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National beauty pageant in Nicaragua Not to be confused with Miss Nicaragua or Miss Mundo Nicaragua.

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Miss Universe Nicaragua
Type	Women's beauty pageant
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Country represented	Nicaragua
Qualifies for	Miss Universe
First edition	2024
Current titleholder	Geyssell García Chontales
Stylist	Osmel Sousa
CEO/President	Raúl Rocha
National Director	Raúl Rocha
Director of Communications	George Figueroa
Language	Spanish English
Predecessor	Miss Nicaragua
Website	https://www.instagram.com/missuniverse_nicaragua

Miss Universe Nicaragua (MUNIC) is a beauty pageant and organization that selects the Nicaraguan's official representative to Miss Universe.

The reining Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 is Geyssell García from Chontales, who was crowned on October 1, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico by Sheynnis Palacios.

History

From 1955 to 2023, Miss Nicaragua held the national franchise for Miss Universe, wherein it was responsible for selecting Nicaraguans to represent Nicaragua and compete at the annual Miss Universe pageant. Under Miss Nicaragua, Nicaragua representatives to the Miss Universe pageant were crowned with the title of Señorita Nicaragua from 1955 to 1999, and Miss Nicaragua from 2001 to 2023.

In September 2024, the Miss Universe Organization introduced a new franchise under Miss Universe Nicaragua this is an organization outside Nicaragua since in November 2023 after Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Nicaragua 2023 won the Miss Universe 2023 held in San Salvador, El Salvador Ortega's government cancelled the pageant in Nicaragua and getting out national directors from the previous organization.

Titleholders under Miss Universe Nicaragua org.

Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024—Present

For full list and details, see Miss Nicaragua.

: Declared as Winner
: Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Ended as one of the Finlaist/Semi-finalists
: Unplaced but given special award(s)

Year	Delegate	Age	State	Competition performance
Year	Delegate	Age	State	Placements	Special award(s)
2025	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2024	Geyssell García	29	Chontales	Top 30

Miss Nicaragua 1955—2023

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. Since 2023, the election of Miss Universe Nicaragua took over the franchise of Miss Universe in Nicaragua.

Year	Delegate	Age	State	Competition performance
Year	Delegate	Age	State	Placements	Special award(s)
2023	Sheynnis Palacios	23	Carazo	Miss Universe 2023
2022	Norma Huembes	24	Carazo	Unplaced
2021	Allison Wassmer	26	Managua	Unplaced
2020	Ana Marcelo	24	Estelí	Top 21
2019	Inés López	19	Managua	Unplaced
2018	Adriana Paniagua	23	Chinandega	Unplaced
2017	Berenice Quezada	24	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Unplaced
2016	Marina Jacoby	21	Matagalpa	Unplaced
2015	Daniela Torres	25	Managua	Unplaced	Best National Costume (4th Place)
2014	Marline Barberena	27	Chinandega	Unplaced
2013	Nastassja Bolívar	25	Carazo	Top 16	Best National Costume
2012	Farah Eslaquit	21	Masaya	Unplaced	Best National Costume (6th Place)
2011	Adriana Dorn	24	Managua	Unplaced
2010	Scharllette Allen	18	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Unplaced
2009	Indiana Sánchez	22	Managua	Unplaced	Best in National Costume (2nd Place)
2008	Thelma Rodríguez	19	Chinandega	Unplaced
2007	Xiomara Blandino	22	Managua	Top 10
2006	Cristiana Frixione	22	Managua	Unplaced
2005	Daniela Clerk	23	Managua	Unplaced
2004	Marifely Argüello	22	Managua	Unplaced
2003	Claudia Salmerón	25	Managua	Unplaced
2002	Marianela Lacayo	21	Managua	Unplaced
2001	Ligia Argüello	21	Managua	Unplaced
2000	No competition held
1999	Liliana Pilarte	23	Río San Juan	Unplaced
1998	Claudia Alaniz	21	Managua	Unplaced
1997	No competition held
1996	Luz María Sánchez Herdocia	–	Managua	Did not compete
1995	Linda Clerk	22	Managua	Unplaced
1994	No competition held
1993	Luisa Urcuyo	18	Rivas	Unplaced
1992	Ida Delaney		Managua	Unplaced
1991	Ana Sofía Pereira		Managua	Unplaced
No competition held between 1980–1990
1979	Patricia Pineda	–	Rivas	Withdrew from the competition
1978	Claudia Herrera		Masaya	Unplaced
1977	Beatriz Obregón	18	Rivas	Top 12
1976	Ivania Navarro		Matagalpa	Unplaced
1975	Alda Maritza Sánchez		Masaya	Unplaced
1974	Francis Duarte		León	Unplaced
1973	Ana Saravia	18	Managua	Unplaced
1972	No competition held
1971	Xiomara Paguaga	20	Managua	Unplaced
1970	Graciela Salazar	–	León	Unplaced
1969	Soraya Herrera	18	Managua	Unplaced
1968	Margine Davidson	20	Matagalpa	Unplaced
No competition held between 1964–1967
1963	Leda Sánchez	20	Carazo	Unplaced
No competition held between 1956–1962
1955	Rosa Argentina Lacayo †	19	Managua	Unplaced	Best Dressed Girl

Titleholder gallery

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

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
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
Chontales	1	2024
Estelí		2020
Río San Juan		1999

Notes

References

External links

Miss Universe Nicaragua in Instagram

v t e Beauty pageants in Nicaragua
Miss Universe Nicaragua Miss Mundo Nicaragua Miss Nicaragua International Miss Supranational Nicaragua Señorita Nicaragua		Nicaragua portal

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

v t e 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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v t e Miss Nicaragua winners in the Big Four beauty pageants
Miss Universe	Sheynnis Palacios (2023)
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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
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 Iran 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 Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia 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)
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) Iraq (2017) Jordan (1960)
Europe	Austria (2017) Azerbaijan (2013) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) 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)
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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