They have ruled out the Daniel Ortega regime taking over ownership of the Miss Nicaragua franchise

After the coronation Chinis Palacios CornejoAs the first Nicaraguan and Central American to win Miss Universe, Nizam Daniel Ortega Ban on entry to Nicaragua Karen Celebrityfranchisee Miss Nicaragua. In this regard, some opponents rule out that Ortega will take over the license.

Alexa Zamora, a political activist, told 100% Noticias that the Sandinista regime will not be able to seize the privilege Miss Universe in NicaraguaEven if you have the intention.

“It’s unlikely to happen given that Miss Universe “It is a private entity and will not risk, firstly, jeopardizing its prestige, and secondly entering the radar of companies that may be affected by cooperation with the regime,” Zamora said.

According to the Miss Universe’s position on the banishment of Karen Celebrity and her daughterThe political activist confirms that the organization “continued to provide support and security to Celebrity as director of Miss Nicaragua and other girls who were not allowed to enter the country because that also has to do with prestige.”

He noted that in 1980 Nicaragua’s participation in the Miss Universe pageant has been cancelled “There is a precedent since Nicaragua’s participation was canceled in 1980 and it resumed once we returned to democracy. We cannot rule out that this is one of the scenarios we will face; if there is no opportunity, which it most likely will not, the regime will not stop the harassment against Ms. Celebrity.” As Franchise Manager in Nicaragua.

Likewise, Luciano Garcia, president of Hagamos Democracia, rules out that the franchise will move to the Ortega Murillo regime.

“Excellence Miss Nicaragua I don’t think they would give it to the regime unless the owner negotiated it and someone from the regime sold it to them, but I don’t think they would give it to them either after what they did to Ms. Karen Ciliberti. ”

Garcia believes that Celebrity will not hand over the license: “I think they will not hand this franchise over to anyone while they are in exile and with Martin being surrounded and accused, I think the Miss Universe franchise will be in suspense without Nicaragua.” They are granted because they “will not support this kind of oppression, and they will not surrender.”

He points out that the exile of Miss Nicaragua’s director is an infuriating matter because the regime sees ghosts everywhere.

“They think that Karen organized the Miss Universe event to destabilize the system, which is crazy, right, but since they need to control everything and not allow anyone, but not even the slightest movement and the slightest has taken to the streets, because it is clear that It bothered him. “I think the regime certainly continues to violate the individual human rights of all people, including that they cannot accept that Miss Universe, who is Nicaraguan, is the product of a company like the one run by Karen Ciliberti.”

About exile

The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo banned Miss Nicaragua’s manager, Karen Ciliberti, from entering the country when she was preparing to return to the Central American country with her Mexican daughter, after Nicaragua’s victory. Shenise Palacios Cornejo, Miss Universe 2023.

Celebrity, first runner-up for Miss Nicaragua 1991 and the country’s Miss Universe representative since 2001, was arrested on Thursday with her daughter at Managua’s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport and returned on a plane to Mexico, sources close to the beauty pageant promoter confirmed to EFE.

The Directorate of Immigration and Immigration prevented her from entering the country with her daughter, when they returned to Nicaragua after participating in activities related to the Miss Universe contest, according to the Mosaico CSI digital platform.

The Mexican airline Aeromexico did not inform them by email of this decision, as has happened to dozens of Nicaraguans since April 2018 when demonstrations broke out against the Ortega government, according to media.

Both Celebrity and Miss Nicaragua did not comment on this ban on entering the country. The same is true of the Ortega regime.

Celebrity, originally from the province of Matagalpa in northern Nicaragua, was briefly detained on March 16, 2019, along with dozens of critics and opponents of the Ortega government in the context of the social and political crisis the country is experiencing, when she demanded her release. Political prisoners in Managua.

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On September 8, 2022, the Miss Universe series highlighted on its account on the social network .

“Being a national director for this competition is something I am extremely passionate about, but more than just a passion, it is a way of life, because it has become an essential goal for me, as a woman, to know that I can mentor other women or in the least I would suggest,” the promoter explained in the video. “It’s up to them what’s best for their lives.”

Celebrity said that at Miss Nicaragua they decided to work for women’s empowerment.