THE SAVIOUR – Nicaragua’s representative Sheynnis Palacios became the first Nicaraguan to win the Miss Universe pageant in its 72nd edition on Saturday evening. took place in El Salvador.
Palacios, who caused the surprise and was one of the favorites of the competition, was ahead of the representative of Thailand, Anntonia Porsild, who crossed the finish line as first runner-up.
The winner of the competition will succeed American R’Bonney Gabriel, Miss Universe 2022.
Moraya Wilson from Australia was chosen as the competition’s second finalist.
These three finalists were selected from a five-member group completed by Puerto Rico and Colombia.
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Born on May 30, 2000, the Nicaraguan has a degree in social communication from the Jesuit Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), where she played volleyball, and is a presenter and presenter of the program “Understand your mind”, a social project that she then created has battled anxiety with which he wants to help other people and address various topics related to mental health.
In 2016, when she was 16, she competed in the Miss Teen Nicaragua pageant, which she won. She competed in the Miss Teen Universe 2017 pageant and placed in the top 10.
In 2020, at the age of 20, she competed in Miss World Nicaragua and won the crown.
In 2020 and 2021, the Miss World pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2022, the young Palacios represented her country at the pageant in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was ranked among the 40 most beautiful women in the world. Country.
In the 72nd edition of the competition, held for the second time in San Salvador, “inclusion” and “diversity” were disregarded by including two married candidates with children, which is possible after the change in the rules, the married, pregnant women, Divorced women or women with children, two transgender women and a plus-size woman compete against each other.
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Miss Universe 2023: “This crown is dedicated to girls all over the world”
Newly crowned Miss Universe 2023, Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios, said during a brief press conference on Saturday evening that the crown she won was “dedicated to girls around the world.”
“This crown is dedicated to girls from all over the world, my inner child, my family and the more than 6 million people of my country,” said the 23-year-old Central American.
She said she was “very happy” to be “the first woman to become Miss Universe of Nicaragua.”
He noted that “this story is at the beginning and will bring great changes for women and girls who are the building of our society,” and thanked “life and God for the opportunity.”
“My life has changed and many girls’ lives have changed because of my voice,” she noted.
He revealed that his biggest challenge throughout the competition was his anxiety attacks: “I suffer from anxiety attacks and I say it openly,” he said.
“I suffered an anxiety attack backstage (between the dressing rooms). However, I knew how to deal with it,” he commented.
He added: “I want to say to all Nicaraguans who are watching me: we did it, we wrote stories (…), my country will change and many doors will open.”
QUESTION STAGE
In the question, she said that one woman whose shoes she would like to walk in for a day is that of Mary Wollstonecraft, an English writer, philosopher and one of the first women to develop feminist thought, because “she is the first woman the …”Breakthrough for women’s rights”.
She also stated that “she would do everything she could to ensure that the wage disparity of the time (1756) provided the perfect opportunity for many women to work in any field.”
“For women there are no limits, we can and we have the skills,” she added, drawing applause from those in attendance.
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