The Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios said this Tuesday in Costa Rica that her crowning as Miss Universe meant the end “World map” to Nicaragua and Central America.
On her second day in Costa Rica, the first Central American country she has visited since being crowned as Miss Universe in El Salvador in November 2023, Palacios gave thanks “Latin American heat” that prevailed in San Josewhere part of the Nicaraguan diaspora lives.
Since being named Miss Universe, Palacios, 24, has not returned to Nicaragua, which is why she stressed in a press conference that she “felt at home” in neighboring Costa Rica.
However, Miss Universe declined to comment on the political situation in Nicaragua under the government of President Daniel Ortega.
After Palacios’ coronation, Ortega’s vice president and wife Rosario Murillo explained that the opposition had manipulated this victory, emphasizing that the beauty queen took part in the 2018 protests.
Miss Universe outside Nicaragua
These demonstrations were was viewed as an attempted coup by the Nicaraguan government The Washington-sponsored disaster resulted in more than 300 deaths, according to the UN.
Days after Palacios’ triumph, Nicaraguan businesswoman Karen Celebertti, who was not allowed to return to her country, withdrew from the Miss Universe Nicaragua pageant.
beginning of January The Ortega government expelled Celebertt’s husband and son to MexicoI, according to the media and Nicaraguan opponents of exile, after almost two months in prison on conspiracy charges.
The triumph of Palacios, the first Central American to win the world beauty pageant, sparked massive celebrations in the streets among Nicaraguans not seen since demonstrations were banned in 2018.
With information from AFP.
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