Type | Beauty pageant |
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represented | Nicaragua |
First edition | 1955 |
Last edition | 2023 |
Language | Spanish |
Successor | Miss Universe Nicaragua |
Miss Nicaragua was a Nicaraguan beauty pageant. It was held from 1955 until 2023, when the organization cancelled it for political reasons.[citation needed]
Year | Miss Nicaragua[1][2][3] | Department |
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1955 | Rosa Argentina Lacayo | Managua |
1963 | Leda Sánchez Ortega | Carazo |
1968 | Margine Davidson Morales | Matagalpa |
1969 | Soraya Herrera Chávez | Managua |
1970 | Graciela Salazar Lanzas | León |
1971 | Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez | Managua |
1973 | Ana Cecilia Saravia Lanzas | León |
1974 | Francis Duarte de León Tapia | León |
1975 | Alda Maritza Sánchez | Masaya |
1976 | Ivania Navarro Genie | Matagalpa |
1977 | Beatriz Obregón Lacayo | Rivas |
1978 | Claudia Herrera Cortez | Masaya |
1979 | Patricia Pineda Chamorro | Rivas |
1991 | Ana Sofía Pereira | Managua |
1992 | Ida Patricia Delaney | Managua |
1993 | Luisa Amalia Urcuyo Lacayo | Rivas |
1995 | Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo | Managua |
1996 | Luz María Sánchez Herdocia | Managua |
1998 | Claudia Alaniz | Managua |
1999 | Liliana Pilarte Centeno | Río San Juan |
2001 | Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa | Managua |
2002 | Marianela Lacayo | Managua |
2003 | Claudia Salmerón Avilés | Managua |
2004 | Marifely Argüello César | Managua |
2005 | Daniela Clerk Castillo | Managua |
2006 | Cristiana Frixione | Managua |
2007 | Xiomara Blandino | Managua |
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 |
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 |
2021 | Allison Wassmer | Managua |
2022 | Norma Huembes[5] | Carazo |
2023 | Sheynnis Palacios[6] | Carazo |
The following women have represented Nicaragua in the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Year | Department | Delegate | Placement | Special awards | |
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2023 | Carazo | Sheynnis Palacios | Miss Universe 2023 | ||
2022 | Carazo | Norma Huembes | Unplaced | ||
2021 | Managua | Allison Wassmer | Unplaced | ||
2020 | Estelí | Ana Marcelo | Top 21 | ||
2019 | Managua | Inés López | Unplaced | ||
2018 | Chinandega | Adriana Paniagua | Unplaced | ||
2017 | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | Berenice Quezada | Unplaced | ||
2016 | Matagalpa | Marina Jacoby | Unplaced | ||
2015 | Managua | Daniela Torres | Unplaced |
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2014 | Chinandega | Marline Barberena | Unplaced | ||
2013 | Carazo | Nastassja Bolívar | Top 16 |
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2012 | Masaya | Farah Eslaquit | Unplaced |
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2011 | Managua | Adriana Dorn | Unplaced | ||
2010 | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | Scharllette Allen | Unplaced | ||
2009 | Managua | Indiana Sánchez | Unplaced |
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2008 | Chinandega | Thelma Rodríguez | Unplaced | ||
2007 | Managua | Xiomara Blandino | Top 10 | ||
2006 | Managua | Cristiana Frixione | Unplaced | ||
2005 | Managua | Daniela Clerk | Unplaced | ||
2004 | Managua | Marifely Argüello | Unplaced | ||
2003 | Managua | Claudia Salmerón | Unplaced | ||
2002 | Managua | Marianela Lacayo | Unplaced | ||
2001 | Managua | Ligia Argüello | Unplaced | ||
2000 | No competition held | ||||
1999 | Río San Juan | Liliana Pilarte | Unplaced | ||
1998 | Managua | Claudia Alaniz | Unplaced | ||
1997 | No competition held | ||||
1996 | Managua | Luz María Sánchez Herdocia | Did not compete | ||
1995 | Managua | Linda Clerk | Unplaced | ||
1994 | No competition held | ||||
1993 | Rivas | Luisa Urcuyo | Unplaced | ||
1992 | Managua | Ida Delaney | Unplaced | ||
1991 | Managua | Ana Sofía Pereira | Unplaced | ||
No competition held between 1980–1990 | |||||
1979 | Rivas | Patricia Pineda | Withdrew from the competition | ||
1978 | Masaya | Claudia Herrera | Unplaced | ||
1977 | Rivas | Beatriz Obregón | Top 12 | ||
1976 | Matagalpa | Ivania Navarro | Unplaced | ||
1975 | Masaya | Alda Maritza Sánchez | Unplaced | ||
1974 | León | Francis Duarte | Unplaced | ||
1973 | León | Ana Saravia | Unplaced | ||
1972 | No competition held | ||||
1971 | Managua | Xiomara Paguaga | Unplaced | ||
1970 | León | Graciela Salazar | Unplaced | ||
1969 | Managua | Soraya Herrera | Unplaced | ||
1968 | Matagalpa | Margine Davidson | Unplaced | ||
No competition held between 1964–1967 | |||||
1963 | Carazo | Leda Sánchez | Unplaced | ||
No competition held between 1956–1962 | |||||
1955 | Managua | Rosa Argentina Lacayo † | Unplaced |
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Department | Titles | Years |
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Managua | 20 |
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Carazo | 4 |
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Chinandega | 3 |
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León |
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Masaya |
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Matagalpa |
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Rivas |
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South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 2 |
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Estelí | 1 |
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Río San Juan |
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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.
Miss Nicaragua 2013, Nastassja Bolívar was dethroned after competing at the Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia.[8]