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The 23-year-old beat 84 competitors from all over the world in the beauty contest in El Salvador, Central America, on Saturday evening (local time). Anntonia Porsild from Thailand came in second, followed by Miss Australia Moraya Wilson.
Palacios comes from the Nicaraguan capital Managua, studied communications and is an advocate for mental health. She is the first winner of the Miss Universe pageant from Central America.
This year, for the first time, married women and mothers were allowed to take part in the beauty contest, which has been held since 1952. Among the applicants were two women with children from Colombia and Guatemala. 24-year-old Helena Bleicher took part for Germany.
Inclusion and diversity were a hallmark of this edition. A trans woman already took part in 2018, but this time there were two: Miss Netherlands and Miss Portugal. In addition, the representative from Nepal was a curvy model who advocated a positive attitude towards her own body.
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