Miss Universe Nicaragua | |
Type: | Women's beauty pageant |
Headquarters: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Pageant Region: | Country |
Region Represented: | Nicaragua |
Qualification: | Miss Universe |
First: | 2024 |
Current Titleholder: | Geyssell García |
Titleholder Represents: | Chontales |
Leader Title: | Stylist |
Leader Name: | Osmel Sousa |
Leader Title2: | National Director |
Leader Name2: | Raúl Rocha |
Leader Title1: | CEO/President |
Leader Name1: | Raúl Rocha |
Leader Title3: | Director of Communications |
Leader Name3: | George Figueroa |
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 —one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
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 Miss Universe 2023 she crowned García's as her national successor.
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.
Year | Delegate | Age | State | Competition performance | ||
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Placements | ||||||
2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2024 | Geyssell García | 29 | Chontales | Top 30 |
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 | |
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Placements | |||||
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 |
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2014 | Marline Barberena | 27 | Chinandega | Unplaced | |
2013 | Nastassja Bolívar | 25 | Carazo | Top 16 |
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2012 | Farah Eslaquit | 21 | Masaya | Unplaced |
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2011 | Adriana Dorn | 24 | Managua | Unplaced | |
2010 | Scharllette Allen | 18 | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | Unplaced | |
2009 | Indiana Sánchez | 22 | Managua | Unplaced |
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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 | colspan=5 | ||||
1999 | Liliana Pilarte | 23 | Río San Juan | Unplaced | |
1998 | Claudia Alaniz | 21 | Managua | Unplaced | |
1997 | colspan=5 | ||||
1996 | Luz María Sánchez Herdocia | – | Managua | colspan=2 | |
1995 | Linda Clerk | 22 | Managua | Unplaced | |
1994 | colspan=5 | ||||
1993 | Luisa Urcuyo | 18 | Rivas | Unplaced | |
1992 | Ida Delaney | Managua | Unplaced | ||
1991 | Ana Sofía Pereira | Managua | Unplaced | ||
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1979 | Patricia Pineda | – | Rivas | colspan=2 | |
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 | colspan=6 | ||||
1971 | Xiomara Paguaga | 20 | Managua | Unplaced | |
1970 | Graciela Salazar | – | León | Unplaced | |
1969 | Soraya Herrera | 18 | Managua | Unplaced | |
1968 | Margine Davidson | 20 | Matagalpa | Unplaced | |
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1963 | Leda Sánchez | 20 | Carazo | Unplaced | |
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1955 | Rosa Argentina Lacayo † | 19 | Managua | Unplaced |
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Department | Titles | Years |
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Managua | 20 | |
Carazo | 4 | |
Chinandega | 3 | |
León | ||
Matagalpa | ||
Masaya | ||
Rivas | ||
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | 2 | |
Chontales | 1 | |
Estelí | ||
Río San Juan |