Who Is Sheynnis Palacios? Miss Universe 2023. Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios was named Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday after an evening of competition at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador.

 

 

Who Is Sheynnis Palacios? Miss Universe 2023

 

 

Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo born 30 May 2000 in Managua, Nicaragua. She is a Nicaraguan model and beauty pageant who was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on 18 November. She was the first Nicaraguan to win Miss Universe and the first to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Palacios also competed in Miss World 2021 as Miss World Nicaragua 2020, placing in the Top 40.

She was educated at La Salle Managua Pedagogical Institute, where she won the Miss Lasallista beauty pageant, beginning her interest in pageantry.

She later enrolled in the Central American University in Managua, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication.

While a university student, Palacios played on her school’s varsity volleyball team. In her youth, She suffered from anxiety attacks, which later inspired her to adopt mental health awareness as her pageant platform. She was working as a journalist in Nicaragua.

As Miss Nicaragua, She represented Nicaragua at Miss Universe 2023. The pageant was held on 18 November in San Salvador, El Salvador. On the night of finals, she advanced into the Top 20, becoming just the fifth Nicaraguan representative to reach the semifinals, and later she advanced into the Top 10, Top 5, and Top 3 as well.

After the final question portion of the pageant, she was announced as the pageant’s winner, besting first runner-up Anntonia Porsild of Thailand.

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