Latin America shone in the final of the Miss Universe pageant, in the 72nd edition. Sheynnis Palacios, the representative of Nicaragua, Last Saturday evening, she became the first Central American to win the Miss Universe competition during the 72nd edition, held in El Salvador.

Palacios, who pulled off the surprise and placed among the favorites of the competition, was ahead of Thailand’s representative, Anntonia Porsild, who was the first runner-up.

With three representatives in the group of finalists, this year’s group of five finalists competing for the universal beauty crown were Australia, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Thailand and Colombia.

From the 84 women, 20 were chosen, of which 10 became 10 before turning 5, a selection that was reduced to 3 after the question round.

Miss Universe 2023: Why Miss Pakistan paraded in a burkini at the swimsuit competition

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Miss Universe 2023 and its historic group of semi-finalists: first trans woman, first real-size woman, first mother and first entry from Pakistan

These five candidates came from a preliminary group of twenty semi-finalists, including representatives from South Africa, the Philippines, Peru, Venezuela, India, El Salvador, the United States, Bolivia, Chile, Jamaica, Nepal, Cameroon, Pakistan and Portugal. and Spain…

The candidates for Miss Universe number 72 were selected based on the scores achieved during formal dress and swimsuit parades at the ‘José Adolfo Pineda’ National Gymnasium in San Salvador.