Miss Mundo Nicaragua

Miss Mundo Nicaragua
Type	Women's beauty pageant
Franchise holder	Bellezas Globales de Nicaragua
Headquarters	Managua
Country represented	Nicaragua
Qualifies for	Miss World; Mister World; Miss Earth; Miss Cosmo; Reinado Internacional del Café; Miss Orb International;
First edition	1960
Most recent edition	2024
Current titleholder	Ismeli Jarquín Gutiérrez; Jinotega
Executive Committee	Denis Dávila;
Owner	Bellezas Globales de Nicaragua
CEO	Denis Dávila
Language/s	Spanish
Website	missmundonicaragua.com

Miss World Nicaragua is a beauty pageant in Nicaragua that selects the country's representatives to the Miss World, Mister World and Miss Earth ones of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Since 1960 Nicaragua has compite in the Miss World pageant previously the pageant was part of the Miss Nicaragua organization until 2011 when the current CEO Denis Dávila earn the franchise for Nicaragua to send delegates into the Miss World pageant.

The reining Miss World Nicaragua is Ismeli Jarquín Gutiérrez from Jinotega.

Titleholders

Year	Miss Mundo Nicaragua	Department
1960	Carmen Isabel Recalde	León
1961	Thelma Arana	Granada
1964	Sandra Correa	Masaya
1968	Margine Davidson Morales	Matagalpa
1969	Carlota Brenes	Matagalpa
1970	Evangelina Lacayo	Managua
1971	Soraya Herrera Chávez	Managua
1974	Francis Duarte de León Tapia	León
1975	María Auxiliadora Paguaga Mantilla	Managua
1977	Beatriz Obregón Lacayo	Rivas
1998	Claudia Alaniz	Managua
2001	Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa	Managua
2002	Hazel Calderón	León
2003	Hailey Britton Brooks	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
2004	Anielka Sanchez	Masaya
2005	Johanna Madrigal	Managua
2011	Darling Trujillo	Matagalpa
2012	Lauren Lawson	Granada
2013	Luz Mery Decena	Nueva Segovia
2014	Yumara López	Rivas
2015	Stefanía Alemán	Masaya
2016	Maria Laura Ramírez	Masaya
2017	América Allen	Rivas
2018	Yoselin Gómez	Boaco
2019	María Teresa Cortez	Carazo
2020	Sheynnis Palacios	Managua
2021	Mariela Cerros	Nueva Segovia
2023	Daniela de Smet	Estelí
2024	Ismeli Jarquín Gutiérrez	Jinotega

Big four representatives beauty pageants

Miss Nicaragua for Miss World

Note: The current franchise owner started the competition on 2013.

Year	State	Miss Mundo Nicaragua	Placement at Miss World	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Jinotega	Ismeli Jarquín Gutiérrez	TBA
2024	No competition held
2023	Nueva Segovia	Mariela Cerros	Unplaced	Top 32 at Miss World Sport
2023	Estelí	Daniela de Smet	Originally Miss World Nicaragua 2022 she should represent Nicaragua at Miss World 2024. Due to dates changes Smet's declined to compite at the Miss World pageant.
2022	Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022
2021	Managua	Sheynnis Palacios	Top 40	Winner – Head-to-Head Challenge (Rounds 1 and 2) Top 13 at Miss World Top Model Top 28 at Beauty With a Purpose	Later Miss Universe 2023
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2019	Carazo	María Teresa Cortez	Unplaced	Top 32 at Miss World Sport
2018	Boaco	Yoselin Gómez	Unplaced	Top 18 Miss World Talent
2017	Rivas	América Allen	Unplaced
2016	Masaya	María Laura Ramírez	Unplaced
2015	Masaya	Stefanía Alemán Cerda	Unplaced	Top 24 at Miss World Sport Top 10 at Beauty With a Purpose
2014	Rivas	Yumara Lopez †	Unplaced
2014	Managua	María Esther Cortés	Originally Miss World Nicaragua 2014 she declined represent Nicaragua at Miss World 2014. Due to no personal reasons.
2013	Nueva Segovia	Luz Mery Decena	Unplaced	Top 20 at Miss World Sport and Fitness	First titleholder under Denis Dávila directorship
2013	Chinandega	Adriana Paniagua	Originally Miss World Nicaragua 2013 she declined represent Nicaragua at Miss World 2013. Due to no full preparation.		Later Miss Nicaragua 2018
2012	Granada	Lauren Lawson	Unplaced		Last titleholder under Miss Nicaragua
2011	Matagalpa	Darling Trujillo	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2006–2010
2005	Managua	Johanna Madrigal	Unplaced
2004	Masaya	Anielka Sánchez	Unplaced
2003	South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Hailey Britton Brooks	Unplaced
2002	León	Hazel Calderón	Unplaced
2001	Managua	Ligia Argüello Roa	Top 5	Miss World Americas
Did not compete between 1999–2000
1998	Managua	Claudia Patricia Alaniz	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1978–1998
1977	Rivas	Beatriz Obregón	Unplaced
1976	Did not compete
1975	Managua	Auxiliadora Paguaga	Unplaced
1974	León	Francis Duarte de León	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1972–1973
1971	Managua	Soraya Herrera Chávez	Unplaced
1970	Managua	Evangelina Lacayo	Unplaced
1969	Matagalpa	Carlota Brenes	Unplaced
1968	Matagalpa	Margine Davidson Morales	6th Runner-up
Did not compete between 1965–1967
1964	Masaya	Sandra Correa	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1962–1963
1961	Granada	Thelma Arana	Unplaced
1960	León	Carmen Isabel Recalde	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1951–1959

Miss Nicaragua for Miss Earth

Year	State	Miss Earth Nicaragua	Placement	Special Award / Title	Notes
2024	TBA				First titleholder under Denis Dávila directionship
No competition held between 2013—2023
2012	Río San Juan	Braxis Álvarez	Unplaced		Last titleholder under Nuestra Belleza Nicaragua
2011	No competition held
2010	Managua	Junieth Raquel Rosales	Unplaced	Top 5 at Miss Aodai	First titleholder under Nuestra Belleza Nicaragua
2009	No competition held
2008	Chinandega	Thelma Rodriguez	Unplaced		Previously Miss Nicaragua 2008 Last titleholder under Karen Celebertti directionship
2007	Bulgaria	Iva Grijalva	Unplaced
2006	Matagalpa	Sharon Amador	Unplaced
2005	León	Sandra Maritza Ríos	Unplaced
2004	Managua	Marifely Argüello César	Top 16		Previously Miss Nicaragua 2004
2003	Managua	Marynes Argüello César	Unplaced
2002	Carazo	Yahoska María Cerda	Unplaced
2001	Matagalpa	Karla José Leclair	Unplaced		First titleholder under Karen Celebertti directionship

Mister Nicaragua for Mister World

Year	State	Mister Mundo Nicaragua	Placement	Special Award / Title
2024	Chontales	Hanniel Espinoza	TBA
2019	León	José Antonio Vallejos Pérez	Unplaced	Top 8 at Swimmers
2016	Managua	Edson Janyny Bonilla Álvarez	Unplaced

Editions

Año	1st Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	3rd Runner-up	4th Runner-up	5th Runner-up
2023
2022	Carazo Yovanska Vega	Managua Itamar León	Chinandega María Auxiliadora Pineda	Chontales Rosmin Moradel	Not Awarded
2021	Matagalpa Kendall Yurielka Suárez	Jinotega María del Pilar Sequeira	Matagalpa Katherine Mora	Corn Island Lyska Cuthbert	Managua Darling Jatzary Salvatierra
2020	Jinotega Sherly Elizabeth Casco	Managua Fernanda Salazar	Masaya Dayana Cuadra	Chontales Masielis Bravo	Chinandega Odalis Rodríguez
2019	Managua María Gabriela Saballos	Nueva Segovia Regina Ríos	Managua Olga Olivares	Estelí Stephanie Gutiérrez	Chontales Jahosmara Sánchez

Minor beauty pageants representatives

Nicaragua in Miss Cosmo

Since 2024 the Miss Mundo Nicaragua selects the delegate of Nicaragua in Miss Cosmo.

Year	Miss Nicaragua	Region	Placement	Special awards
2024	TBA

Nicaragua in Miss Orb International

Since 2022 the Miss Mundo Nicaragua selects the delegate of Nicaragua in Miss Orb International.

Year	Miss Nicaragua	Region	Placement	Special awards
2022	Mariela Cerros	Nueva Segovia	1st Runner-up

Nicaragua in the Reinado Internacional del Café

Since 2011 the Miss Mundo Nicaragua selects the delegate of Nicaragua in The Reinado Internacional del Café.

Year	Miss Nicaragua	Region	Placement
1957	Leyla Bendaña	Managua
Did not compete between 1958–1960
1961	María de Lourdes Valladares	Managua
Did not compete between 1962–1975
1976	Morena Cuadra	Managua	1st Runner-up
Did not compete between 1977–1998
1999	Abril Pérez	Managua
Did not compete between 2000–2005
2006	Johanna Madrigal	Managua
Did not compete between 2007–2013
2014	Stefanía Alemán	Masaya
2015	Did not compete
2016	María Laura Ramírez	Masaya
2017	América Allen	Rivas
2018	Yoselin Gómez	Boaco
2019	Did not compete
2020	Geyssell García	Chontales
Did not compete between 2021–2022
2023	Daniela de Smet	Estelí
2024	Fernanda Salazar	Managua

Previous franchises under Miss Mundo Nicaragua

Miss Continentes Unidos Nicaragua

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
: Ended as special awards winner

The Winner of Miss Continentes Unidos Nicaragua goes to Miss Continentes Unidos. After Miss Nicaragua losing the franchise. Sometimes the winner or other candidates will be able to compete at the pageant.

Year	Municipality	Miss Continentes Unidos Nicaragua	Placement at Miss Continentes Unidos	Special Awards
2022	Bluefields	Deneshka Loanie Betty López	Unplaced
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no between 2020 and 2021
2019	RACCS	Katty Bello	Unplaced
2018	Estelí	Sarahí Fuentes	Unplaced
2017	León	Allison Herrera	Unplaced
2016	RACCN	Virginia Picado Chow	Unplaced
2015	Granada	Ruth Martínez	Unplaced
2014	Managua	Xilonem Quiñónez	Unplaced
2013	Managua	Luviana Torres	Unplaced
2012	Granada	Violeta Majano	Unplaced
2011	Managua	Fátima Lucía Flores Bonilla	Unplaced	Miss Fotogénica
2010	Bluefields	Scharllette Allen	Unplaced
2009	Managua	Indiana Sánchez	Unplaced
2008	Chinandega	Thelma Rodríguez	Unplaced
2007	Managua	Xiomara Blandino	Unplaced
2006	Managua	María Cristiana Frixione Mendoza	Unplaced

Nicaragua in Miss Global Charity Queen International

Since 2015 the Miss Mundo Nicaragua selects the delegate of Nicaragua in the Miss Global Charity Queen International.

Year	Miss Nicaragua	Region	Special awards
2015	Christiam López	León
2017	Ana Belén Abud Rodríguez	Managua
2018	María Laura Ramírez	Masaya	Best National Costume (1st Runner-up)

Nicaragua in Face of Beauty International

Since 2018 the Miss Mundo Nicaragua selects the delegate of Nicaragua in Face of Beauty International.

Year	Miss Nicaragua	Region	Placement	Special awards
2018	Geyssell Lined García Navarrete	Chontales	2nd Runner-up	Best catwalk in a bathing suit

References

External links

Official website

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