected a part in a movie with her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuenca, Ecuador
Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, commonly referred to as Cuenca (Kichwa language, Kichwa: ''Tumipampa'') is the capital and largest city of the Azuay Province of Ecuador. Cuenca is located in the highland (geography), highlands of Ecuador at about above sea level, with an urban population of approximately 329,928 and 661,685 inhabitants in the larger metropolitan area. The center of the city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its many historical buildings and its historical importance as an agricultural and administrative center. History “The plateau is a place treasured by empires," comments Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera. "The Cañari then Inca and then Spanish occupied the region in the last two millennia, each renaming it in their own language. Now the capital city is called Cuenca and the province Azuay.” According to studies and archeological discoveries, the origins of the first inhabitants go back to the year 8060 BC in the Cave of Chopsi. They were hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Ecuadorian Television Series Debuts
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuadorian Reality Television Series
Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Ecuadorian''. Numerous indigenous cultures inhabited what is now Ecuadorian territory for several millennia before the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth century. The Las Vegas culture of coastal Ecuador is one of the oldest cultures in the Americas. The Valdivia culture is another well-known early Ecuadorian culture. Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, as did sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic by Spaniards and other Europeans. The modern Ecuadorian population is principally descended from these three ancestral groups. As of 2010, 77.4% of the population identified as "Mestizos", a mix of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry, up from 71.9% in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (franchise) Adaptations
Big Brother may refer to: * Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control ** Big Brother Awards, a satirical award for acts against personal privacy ** Big Brother Watch, a UK pressure group * Surveillance ** Surveillance state * An older brother, see birth order Organisations *Big Brother Movement Music * "Big Brother" (David Bowie song) * "Big Brother" (Kanye West song) * Big Brother and the Holding Company, an American band ** ''Big Brother & the Holding Company'' (album), a 1967 album by the band of the same name * Big Brother Recordings, a UK record label * "Big Brother", a 2004 song by Girls Aloud from ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' * "Big Brother", a song by Morten Abel * "Big Brother", a song by Reset from '' No Limits'' * "Big Brother", a song by Stevie Wonder from ''Talking Book'' Television * ''Big Brother'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manta, Ecuador
Manta, also known as San Pablo de Manta, is an Ecuadorian city; cantonal head of the Manta Canton, as well as the largest and most populated city in the Manabí Province. It is the tenth most populous in the country. Manta has existed since Pre-Columbian times. It was a trading post for the Manta, also known as Manteños. According to the 2001 census, the city had 192,322 inhabitants. In the 21st century, its main economic activity is tuna fishing. Other economic activities include tourism and a chemical industry, with products ranging from cleaning supplies to oils and margarine. Located on the Pacific coast, Manta has the largest seaport in Ecuador. The port was used by Charles Marie de La Condamine upon his arrival in Ecuador in 1735 when leading the French mission to measure the location of the equator. From Manta, Condamine started his trip inland towards Quito. Manta has an international airport, Eloy Alfaro International Airport, with passenger airline service, and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quito, Pichincha
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes, at an elevation of , making it the second-highest capital city in the world.Contact Us " TAME. Retrieved on 14 March 2010. Quito is the political and cultural center of Ecuador as the country's major governmental, administrative, and cultural institutions are located within the city. The majority of transnational companies with a presence in Ecuador are headquartered there. It is also one of the country's two major industrial centers—the port city of |
Guayaquil, Guayas
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