Miss Nicaragua

National beauty pageant in Nicaragua

Not to be confused with Miss Universe Nicaragua or Señorita Nicaragua.

Miss NicaraguaType| 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]

Since 2024, Miss Universe Nicaragua selects the Nicaraguan's official representative to Miss Universe.

## 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

## Big Four pageants representatives

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

### Miss Universe

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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

Further information: Miss Universe Nicaragua

The winner of Miss Nicaragua represented 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  | Miss Nicaragua  | Placement at Miss Universe  | 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  | Best National Costume (4th Place)
2014  | Chinandega | Marline Barberena  | Unplaced  |
2013  | Carazo | Nastassja Bolívar | Top 16 | Best National Costume
2012  | Masaya | Farah Eslaquit | Unplaced  | Best National Costume (6th Place)
2011  | Managua | Adriana Dorn | Unplaced  |
2010  | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | Scharllette Allen | Unplaced  |
2009  | Managua | Indiana Sánchez | Unplaced  | Best in National Costume (2nd Place)
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

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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

Masaya |

* 1975
* 1978
* 2012

Matagalpa |

* 1968
* 1976
* 2016

Rivas |

* 1977
* 1979
* 1993

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 2  |

* 2010
* 2017

Estelí | 1  |

* 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 Universe Nicaragua
* Miss Mundo 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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* Miss Nicaragua Official site

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* Nicaragua portal

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Miss Universe Nicaragua representatives

Miss Nicaragua
(1955-2023)

* 1955 \- Rosa Argentina Lacayo
* 1963 \- Leda Sánchez
* 1968 \- Margine Davidson
* 1969 \- Soraya Herrera
* 1970 \- Graciela Salazar
* 1971 \- Xiomara Paguaga
* 1973 \- Ana Saravia
* 1974 \- Francis Duarte
* 1975 \- Alda Maritza Sánchez
* 1976 \- Ivania Navarro
* 1977 \- Beatriz Obregón
* 1978 \- Claudia Herrera
* 1991 \- Ana Sofía Pereira
* 1992 \- Ida Delaney
* 1993 \- Luisa Urcuyo
* 1995 \- Linda Clerk
* 1998 \- Claudia Alaniz
* 1999 \- Liliana Pilarte
* 2001 \- Ligia Argüello
* 2002 \- Marianela Lacayo
* 2003 \- Claudia Salmerón
* 2004 \- Marifely Argüello
* 2005 \- Daniela Clerk
* 2006 \- Cristiana Frixione
* 2007 \- Xiomara Blandino
* 2008 \- Thelma Rodríguez
* 2009 \- Indiana Sánchez
* 2010 \- Scharllette Allen
* 2011 \- Adriana Dorn
* 2012 \- Farah Eslaquit
* 2013 \- Nastassja Bolívar
* 2014 \- Marline Barberena
* 2015 \- Daniela Torres
* 2016 \- Marina Jacoby
* 2017 \- Berenice Quezada
* 2018 \- Adriana Paniagua
* 2019 \- Inés López
* 2020 \- Ana Marcelo
* 2021 \- Allison Wassmer
* 2022 \- Norma Huembes
* 2023 \- Sheynnis Palacios

Miss Universe Nicaragua
(2024-present)

* 2024 \- Geyssell García

* Miss Nicaragua
* Miss Universe Nicaragua
* Miss Universe

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Nicaraguan placements in Miss Universe

Miss Universe|

* Sheynnis Palacios (2023)

Top 10-12|

* Beatriz Obregón (1977)
* Xiomara Blandino (2007)

Top 16|

* Nastassja Bolívar (2013)

Top 21-30|

* Ana Marcelo (2020)
* Geyssell García (2024)

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* Miss Universe Nicaragua
* Miss Universe

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Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

| Africa|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Guinea
* Kenya
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Tanzania
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Americas|

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Bonaire
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guadeloupe
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Lucia
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos
* Uruguay
* United States
* US Virgin Islands
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Gibraltar
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* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
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* Russia
* Serbia
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* Slovenia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Samoa

Inactive since 2024 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

| Africa|

* Benin (1962)
* Ethiopia (2017)
* Eswatini (1994)
* Gabon (2015)
* Gambia (1986)
* Ghana (2022)
* 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)
* Haiti (2022)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006)
* Sint Maarten (2006)

Asia|

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

Europe|

* Austria (2017)
* Azerbaijan (2013)
* Georgia (2019)
* Lithuania (2019)
* Luxembourg (1994)
* 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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