Daniel Ortega’s regime has censored a mural in honor of Shinice Palacios, the first Nicaraguan to win the Miss Universe title.

he Nicaraguan system Two local artists banned, Kevin Laguna Guevara And Oscar Danilo Barilla Blandonknown technically as Fink art And The Sufi flameCreate a mural in honor of Shenis Alondra Palacios Cornejo, Miss Universe 2023 The first Nicaraguan to obtain this title.

The artists reported on TikTok that the project had been stopped by a dictatorship Daniel Ortegawho interpreted the fresco as A Political message.

“The mural has been cancelled. People took it as a political message.wrote the artist known as Torch Místico, while Fink Art explained that they could not “continue the mural.”

The Sufi flame He also posted a photo on his Instagram account with the mural, in which the face of the new Miss Universe can be seen, and said that they would not be able to complete it.

“And that was the end of the mural. We intended to finishHe added: “We kept our word, but the authorities did not allow us to continue.”

The mural is located on a private property in Estelí, 149 kilometers north ManaguaIt was covered in white paint.

Dictatorship in Nicaragua, which celebrated a victory Shenis Alondra Palacios As Miss Universe 2023, she also highlighted that “Nicaragua celebrates with its queen!”, and did not comment on the complaint about preventing the painting of a mural of the beauty queen.

The young woman, 23 years old, is originally from the municipality DiriambaCarazo Province (Pacific), and graduated in Social Communication from the Closed Jesuit University of Central America(UCA), from Managua, where she played volleyball, is the first Nicaraguan and Central American to win Miss UniverseThe 2023 edition was held on Saturday evening at Savior.

Shenis Palacios was born on May 30, 2000, and before her coronation, she worked as a presenter and host of the program “Understand Your Mind,” which is broadcast on the TV channel Channel 11 on Nicaraguan TV, which deals with different topics around mental health, and was born from his personal experience through which he learned to deal with anxiety.

The daughter of a single mother, she and her mother’s family sold buñuelos, a dessert made from cassava with yoghurt or cheese and honey, to help pay for her university studies.

When asked, along with the other two finalists, if she could live for a year in another woman’s place, who would it be and why?, Palacios, the 18th-century English writer and thinker, stated, Mary WollstonecraftShe is considered one of the pioneers of the feminist movement.

Palacios, for whom humility and gratitude for the little things are important adjectivesShe emerged victorious from among 84 contestants who competed for a week in preliminary competitions in swimwear, evening dresses, and traditional dresses.

In the final question to the jury, the representative of Nicaragua stressed the importance Equal pay So that women can “work in any field.”

“There is no limit for women“, He said.

he November 9While the contestants were preparing for the competition, the company that owned the brand declared bankruptcy misses beingbelongs to the media mogul and transgender rights advocate Ann jackapong jackragotatip.

(With information from EFE and AFP)