Santo Tomas, Nicaragua native Geyssell Lined García Navarrete was appointed Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 on September 12, 2024. She crowned by Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios in Mexico City, Mexico on October 1, 2024.
On September 4, 2025, Garcia crowned her successor Itza Castillo at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida, United States. On November 21, 2025, the latter will represent Nicaragua at Miss Universe 2025 at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Miss Universe Nicaragua 2025 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Universe Nicaragua international membership: Miss Universe national director: Indiana Sanchez |
| edition: 1st date: September 4, 2025 venue: James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida, United States candidates: 16 |
| hosts: Ivan Taylor, Zuleyka Rivera performers: Hernaldo Zúñiga, Noel Schajris |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN) |
| Top 16 | Alieska Gonzalez (Chontales) Lucia Oliveros (Esteli) Alexssandra Montalban (Granada) Stephanie Alvarez (Matagalpa) Yarimeth Gutierrez (Nueva Segovia) Nahomy Hill (RACCS) Starina Jerez (RACCN) Jhozabeth Centeno (Rio San Juan) |
| Top 8 | Francella Aragon Lara (Carazo) Aleida Josefa Perez (Chinandega) Dessire Estrada (Leon) Massiel Cordoba (Masaya) |
| Top 4 | Maria Fernanda Sequeira (Boaco) Nathalya Pedroso (Jinotega) Itza Castillo (Managua) Glennys Medina Segura (Rivas) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | |
| Miss Photogenic | |
| Miss Popularity | Massiel Cordoba Masaya |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 3rd runner-up | Maria Fernanda Sequeira Boaco | N/A |
| 2nd runner-up | Nathalya Pedroso Jinotega | N/A |
| 1st runner-up | Glennys Medina Segura Rivas | N/A |
| Miss Universe Nicaragua | Itza Castillo Managua | Geyssell Garcia Sto. Tomas |
Nicaragua was represented in Miss Universe by Miss Nicaragua in 1955, in 1963, from 1968 to 1971, from 1973 to 1979, from 1991 to 1993, from 1995 to 1996, from 1998 to 1999 and from 2001 to 2023. The country did not participate in the international beauty pageant from 1956 to 1962, from 1964 to 1967, in 1972, from 1980 to 1990, in 1994, in 1997 and in 2000.
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