The owner of the Miss Universe pageant, Anne Jakrajutatip, confirmed this Sunday, May 12, that the beauty queen Sheynnis Palacios, current Miss Universe 2023, will not be able to return to Nicaragua, her country of origin and to which she gave her the first crown. universal.
Likewise, Jakrajutatip assured that both Palacios’ grandmother and brother left the country, information that was disseminated, without official announcement, in mid-April. At the time, content creator and interior designer Roberto Mayorquín noted that Palacios’ family “is already united.”
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«The ‘mamita’ grandmother and the little brother of our universal queen Sheynnis Palacios Cornejo are in the United States, along with Mrs. Raquel Cornejo (mother of Miss Universe 2023).
The pageant’s board, which constantly publishes and shares content about Palacios expressing its admiration for the pinolera, stated that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo exiled the model in retaliation for her victory in the competition.
«You are one of the greatest examples of the butterfly girl with broken wings, who never gave up on the wrong done, disrespectful and cruel intentions of any authoritarian. You are brave, strong and intelligent but very humble and hardworking to take care of your mother and the entire family who are now outside the homeland. Thank you for honoring my leadership, management and advisory direction,” Jakrajutatip wrote in a social media post that he dedicated to congratulate Mother’s Day, which is celebrated today in different parts of the world.
Since his historic coronation on November 18, 2023, Palacios Cornejo has not been able to return to his homeland. On the contrary, the Miss Nicaragua franchise, through which she reached the world pageant, was canceled by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship and its director, Karen Celebertti, was banished and accused of political crimes, along with her husband and her son
«You made the first Miss Universe of your country»
The executive director of the media and content conglomerate JKN Global Group also referred to Karen Celebertti, another of the main victims of the repression guided by the dictatorship for contributing to Palacios’ triumph as Miss Universe 2023.
«You sacrificed so much. You made your country the first Miss Universe, but the price of fame has global impact where local leaders see the possibility of “Heaven Fall Theory”, therefore exiled your entire family, including our queen, out of the country. country indefinitely due to the power of Miss Universe Brand,” he stressed, thereby sealing that the scale of harassment by the Ortega-Murillo family extended directly against the international model, the most popular Nicaraguan with 1.8 million followers on Instagram.
