Miss Nicaragua
Type | 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]
Titleholders
[edit]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
[edit]The following women have represented Nicaragua in the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Universe
[edit]- : 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 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 | Delegate | Placement | Special awards | |
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2024 | Santo Tomás | Geyssell García | Top 30 | ||
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 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 |
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Gallery of Winners
[edit]-
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
[edit]Department | Titles | Years |
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Managua | 20 |
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Carazo | 4 |
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Chinandega | 3 |
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León |
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Masaya |
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Matagalpa |
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Rivas |
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South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 2 |
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Estelí | 1 |
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Río San Juan |
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Notes
[edit]Contestants
[edit]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
[edit]Miss Nicaragua 2013, Nastassja Bolívar was dethroned after competing at the Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Việt Nam News (8 October 2008). "Những scandal của Miss World". VnExpress. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Ibrahim, Lynda (13 September 2013). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Lowe, Aya (25 January 2016). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Adriana Paniagua triunfa en Miss Nicaragua 2018". Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Quién es Norma Huembes, la joven que ha sido elegida Miss Nicaragua 2022". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "After prolonged dispute, Miss Nicaragua 2013 loses her crown -". The Tico Times. Agence France-Presse. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Miss Nicaragua Official site