The possible reunion between Sheynnis Palacios Cornejo, Miss Universe 2023, and her grandmother and younger brother has kept hundreds of Nicaraguans “excited” and “expectant.” According to the sports reporter and politically released prisoner Miguel Mendoza, A few days ago, both of the beauty’s relatives arrived in the United States.
The journalist indicated on his social networks that the two Nicaraguans had already been authorized to move through parole, the program that allows them to migrate to the United States legally and safely, but it was not until April 4 that they decided to make the trip.
“Sheynnis is now complete and will not return to Nicaragua,” Mendoza said. In addition, the journalist specified that the international model’s family will live in San Francisco, California, where the mother of Miss Nicaragua 2023 resides.
The news was also shared by content creator and interior designer Roberto Mayorquín. On its official website Facebookthe Panamanian pointed out that the Palacios family “is already united.”
«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). Mayorquín pointed out that at the end of the Asia Tour 2024, the Nicaraguan beauty “will meet them again.”
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Although the news has not been officially confirmed by Palacios or the Miss Universe organization, Nicaraguans have expressed their positive comments and messages of support for the model, ensuring that she and her family members “will be safer” outside the country.
On tour in Asia
From March 31 to May 10, Palacios is carrying out the «Asia Tour 2024», a tour that is part of her busy schedule as Miss Universe. One of the nations that the Diriambina model visited was Laos, a country located in the southeast of the Asian continent.
During her stay in Thailand, Miss Universe 2023 wore a traditional costume alluding to the annual “Songkran” celebration, a word that means transformation. Although this event is celebrated every April 13, it extends until the 14th and 15th of that month. This is Palacios’ second visit to Thailand since she holds the title of the most beautiful woman in the world.
During her stay in Thailand, Miss Universe 2023 wore a traditional costume alluding to the annual “Songkran” celebration, a word that means transformation. Although this event is celebrated every April 13, it extends until the 14th and 15th of that month. This is Palacios’ second visit to Thailand since she holds the title of the most beautiful woman in the world.
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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
In Nicaragua, coverage of his reign and activities related to it are not part of the state agenda. In the first quarterly report carried out by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED), “it was possible to verify that the media, which still operate in their analogous version in Nicaragua, whether on radio or television, avoid providing coverage to the activities of the Miss Universe organization”, due to an order issued by the Sandinista dictatorship.
However, the repressive measures of the regime are not an impediment for thousands of Nicaraguans to express, from their homes or social networks, their unconditional support for the Miss Universe of 2023, who has proven to have the essential qualities and values to be a worthy representation of his country and its people.
