Sheynnis Palacios, 23, of Diriamba, Nicaragua is Miss Universe 2023. She is the first ever Miss Universe from Nicaragua.
Among the first beauty pageant titles Palacios held are Miss Teen Nicaragua 2016, Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2020 and Miss Nicaragua 2023. She finished in the Top 40 at Miss World 2022.
Miss Universe 2023
On November 18, 2023, Palacios represented Nicaragua at Miss Universe 2023 at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador. Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo hosted the coronation ceremony with Jeannie Mai and Maria Menounous while Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray and Zuri Hall were the backstage correspondents.
Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Commissiong, Miss Oregon USA 1994 Denise White, Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere and Miss Universe 2021 first runner-up Nadia Ferreira served as judges. They were joined by Avani Gregg, Connie Mariano, Halima Aden, Mario Bautista and Sweta Patel.
Including Palacios, a total of 84 women competed for the Miss Universe 2023 title. Here are the results:
| PLACEMENT | CANDIDATE |
Miss Universe 2023 | Sheynnis Palacios Nicaragua |
1st runner-up | Anntonia Porsild Thailand |
2nd runner-up | Moraya Wilson Australia |
| Top 5 | Camila Avella (Colombia) Karla Guilfu (Puerto Rico) |
| Top 10 | Isabella Garcia-Manzo (El Salvador) Camila Escribens (Peru) Michelle Dee (Philippines) Athenea Perez (Spain) Diana Silva (Venezuela) |
| Top 20 | Issie Princesse (Cameroon) Celeste Viel (Chile) Shweta Sharda (India) Jordanne Levy (Jamaica) Jameela Uiras (Namibia) Jane Dipika Garrett (Nepal) Erica Robin (Pakistan) Marina Machete (Portugal) Bryoni Govender (South Africa) Noelia Voigt (United States) |
| Top 84 | Endi Demneri (Albania) Ana Coimbra (Angola) Yamile Dajud (Argentina) Karol Croes (Aruba) Melissa Ingraham (Bahamas) Lujane Yacoub (Bahrain) Emilie Vansteenskiste (Belgium) Estefany Rivero (Bolivia) Maria Brechane (Brazil) Ashellica Fahie (British Virgin Islands) Yuliia Pavlikova (Bulgaria) Sotima John (Cambodia) Madison Kvatlin (Canada) Ileann Powery (Cayman Islands) Lisbeth Valverde (Costa Rica) Andrea Erjavec (Croatia) Kim Rossen (Curacao) Vanesa Svedova (Czech Republic) Nikoline Hansen (Denmark) Mariana Downing (Dominican Republic) Delary Stoffers (Ecuador) Mohra Tantawy (Egypt) Diana Hinestrosa (Equatorial Guinea) Paula Joukanen (Finland) Diane Leyre (France) Helena Bleicher (Germany) Jessica Page (Great Britain) Marielia Zaloumi (Greece) Michelle Cohn (Guatemala) Lisa Narine (Guyana) Zuheilyn Clemente (Honduras) Tunde Blaga (Hungary) Lilja Petursdottir (Iceland) Fabienne Groeneveld (Indonesia) Aishah Akorede (Ireland) Carmen Panepinto (Italy) Rio Miyazaki (Japan) Tomiris Zair (Kazakhstan) Arbesa Rrahmani (Kosovo) Phaimany Lathsabanthao (Laos) Kate Alexeeva (Latvia) Maya Aboul Hosn (Lebanon) Serena Lee (Malaysia) Ella Portelli (Malta) Tatiana Beauharnais (Mauritius) Melissa Flores (Mexico) Namuunzul Batmagnai (Mongolia) Amara Bo (Myanmar) Rikkie Kolle (Netherlands) Ugochie Ihezue (Nigeria) Julie Tollefsen (Norway) Natasha Vargas (Panama) Elicena Andrada (Paraguay) Angelika Jurkowianiec (Poland) Margarita Golubeva (Russia) Earlyca Frederick (Saint Lucia) Priyanka Annuncia (Singapore) Kinga Puhova (Slovakia) Kim So Yun (South Korea) Lorena Santen (Switzerland) Faith Gillezeau (Trinidad and Tobago) Angelina Usanova (Ukraine) Diana Silva (Venezuela) Quynh Hoa Hui (Vietnam) Brooke Bruk-Jackson (Zimbabwe) |
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