Miss Nicaragua

Beauty pageant in Nicaragua

Miss Universe Nicaragua

Type| Beauty pageant
Parent organization| Miss Universe Organization
Headquarters| Miami, United States
Country represented| Nicaragua
Qualifies for|

* Miss Universe

First edition| 1955
Most recent edition| 2024
Current titleholder| Geyssell García
Chontales

Owners

* Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip (2022–present)
* Raúl Rocha (2024–present)

Language| Spanish

Miss Nicaragua or Miss Universe Nicaragua  is a Nicaraguan beauty pageant that celebrates the beauty of Nicaraguans women's. The first edition was held in 1955 now it is celebrated annually to select the entrant for Nicaragua in the Miss Universe.

The reining Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 is Geyssell García from Chontales. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## History

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The Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant was the most important pageant for women in Nicaragua. The first Señorita Nicaragua was held in 1955. The pageant was hosting by Club de Leones, Club 20–30 and Club Terraza those were some of the most important clubs in Managua during the 1950s.

The first Miss Nicaragua was Rosa Argentina Lacayo (R.I.P.) when in 1955 became the first lady to represent Nicaragua at Miss Universe 1955 held in Long Beach, California, United States, Lacayo's was unable to reached in the Top 15 during the pageant whoever was recognize as the winner of the Best Dressed Girl award. Lacayo passed away on September 2016 at the age of 79.

During the following years until 1979 Nicaragua has sent to Miss Universe 13 delegates advancing for the first time ever in the Top 12 in 1977 held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with Beatriz Obregón Lacayo who became the first Nicaraguan to qualify in a Miss Universe top. In 1979 the Miss Universe was held in Perth, Australia the Nicaraguan embassador Patricia Pineda Chamorro declined to compete in the final competition due to threats of death by the Somoza family who were governing Nicaragua during this decade. In this year the franchise holders for Miss Nicaragua resigned to send more delegates in to the pageant.

After 12 years Nicaragua returns to Miss Universe after the defeat of the Somoza's the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (INTUR) took the Miss Nicaragua pageant and crowned Ana Sofía Pereira from Managua as the new Miss Nicaragua 1991 she represented the country in the Miss Universe 1991 held in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. During the 1990s and with the INTUR directionship Nicaragua sent 6 more delegates to Miss Universe, at this point 19 delegates represented the country at Miss Universe. In 1996 Luz María Sánchez Herdocia was crowned as Miss Nicaragua 1996 but she were unable to compete in the pagent due to a lack of the channel who supposed to pay the inscription for Sánchez Herdocia.

Starting the 2000s in 2001 the Intur lost the franchise of Miss Nicaragua and was held by Silhuetas Modelos, a model academy in Nicaragua under the directorship of Karen Celebertti, a former contest in Miss Nicaragua 1992. After a year of absence at Miss Universe a new Miss Nicaragua was crowned to represent the country at Miss Universe 2001 held in Bayamón, Puerto Rico where Ligia Argüello Roa became Miss Nicaragua 2001. During the Miss Universe 2007 held in Mexico City, Mexico the delegate of Nicaragua Xiomara Blandino placed in the top 15 (Top 10 among the pageant) after 30 years since Nicaragua qualified for the first time.

In the 2010s the Miss Nicaragua was competing at Miss Universe for 10 consecutive years the longest period of Nicaragua in the pageant during the Miss Universe 2013 held at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. A native of the Department of Carazo, based in the United States, Nastassja Bolívar was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2013 and represented the country in Miss Universe advancing into the Top 16 of the edition returning the country into the Miss Universe top after 6 years since 2007, in this edition Nicaragua won the Best in National Costume award for the first time fun fact Nicaragua placed in this award category 2nd place in 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas and 6th place in 2012 during the edition in Las Vegas. Bolívar was dethroned by the Miss Nicaragua organization at beginning of 2014 when she mentioned the national director doesn't agree with some strategies during her representation in Russia. In 2015 Nicaragua placed in the 4th place of Best National Costume competition with Daniela Torres Miss Nicaragua 2015 who represented the country in Las Vegas.

Miss Nicaragua 2020 saw the crowning of Ana Marcelo, the first woman from the Department of Estelí to win the title. At Miss Universe 2020, Marcelo qualified into the top 21 semifinalists, marking the fourth time Nicaragua made it into the top, and the first since 2013. Miss Nicaragua 2021 and 2022 were Allison Wassmer and Norma Huembes, both of which went unplaced at their respective Miss Universe pageants.

In 2023, Miss Universe was held in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 18th. The Nicaraguan delegate was Miss Nicaragua 2023 winner, Sheynnis Palacios from Carazo, crowned on the evening of August 5th, 2023. Palacios became the first Nicaraguan to win the 3 biggest pageants in Nicaragua, those being Miss Teen Nicaragua (2016), Miss World Nicaragua (2020), and Miss Nicaragua (2023). Palacios became the 5th delegate from Nicaragua to place in the Miss Universe semifinals, and the first since Ana Marcelo's 2020 Top 21 placement. She went on to win the Miss Universe 2023 competition, outperforming 83 women from all over the world, and becoming the second Central American and first Nicaraguan to earn the Miss Universe crown.

Two months after Miss Universe 2023's final night, the Miss Nicaragua franchise was taken away from Karen Celebertti by Ortega's government. Celebertti was participative in protests against the government in 2018, and thus was accused of several crimes by Ortega's government. She was not allowed to return to Nicaragua, and has settled in Mexico since then. She is now working for the Miss Universe organization as part of the talen acquisition department. Celebertti officially announced her resignation of the Miss Nicaragua organization in an Instagram post.

On September 2024 through a Instagram posted was revealed a new name for the pageant under Miss Universe Nicaragua crowning her first delegate outside Nicaragua after 23 years of competition.

## Participants

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Cristiana Frixione at the Miss Nicaragua 2007 contest held in the Rubén Darío National Theatre 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 has been from Managua.

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

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

### Regional ranking

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This is a regional ranking based on departments representation since 2001 until 2024.

Department  | Years competed  | Delegates sent  | Total

|
|
|

Boaco | 3  | 3  | 6
Carazo | 12  | 18  | 30
Chinandega | 10  | 13  | 23
Chontales | 9  | 10  | 19
Estelí | 13  | 15  | 28
Granada | 13  | 14  | 27
Jinotega | 9  | 9  | 18
León | 12  | 16  | 28
Madriz | 5  | 4  | 9
Managua | 15  | 34  | 49
Masaya | 11  | 13  | 24
Matagalpa | 10  | 14  | 24
North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 4  | 4  | 8
Nueva Segovia | 12  | 12  | 24
Río San Juan | 6  | 6  | 12
Rivas | 11  | 11  | 22
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 12  | 13  | 25

## Titleholders

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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
Year  | Miss Universe Nicaragua  | Department
2024  | Geyssell García |  Chontales

## Big Four pageants representatives

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The following women have represented Nicaragua in the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Nicaragua and Miss Universe 2023.

### Miss Nicaragua Universo

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* : Declared as winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner

The winner of Miss Nicaragua represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
Year  | Department  | Representative  | Placement  | Special awards

|
|
|
|

Miss Universe Nicaragua
2024  | Chontales | Geyssell García  | TBA
Miss Nicaragua
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  |

* Best National Costume (4th Runner-up)

2014  | Chinandega | Marline Barberena  | Unplaced  |
2013  | Carazo | Nastassja Bolívar | Top 16 |

* Best National Costume

2012  | Masaya | Farah Eslaquit | Unplaced  |

* Best National Costume (6th Runner-up)

2011  | Managua | Adriana Dorn | Unplaced  |
2010  | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | Scharllette Allen | Unplaced  |
2009  | Managua | Indiana Sánchez | Unplaced  |

* Best in National Costume (2nd Runner-up)

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  |

* Best Dressed Girl

## Gallery of Winners

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* 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

* 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

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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

Chontales | 1  |

* 2024

Estelí |

* 2020

Río San Juan |

* 1999

### Notes

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#### Contestants

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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.

#### Dethroned

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

## See also

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* Nicaragua portal

* Miss Mundo Nicaragua
* Miss Supranational Nicaragua

## References

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1. ^ Việt Nam News (8 October 2008). "Những scandal của Miss World". VnExpress. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. ^ Ibrahim, Lynda (13 September 2013). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
3. ^ Lowe, Aya (25 January 2016). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
4. ^ "Adriana Paniagua triunfa en Miss Nicaragua 2018". Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
5. ^ "Quién es Norma Huembes, la joven que ha sido elegida Miss Nicaragua 2022". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 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). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
7. ^ Trejos, Tania (30 March 2006). "Sharon Amador es Miss Ámbar 2006". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
8. ^ "After prolonged dispute, Miss Nicaragua 2013 loses her crown -". The Tico Times. Agence France-Presse. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

## External links

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Active
(1952–present)

| Africa|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ghana
* Guinea
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Americas|

* Argentina
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Asia|

* Bangladesh
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* Philippines
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* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
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* Belarus
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* Finland
* France
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* Norway
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* Spain
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* Turkey
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Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Samoa

Inactive since 2023 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

| Africa|

* Benin (1962)
* Ethiopia (2017)
* Eswatini (1994)
* Gabon (2015)
* Gambia (1986)
* Lesotho (1978)
* Liberia (1977)
* Madagascar (1961)
* Morocco (2021)
* Réunion (1986)
* Seychelles (2022)
* Sierra Leone (2019)
* Tunisia (1971)

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Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda (2008)
* Barbados (2020)
* Bermuda (1997)
* Dominica (1985)
* French Guiana (1984)
* Greenland (1990)
* Grenada (1964)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006)
* Sint Maarten (2006)

Asia|

* Bhutan (2022)
* Chinese Taipei (2004)
* Iraq (2017)
* Jordan (1960)

Europe|

* Austria (2017)
* Georgia (2019)
* Lithuania (2019)
* Luxembourg (1994)
* Slovenia (2017)
* Sweden (2021)

Oceania|

* American Samoa (1978)
* Cook Islands (1999)
* Guam (2019)
* New Caledonia (1982)
* Northern Marianas (2006)
* Papua New Guinea (1986)
* Tahiti (1985)
* Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

| Constituent countries of Great Britain
(began 1992, using Great Britain sash at Miss Universe)|

* England (1955–1990)
* Scotland (1961–1990)
* Wales (1961–1990)

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Prefecture of Japan|

* Okinawa (1963–1968)

Bantustans of South Africa|

* Bophuthatswana (1979)
* Transkei (1979–1983)

States of the United States|

* Alaska (1952–1958)
* Hawaii (1952–1959)

Former entities (1952–2006)|

* Commonwealth of Independent States (1992)
* Czechoslovakia (1970–1992)
* Micronesia (1975)
* Southern Rhodesia (1961)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
* Soviet Union (1990–1991)
* West Indies (1954–1958)
* Yugoslavia (1968–2002)

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