13 things about Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 Geyssell Garcia

Geyssell Lined García Navarrete was born and raised in Santo Tomas, Chontales, Nicaragua. She represented the country in Face of Beauty International, Reinado Internacional del Café and Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Garcia is a Nicaraguan entrepreneur and beauty queen with a bachelor’s degree in tourism and hotel management. She owns a hotel and helps develop initiatives for manufacturing and marketing Nicaraguan products.

On February 5, 2025, Garcia turned 30. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Miss Teen Turismo Nicaragua 2011 and she won the Best Body award
2. When she represented Nicaragua in the teen category of the Festival de Turismo de las Américas 2011, she won the Best Body award.
3. In 2016, she visited Costa Rica, Guatemala and visited different parts of the United States including California, New York and Washington.
4. She won Miss Mundo Chontales 2017.
5. In 2018, she visited India.
6. She was Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2018 first runner-up and Face of Beauty International 2018 second runner-up.
7. In 2020, she visited Colombia.
8. She was Miss Nicaragua 2020 first runner-up.
9. In 2021, she visited New York; Miami, Florida, USA; Yucatan, Mexico; Madrid, Spain and Istanbul, Turkiye and was supposed to represent Santo Tomas at Miss Nicaragua 2011 but withdrew from the competition before the coronation ceremony.
10. In 2022, she visited Chicago, Illinois, USA; London, England, United Kingdom; Zurich, Switzerland; Santorini, Greece; Paris, France and Milan, Italy.
11. In 2023, she visited Salzburg, Austria; Tuscany, Italy; Morocco; San Francisco, California; San Sebastian, Spain and Athens, Greece.
12. In 2024, she visited Mexico.
13. She is Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 and was a Miss Universe 2024 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Garcia is 5’10” tall. She is passionate about dancing.

2010s

• On May 28, 2017, she was crowned Miss Mundo Chontales 2017.
• On November 4, 2017, she competed against 15 other Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2018 candidates at the Sala Mayor of the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua, Nicaragua. She was runner-up to Yoselin Sobeyda Gómez.
• On July 29, 2018, she was appointed Reina Hispoanoamericana Nicaragua 2018.
• On September 17, 2018, she represented Nicaragua at Face of Beauty International 2018 and competed against 41 other candidates at the City Park Resort in New Delhi, India. She was second runner-up to Myint Mo May of Myanmar.
• After her Face of Beauty International 2018 second runner-up finish, she was replaced by Alicia Karina Ramírez Urbina as Nicaragua’s candidate at Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia on November 3, 2018.
• On October 1, 2019, she was appointed as Nicaragua’s candidate for Miss Global Beauty Queen 2019, which was supposed to be held in Seoul, South Korea on December 14, 2019 but was cancelled.

2020s

• On January 11, 2020, she represented Nicaragua at Reinado Internacional del Café 2020 and competed against 21 other candidates at the Teatro Fundadores in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. She was unplaced.
• On August 8, 2020, she represented Chontales at Miss Nicaragua 2020 and competed against seven other candidates at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Managua. She was runner-up to Ana Marcelo.
• She was appointed Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 on September 12, 2024, she received her official sash on September 15, 2024 and she was crowned by Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios in Mexico City, Mexico on October 1, 2024.
• From November 2-13, 2024, she participated in various Miss Universe 2024 pre-coronation events in Mexico City wearing dresses designed by Jessenia Velasquez and Yahoska Alvarez.
• On November 14, 2024, she wore a Richard Ramirez Castro dress in the Miss Universe 2024 preliminary round at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Nicaragua at Miss Universe 2024 and compete against 124 other candidates at the Arena CDMX. She finished in the Top 30.
• On September 4, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Nicaragua 2025 Itza Castillo at the James L. Knight Center in Miami.