The Nicaraguan Police, at the service of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, prohibited the owners of bars, restaurants, sports bars and any other public recreation establishment in the country from televising the Miss Universe 2024 pageant, in an attempt to slow down the farewell. of Sheynnis Palaciosthe first Nicaraguan to win the title in 2023 and who, due to government repression, could not return to her nation to celebrate her victory.
Owners of recreation centers in Managua, consulted by Article 66, confirmed under anonymity that the Ortega Police, between Friday, November 15, and the first part of Saturday, the 16th, dedicated themselves to informing them that, regardless of the category of the business, the exhibition of the Miss Universe pageant was prohibited. that took place yesterday in Mexico City.
The officers showed up at the premises. At each site, they asked for the owner, reviewed the site’s operating permits, and then reported that broadcasting the Miss Universe pageant was prohibited, because that pageant was prohibited in Nicaragua for having been used to defame the government.
In addition, they warned them that anyone who failed to comply with this Police provision was exposed to the closure of the establishment. The only public event that was authorized in the recreation facilities was the boxing evening of content generators for social networks, which they called “Evening of the Stars”, an event promoted by official media and with the participation of some of its presenters. .
Fear of the “queen of the people”
Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023, presented the beauty crown on Saturday. During the farewell, she was classified as “the queen of the people” by one of the owners of the world franchise of Mis Universo, the Thai Anne Jakrajutatip, who also defined the Nicaraguan as a woman of great global influence and a world light.
“It is your last day of being the queen of 2023, but I will always love and miss you,” wrote “Aunt Anne” in her farewell dedication to the Nicaraguan model who has been considered one of the most successful Miss Universe in history. of the contest.
In addition, Palacios is the only Miss Universe who was not able to visit her own country after being crowned. Although the Nicaraguan dictatorship never expressly said that Sheynnis was prohibited from returning to Nicaragua as a beauty queen, it did unleash a hunt against the leadership of the national franchise.
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After criminalizing the Miss Nicaragua pageant and exiling its director, Karen Celebertti, the message was considered a clear warning that Sheynnis Palacios could not return to her homeland.
“We spent so much time together abroad and we will always cherish those great memories. “You are the queen of the town that traveled the most in the history of the Miss Universe legacy,” Anne praised Palacios.
He also praised the Nicaraguan beauty queen saying that “we are proud of you as one of the brightest infinite lights in our universe, You are the brave butterfly woman who is never afraid to speak your mind and stand up as the iconic leader of our time.”
Since the night of November 16, the new beauty queen is the Danish Victoria Kjaer, who was crowned Miss Universe 2024, but, in Anne’s words, Sheynnis will always be the people’s queen.
