The night of November 18 lit up under the silver crown of the unthinkable Miss Universe 2023. The “Missologists” were not betting on her at all, and yet Miss Nicaragua Shannies Palacios She stood out as the most beautiful woman in the universe. This could even be compared to the Nicaraguans’ victory at the World Cup.

Fans of Miss Nicaragua Shannice Palacios celebrate her crowning as the new Miss Universe 2023.
Fans of Miss Nicaragua Shannice Palacios celebrate her crowning as the new Miss Universe 2023. EFE

Today, Friday, November 24, it became known that the Government chaired the meeting. Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, banned the Miss Nicaragua director from entering the country, Karen Celebrtiwhen he was preparing to return to the Central American country with his daughter from Mexico, after the triumph of Palacios Cornejo as Miss Universe 2023.

Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios speaks after the crowning of the new Miss Universe 2023.
Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios speaks after the crowning of the new Miss Universe 2023. EFE

Celebertti, first runner-up of Miss Nicaragua in 1991. and the country’s representative for the Miss Universe franchise since 2001, was detained on Thursday along with her daughter at Managua’s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport and returned by plane to Mexicothey confirmed this Friday EFE Sources close to the beauty contest promoter.

Mexican airline Aeroméxico did not notify them by email. about this decision, as has happened to dozens of Nicaraguans since April 2018, when, according to media reports, demonstrations broke out against the Ortega government, and since the winner was also informed before she changed her mind.

Neither Celeberti nor the Miss Nicaragua franchise have commented on the travel ban. The Ortega government did not do this either.

The main problem is that Celebertti was part of the Nicaraguan delegation and the franchise. who came to El Salvador to support Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios last Saturday.

Celebertti detained for demanding the release of political prisoners

Celeberti, originally from the department of Matagalpa in northern Nicaragua, was briefly detained on March 16, 2019, along with dozens of critics and opponents of the Ortega government. within the framework of the socio-political crisis that the country is experiencing, when he demanded the release of political prisoners in Managua.

On September 8, 2022, the Miss Universe franchise noted on its social media account X (formerly Twitter) that “with over 20 years of experience, Karen Celebretti demonstrates that she is a dedicated and passionate member of the Universe family” and invited her. him to meet her through the video she shared.

“Being the national director of this competition is something I really enjoy, but it is more than just a passion. Life stylebecause it becomes an important goal for me as a woman to know that I can guide other women or at least offer them what is best for their lives,” the promoter explained in the video.

Celebertti said that for Miss Nicaragua they decided:work towards women’s empowerment“… And this did not seem to please the Nicaraguan government.

Twitter post from a sports journalist and political exile Michael Mendoza showed the government’s mixed position by attaching a message from the Office of Immigration and Immigration in which Shannis Palacios was denied entry into the country. However, he claimed that after the miss won the competition, the decision was reversed.

According to Mosaico CSI, Celebertti’s mother, husband and son returned to Nicaragua without any problems on Sunday, November 19.

From Mexico, the newly crowned Miss Universe went to New York (USA), where she will live for a year. fulfill your obligations under the international franchiseand Celebertti was planning to return to Nicaragua.

The Managua government on Sunday celebrated the Nicaraguan’s triumph at Miss Universe 2023 and also emphasized that “Nicaragua celebrates with its queen!”

However, two days ago, Vice President Murillo attacked those people who praise the most beautiful woman on the planet for political purposesbecause, in his opinion, “they intend to turn a beautiful and well-deserved moment of pride and celebration into a destructive coup.”

    Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios (d) reacts to being named in the final three today during the crowning ceremony of the new Miss Universe in San Salvador (El Salvador).
Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios (d) reacts to being named in the final three today during the crowning ceremony of the new Miss Universe in San Salvador (El Salvador). EFE

Last Tuesday Nicaraguan authorities banned two artists from painting an artistic mural in honor of the newly elected most beautiful woman in the Universe.

Shannice Palacios, 23, a social communications graduate of the exclusive Jesuit Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua, where she played volleyball, is first Nicaraguan and Central American to win Miss Universe.