The government led by Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, barred Miss Nicaragua director Karen Celebertti from entering the country as she was preparing to return to the Central American country with her daughter from Mexico after her victory. Nicaraguan Shaynice Palacios Cornejo is Miss Universe 2023.
Celeberty, the first runner-up of Miss Nicaragua in 1991 and the country’s representative of the Miss Universe title since 2001, was on Thursday with her daughter at Augusto C. in Managua. Santino was detained at the international airport and flown back. Mexico, sources close to the beauty pageant promoter confirmed to EFE this Friday.
According to the Mosaico CSI digital site, when the two returned to Nicaragua after participating in activities related to the Miss Universe pageant, the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration prevented her from entering the country with her daughter.
Mexican airline Aeromexico did not inform them of the decision by email, as has happened to dozens of Nicaraguans since April 2018 when protests against the Ortega government erupted, according to media reports.
Neither the celebrity nor the owner of Miss Nicaragua have commented on the ban on entry into the country. Neither did the Ortega government.
Celeberty was part of a delegation of Nicaraguans and the franchise that went to El Salvador last Saturday to support Miss Nicaragua Shaynice Palacios, who was chosen as the most beautiful woman in the universe.
Who is Karen Celebrity?
After the competition in San Salvador, the director of Silhouettes Modeling Agency went on a promotional tour with the brand new Miss Universe in Miami (USA) and Mexico as part of the commitment of the new global beauty queen.
From Mexico, the newly crowned Miss Universe traveled to New York (USA), where she will live for a year to attend to her duties with the international franchise, and the celebrity will return to Nicaragua.
According to Mosaico CSI, Celebrity’s mother, husband and son returned to Nicaragua on Sunday, November 19 without incident.
Celeberti, from the Matagalpa department in northern Nicaragua, was briefly detained on March 16, 2019, amid the country’s ongoing sociopolitical crisis, along with dozens of critics and opponents of the Ortega government, who demanded his release. Political prisoners in Managua.
On September 8, 2022, the Miss Universe franchise noted on its X Social Network account (formerly Twitter) that “with over 20 years of experience, Karen has proven to be a dedicated and passionate member of the Celebrity Universe family.” Meet her through a video she shared.
“Being the national director of this pageant is very interesting to me, but more than a passion, it’s a lifestyle, because as a woman, it’s an important mission to know that I can guide other women or at least recommend them. What’s best for their lives,” the promoter said in the video. explained.
Celebrity said she decided to work towards empowering women in Miss Nicaragua.
Government reactions
The government of Managua celebrated the victory of Miss Universe Nicaragua 2023 on Sunday, with the slogan “Nicaragua celebrates with its queen!”
However, two days ago, Vice President Murillo attacked those who elevated the most beautiful woman on the planet for political purposes, because, in his opinion, “they want to turn a beautiful and worthy moment of pride and celebration into a destructive conspiracy. .”
Last Tuesday, Nicaraguan authorities banned two artists from painting a mural in honor of the newly-elected most beautiful woman in the universe.
Shaynice Palacios, 23, a social relations graduate from the closed Jesuit Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua, where she played volleyball, is the first Nicaraguan and Central American to win Miss Universe, the 2023 edition of which will be held on Saturday night. Savior. EFE
