Should I be worried about being a young pretty blonde girl studying abroad in Latin America this summer?

well, to start, there are blonde people in latin america too, i'm blonde and i'm from peru. ecuador has less, but there are some there too, so you won't be the only one. it's true that guys in latin america like blonde girls, and latin american girls like blonde guys, but you should not have to worry about it that much. i think if your frinds say that, than they are exaggerating, they have probably never lived in latin america themselves. if you are really that worried about it, maybe you can try to live in an area where there are alot of ecuadorians of european ancestry (there are alot in cities), than you could fit in better.