The 23-year-old mental health activist and audio-visual producer is the first delegate from Nicaragua to win the title.
The 23-year-old mental health activist and audio-visual producer is the first delegate from Nicaragua to win the title. Nicaragua 's Sheynnis Palacios has been crowned Miss Universe 2023 at the 72nd annual beauty pageant held in San Salvador last night - making history as the first delegate from Nicaragua to win the title. In addition to Sheynnis' victory, the event saw several more historic firsts , including two mother candidates, two transgender women and a plus-size individual.
Sheynnis, 23, pipped Anntonia Porsild of Thailand for the prestigious title, and looked elated as she was crowned by last year's winner, USA's R'Bonney Nola Gabriel. Two trans women featured at the pageant this year. Rikkie Kollé, a 22-year-old LGBTQIA+ rights activist who was crowned Miss Netherlands in July and Miss Portugal's Marina Machete, 23, who works as cabin crew, and was named as her country's entry in Octobe
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