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Miss Nicaragua
Formation	March 12, 1955; 69 years ago
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Managua
Location	Nicaragua;
Membership	Miss Universe; Miss Charm;
Official language	Spanish
Miss Nicaragua 2023	Sheynnis Palacios
President	Karen Celebertti
Parent organization	Miss Universe
Website	www.missnicaragua.com

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The Miss Nicaragua or (Miss Universe Nicaragua) is an Nicaraguan beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1955 to select the entrant from Nicaragua in the Miss Universe and since 2023 to select the entrant to Miss Charm pageant. Until 2001 when the model agency Silhuetas announces that the most important beauty pageant in the country will be operated until 2023 by Karen Celebertti.

The current Miss Nicaragua is Sheynnis Palacios of Diriamba, who was crowned on August 5, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Convention Center in Managua. She was also crowned as Miss Universe on November 18, 2023 at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium at San Salvador, El Salvador. This is Nicaragua’s first victory in the 72 year history of the pageant.

Participants

Cristiana Frixione at the Miss Nicaragua 2007 contest held in the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua on March 17, 2007

Participants for the Miss Nicaragua contest must be at least 18. After participants are chosen, between 8 and 17 candidates are elected and represent a city or department. The majority of Miss Nicaragua winners have been from Managua.

Since 2023 the Miss Nicaragua pageant allow women married and mothers to join in the competition.

As well the transgender women are able to complete however since there is not any government mandate about legalisation the candidates are not allowed to join the national pageant.

Titleholders

Year	Miss Nicaragua^[1]^[2]^[3]	Department	Placement at Miss Universe
1955	Rosa Argentina Lacayo	Managua
1963	Leda Sánchez	Carazo
1968	Margine Davidson Morales	Matagalpa
1969	Soraya Herrera Chávez	Managua
1970	Graciela Salazar	León
1971	Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez	Managua
1973	Ana Cecilia Saravia Lanzas	León
1974	Francis Duarte	León
1975	Alda Maritza Sánchez	Masaya
1976	Ivania Navarro Genie	Matagalpa
1977	Beatriz Obregón Lacayo	Rivas	Top 12
1978	Claudia Herrera Cortez	Masaya
1979	Patricia Pineda Chamorro	Rivas	Did not compete
1991	Ana Sofía Pereira	Managua
1992	Ida Patricia Delaney	Managua
1993	Luisa Amalia Urcuyo Lacayo	Rivas
1995	Linda Clerk Castillo	Managua
1996	Luz María Sánchez Herdocia	Managua	Did not compete
1998	Claudia Alaniz	Managua
1999	Liliana Pilarte	Río San Juan
2001	Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa	Managua
2002	Marianela Lacayo	Managua
2003	Claudia Salmerón	Managua
2004	Marifely Argüello César	Managua
2005	Daniela Clerk Castillo	Managua
2006	Cristiana Frixione	Managua
2007	Xiomara Blandino	Managua	Top 10
2008	Thelma Rodríguez	Chinandega
2009	Indiana Sánchez	Managua
2010	Scharllette Allen	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
2011	Adriana Dorn	Managua
2012	Farah Eslaquit	Masaya
2013	Nastassja Bolívar	Carazo	Top 16
2014	Marline Barberena	Chinandega
2015	Daniela Torres	Managua
2016	Marina Jacoby	Matagalpa
2017	Berenice Quezada	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
2018	Adriana Paniagua^[4]	Chinandega
2019	Inés López	Managua
2020	Ana Marcelo	Estelí	Top 21
2021	Allison Wassmer	Managua
2022	Norma Huembes^[5]	Carazo
2023	Sheynnis Palacios^[6]	Carazo	Miss Universe 2023

Gallery of Winners

Miss Nicaragua 2023 and Miss Universe 2023
Sheynnis Palacios
Miss Nicaragua 2020
Ana Marcelo
Miss Nicaragua 2019
Inés López
Miss Nicaragua 2018
Adriana Paniagua
Miss Nicaragua 2017
Berenice Quezada
Miss Nicaragua 2016
Marina Jacoby
Miss Nicaragua 2015
Daniela Torres
Miss Nicaragua 2014
Marline Barberena
Miss Nicaragua 2013
Nastassja Bolívar
Miss Nicaragua 2012
Farah Eslaquit
Miss Nicaragua 2011
Adriana Dorn
Miss Nicaragua 2010
Scharllette Allen Moses
Miss Nicaragua 2009
Indiana Sánchez
Miss Nicaragua 2008
Thelma Rodríguez
Miss Nicaragua 2007
Xiomara Blandino
Miss Nicaragua 2006
Cristiana Frixione
Miss Nicaragua 2002
Marianela Lacayo

Regional rankings

Department	Titles	Years
Managua	20	1955 1969 1971 1991 1992 1995 1996 1998 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015 2019 2021
Carazo	4	1963 2013 2022 2023
Chinandega	3	2008 2014 2018
León		1970 1973 1974
Matagalpa		1968 1976 2016
Masaya		1975 1978 2012
Rivas		1977 1979 1993
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	2	2010 2017
Estelí	1	2020
Río San Juan	1	1999

Notes

Contestants

The runners-up and semi-finalists of the Miss Nicaragua pageant are sometimes sent to represent Nicaragua in other international beauty pageants. Winners include Sharon Amador, the first finalist in Miss Nicaragua 2006. Sharon won the Miss Ambar Mundial pageant in 2006. In 2010, the franchise for Miss Earth Nicaragua was awarded to Nuestra Belleza Nicaragua.^[7] In 2023, Katherine Burgos Reyes, the first runner-up of Miss Nicaragua 2022 was appointed to compete at Miss Supranational 2023.

Dethroned

Miss Nicaragua 2013, Nastassja Bolívar was dethroned after competing at the Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia.^[8]

References

^ Vietnam, News (October 8, 2008). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Retrieved November 9, 2015. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ Ibrahim, Lynda (September 13, 2013). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ Lowe, Aya (January 25, 2016). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Adriana Paniagua triunfa en Miss Nicaragua 2018". Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ "Quién es Norma Huembes, la joven que ha sido elegida Miss Nicaragua 2022". 20 minutos (in Spanish). August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
^ "Las nuevas reinas latinas camino al certamen Miss Universo 2023" [The new Latin queens on their way to the Miss Universe 2023 pageant]. La Nación (in Spanish). August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Trejos, Tania (March 30, 2006). "Sharon Amador es Miss Ámbar 2006". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
^ "After prolonged dispute, Miss Nicaragua 2013 loses her crown -". The Tico Times. Agence France-Presse. January 22, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2020.

External links

Miss Nicaragua Official site

[1] Vietnam, News (October 8, 2008). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Retrieved November 9, 2015. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[2] Ibrahim, Lynda (September 13, 2013). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

[3] Lowe, Aya (January 25, 2016). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[4] "Adriana Paniagua triunfa en Miss Nicaragua 2018". Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

[5] "Quién es Norma Huembes, la joven que ha sido elegida Miss Nicaragua 2022". 20 minutos (in Spanish). August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

[6] "Las nuevas reinas latinas camino al certamen Miss Universo 2023" [The new Latin queens on their way to the Miss Universe 2023 pageant]. La Nación (in Spanish). August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[7] Trejos, Tania (March 30, 2006). "Sharon Amador es Miss Ámbar 2006". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2007.

[8] "After prolonged dispute, Miss Nicaragua 2013 loses her crown -". The Tico Times. Agence France-Presse. January 22, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2020.

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