Police charge director of Miss Nicaragua pageant with running 'beauty queen coup' plot

Miss Universe pageant stirs things up in NIcaragua

You may not have seen the recent Miss Universe pageant, held in El Salvador and broadcast on the Telemundo network. But the pageant is still making big waves in Central America.

Miss Universe Alleged To Be At Center Of Plot To Overthrow Nicaraguan Government

Miss Universe Alleged To Be At Center Of Plot To Overthrow Nicaraguan Government How many of you had "beauty pageant contestant at center of allegations to overthrow an authoritarian government" on your 2024 bingo card? We sure didn't. But if you did, looks like you can mark your square thanks to Nicaraguan Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios. Palacios was the first from her country to win the competition last month, but focus quickly turned to her …

Miss Nicaragua Pageant Director Accused Of Running 'Beauty Queen Coup' Plot

Nicaraguan police claim the director rigged contests in favor of anti-government beauty queens as part of a plot to overthrow the brutally repressive government.

Miss Universe director charged with alleged plot to oust Nicaraguan government

The charges come after photos emerged of Sheynnis Palacio, who last month became the first Miss Nicaragua to win Miss Universe, participating in mass anti-government protests in 2018

Police Charge Director of Miss Nicaragua Pageant With Running 'Beauty Queen Coup' Plot

MEXICO CITY—Nicaraguan police said Friday they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, accusing her of intentionally rigging contests so that anti-government beauty queens would win the pageants as part of a plot to overthrow the government. The charges against pageant director Karen Celebertti would not be out of place in a vintage James Bond movie with a repressive, closed off government, coup-plotting claims, foreign agents…