10 things about Miss Universe El Salvador 2023 Isabella Garcia Manzo

Isabella Garcia Manzo Gutierrez represented El Salvador in the 72nd edition of El Salvador. It was won by Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua.

BIOGRAPHY

Garcia is a Guatemalan-Salvadoran beauty queen from San Salvador, El Salvador. She is the fifth beauty queen from the country to place in Miss Universe.

On December 10, 2024, Garcia turned 22. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her father Andres Garcia Manzo is a Guatemalan businessman.
2. Her mother Natalia Gutiérrez is a Salvadoran beauty queen.
3. She was born and raised in San Salvador.
4. In 2017, she visited the United States.
5. In 2018, she visited Honduras and Guatemala.
6. In 2019, she visited Poland, Mexico and Denmark.
7. In 2021, she graduated from Escuela Americana in San Salvador and entered Les Roches Marbella in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain to pursue a bachelor’s degree in hospitality business administration.
8. She won Miss El Salvador 2023.
9. She was a Miss Universe 2023 finalist.
10. She was a Miss Universe El Salvador 2025 judge.

TIMELINE

Isabella is 5’10” tall. On September 4, 1994, her mother represented El Salvador at Miss International 1994, competed against 49 other candidates at the Sun Arena in Ise, Mie, Japan and was unplaced.

2010s

• In November 2017, she was in Brickell, Miami, Florida, USA.
• In April 2018, she visited Costa del Sol in La Paz, El Salvador.
• In May 2018, she travelled to Roatán, Islas De La Bahia, Honduras and Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
• In July 2018, she and her father traveled to Miami Beach, Florida.
• In December 2018, she traveled to Guatemala City, Guatemala.
• In January 2019, she visited Beaver Creek Resort in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA.
• In July 2019, she traveled to Warsaw, Poland.
• In September 2019, she traveled to Mexico City, Mexico.
• In November 2019, she traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands and Copenhagen, Denmark.

2020s

• In May 2021, she and her father visited the Santa Ana Volcano in Santa Ana, El Salvador.
• In June 2021, she graduated from Escuela Americana.
• In July 2021, she visited Rio Dulce in Izabal, Guatemala.
• In September 2021, she became a Les Roches Marbella student.
• In December 2021, she visited Madrid, Spain.
• In May 2022, she visited Cala Macarelleta in Menorca, Spain.
• On July 30, 2023, she represented San Salvador at Miss El Salvador 2023 and competed against 13 other finalists at the Teatro Nacional de San Salvador in San Salvador. She won the title.
• On November 18, 2023, she represented El Salvador at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador. She finished in the Top 10.
• On September 7, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Universe El Salvador 2024 Florence Gisselle Garcia at Teatro Presidente in San Salvador.
• On September 26, 2025, she served as a judge at Miss Universe El Salvador 2025 at the Palacio Tecleño de la Cultura y las Artes in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, El Salvador.