Sheynnis Palacios
Nicaraguan beauty pageant titleholder and Miss Universe 2023 (born 2000)
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- Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo ( Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [ʃejˈnis palaˈsjos] ; born 30 May 2000) is a Nicaraguan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2023.
- Prior to Miss Universe, Palacios competed in Miss World 2021 as Miss World Nicaragua 2020, reaching the top 40.
- Palacios later grew up in the town of Diriamba in Carazo Department, and was educated at La Salle Managua Pedagogical Institute in Managua.
- Afterwards, Palacios enrolled in the Central American University in Managua, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mass communication in 2022.
- In order to pay for her education, Palacios made and sold buñuelos with her mother and maternal grandmother, for which she was bullied at school.
Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [ʃejˈnis palaˈsjos]; born 30 May 2000) is a Nicaraguan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2023. Having previously won Miss Nicaragua 2023, she is the first Nicaraguan to win Miss Universe.
Prior to Miss Universe, Palacios competed in Miss World 2021 as Miss World Nicaragua 2020, reaching the top 40.
Early life and education
Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo was born on 30 May 2000, at Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense in Managua to parents Raquel Guadalupe Cornejo Pichardo and Édgar Arístides Palacios García. Palacios later grew up in the town of Diriamba in Carazo Department, and was educated at La Salle Managua Pedagogical Institute in Managua. At the school, she won the Miss Lasallista beauty pageant, beginning her interest in pageantry. Afterwards, Palacios enrolled in the Central American University in Managua, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mass communication in 2022. While a university student, Palacios played on her school's varsity volleyball team. In order to pay for her education, Palacios made and sold buñuelos with her mother and maternal grandmother, for which she was bullied at school. In her youth, Palacios suffered from anxiety attacks, which later inspired her to adopt mental health awareness as her pageant platform.
Prior to becoming Miss Universe, Palacios was working as a model, television presenter, and journalist in Nicaragua, and presented a show called Entiende tu mente, which discussed topics related to mental health.
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