Sheynnis before Miss Universe: experience is not improvised
"Experience is not improvised" Have you heard this phrase, right? Well, it turns out that it fits Sheynnis like a glove because the 24-year-old began her career in beauty pageants when she was just a teenager, meaning that before stepping onto the Miss Universe stage, the Nicaraguan already had seven years of experience.
Below, I show you the different beauty pageants in which Sheynnis participated before going to the top beauty pageant.
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Participation in national and international beauty pageants
Her first national pageant was at the age of 16
The first platform to take the first step in this industry was the Nicaraguan pageant Miss Teen Nicaragua 2016, which, before the terrible events of 2018, was a pageant that had the approval of the Nicaraguan people.
Sheynnis won the crown from among 15 candidates and obtained the right to represent Nicaragua in another international contest for teenagers, called Teen Universe.
In the 2017 edition of Teen Universe, held in Managua, Nicaragua, 25 teenagers participated in total. Sheynnis did not manage to win the crown, but she did win a place in the top 6 of the contest. The crown was won by India.
Miss World… a test of fire and determination
Miss World Nicaragua was her third platform. In May 2020, Sheynnis, then 19 years old, won the crown of one of the most important pageants in the country. The young Diriambina also won the award for the best social project. The Miss World 2020 sash and crown gave Sheynnis the right to be called Nicaragua in the world competition with the largest number of candidates, Miss World, in its 71st edition.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss World 2021 edition was postponed to March 2022. The event was held in Puerto Rico, amid several controversies related to the production, financing and execution of the pageant.
But none of that overshadowed the brilliance of the candidates, who met
in this Caribbean country to conquer the crown. Sheynnis made four important
achievements for Nicaragua, this being a historic feat that had not been
achieved by any other Nicaraguan (but I hope it is repeated!). Sheynnis was the
winner of the head-to-head challenge in her first group meeting and in her
match against Haiti. She was in the top 13 of the modeling challenge; she was a
semi-finalist in "Beauty with a Purpose", the emblematic competition
of the pageant; and finally, Sheynnis managed to be part of the Top 40 of that
edition (although she deserved a better position). It is worth mentioning that
97 candidates participated. Karolina Bielawska, from Poland, won the crown in
that edition.
Participation in Miss Nicaragua 2023
Miss Nicaragua 2023 would be her third national competition and also her third national crown. On August 5, she was crowned in a simple ceremony, but full of love and support from her followers and the general population, who saw in Sheynnis a great contender for the universal crown. I invite you to read my coverage of the official presentation of the candidates and Sheynnis' triumph in this event. Click Here!
Then came Miss Universe 2023, a pageant in which she had the right to participate, having won the national pageant of her beloved Nicaragua.