Miss Nicaragua
FormationMarch 12, 1955 (1955-03-12)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersManagua
Location
Membership
Official language
Spanish
Miss Nicaragua 2023
Sheynnis Palacios
Parent organization
Miss Universe
Websitewww.missnicaragua.com

The Miss Nicaragua or (Miss Universe Nicaragua) is an American 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 Siluetas announces that the most important beauty pageant in the country will be operated by Karen Celebertti.

The current Miss Nicaragua is Sheynnis Palacios of Diriamba, who was crowned on August 5, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Managua in Managua, Nicaragua. She was also crowned as Miss Universe on November 18, 2023 at the Gimnasio Nacional 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

Color key
  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   Ended as special awards winner
The winner of Miss Nicaragua represents her country at 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 Notes
1955  Managua Rosa Argentina Lacayo Unplaced
  • Best Dressed Girl
Did not compete between 1956—1962
1963  Carazo Leda Sánchez Unplaced
Did not compete between 1964—1967
1968  Matagalpa Margine Davidson Morales Unplaced
1969  Managua Soraya Herrera Chávez Unplaced
1970  Managua Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez Unplaced
Did not compete between 1971—1972
1973  León Ana Cecilia Saravia Lanzas Unplaced
1974  León Francys Duarte Unplaced
1975  Masaya Aida Maritza Sánchez Unplaced
1976  Matagalpa Ivania Navarro Genie Unplaced
1977  Rivas Beatriz Obregón Top 12
1978  Masaya Claudia Herrera Cortez Unplaced
1979  Rivas Patricia Pineda Chamorro Did not compete
Did not compete between 1980—1990
1991  Managua Ana Sofía Pereira Unplaced
1992  Managua Ida Patricia Delaney Unplaced
1993  Rivas Luisa Amalia Urcuyo Lacayo Unplaced
1994 Did not compete
1995  Managua Linda Clerk Castillo Unplaced
1996  Managua Luz María Herdocia Did not compete
1997 Did not compete
1998  Managua Claudia Alaniz Unplaced
1999  Río San Juan Liliana Pilarte Unplaced
2001  Managua Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa Unplaced
2002  Managua Marianela Lacayo Unplaced
2003  Managua Claudia Salmerón Unplaced
2004  Managua Marifely Argüello César Unplaced
2005  Managua Daniela Clerk Castillo Unplaced
2006  Managua Cristiana Frixione Unplaced
2007  Managua Xiomara Blandino Top 10
2008  Chinandega Thelma Rodríguez Unplaced
2009  Managua Indiana Sánchez Unplaced
  • 2nd place in the Best National Costume
2010  South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Scharllette Allen Unplaced
2011  Managua Adriana Dorn Unplaced
2012  Masaya Farah Eslaquit Unplaced
  • 6th place in the Best National Costume
2013  Carazo Nastassja Bolívar Top 16
  • Best National Costume
2014  Chinandega Marline Barberena Unplaced
2015  Managua Daniela Torres Unplaced
  • 4th place in the Best National Costume
2016  Matagalpa Marina Jacoby Unplaced
2017  South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Berenice Quezada Unplaced
2018  Chinandega Adriana Paniagua[1] Unplaced
2019  Managua Inés López Unplaced
2020  Estelí Ana Marcelo Top 21
2021  Managua Allison Wassmer Unplaced
  • 2nd place in the Best National Costume
2022  Carazo Norma Huembes[2] Unplaced
2023  Carazo Sheynnis Palacios[3] Miss Universe 2023 Previously Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2020
2024 TBA

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
 León
  • 1960
  • 1970
  • 1973
  • 1974
 Chinandega 3
  • 2008
  • 2014
  • 2018
 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
  • 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.[4] 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.[5]

See also

References

    1. ↑ "Adriana Paniagua triunfa en Miss Nicaragua 2018". Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
    2. ↑ "Quién es Norma Huembes, la joven que ha sido elegida Miss Nicaragua 2022". 20 minutos (in Spanish). August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
    3. ↑ "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.
    4. ↑ 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.
    5. ↑ "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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