The coronation of the new Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024, Geyssell García, which was broadcast on social networks on the afternoon of October 1, highlighted the Telemundo news network, was marked by exile. The Hispanic television station emphasized that the imposition of the crown on the young Nicaraguan girl did not occur – as it should – within Nicaraguan territory, but in a Miss Universe Mexico office.
In the television program “At Home with Telemundo”, one of the few media authorized to cover García’s coronation, they titled the audiovisual report they made of the event as a “Banished Coronation.” Presenter Carlos Adyan, before giving way to the broadcast, commented that it was “emotional and sad.”
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Furthermore, on Telemundo’s social networks, the audiovisual report of the coronation was released with the description “given the impossibility of Sheynnis Palacios to set foot in her country, the coronation of the new beauty queen of Nicaragua, (Geyssell García) had to take place.” in some Miss Universe offices in Mexico” and placed a subtitle in the video in which they described that there was a “bittersweet moment at the coronation of Miss Nicaragua.”
Presenter Carlos Adyan stated that “there are mixed feelings, particularly for the people of Nicaragua because how is it possible that the coronation does not take place in Nicaragua. It turns out that Sheynnis Palacios has not been able to set foot in Nicaragua since winning the crown and, in fact, the franchise had to mobilize.
Also, he recalled that Nicaragua “is in a regime and things have to be done outside the country.”
In the Telemundo report, as she did in the October 1 broadcast, the Nicaraguan beauty Geyssell García, Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024, said she was “very happy, very excited, grateful to God for this opportunity” to represent the country in the 73rd edition of the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
He stressed that “it is not the first time that I have gone after this dream, but it is the first time that I have managed to achieve it.”
Sheynnis Palacios denies exile
Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023, has publicly insisted since last July that she is not in exile, even ensuring that she is preparing to arrive in Nicaragua.
Last July, Palacios assured Taty Guiribitey, known as Mami Lover, who during an intervention stated that the beauty queen “unfortunately does not have a country that welcomes her,” that her beautiful country, Nicaragua, “will always receive me, It has always been in the plans, but we have a very tight agenda, full of many commitments. However, we are leaving that space to be able to share with the Nicaraguan community.”
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At the beginning of last September, the co-owner of Miss Universe, Raúl Rocha, in an interview given to the program “Don’t tell it”, also directed by the communicator Carlos Adyan, confirmed that the Nicaraguan beauty Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023, has in her He plans to travel to Nicaragua, but did not give details of when that visit would take place.
Palacios has not set foot in Nicaragua since his coronation in November 2023. His family is also outside Nicaragua and even the directors of the Miss Nicaragua franchise had to leave the country due to the persecution of Ortegaism.
