Not Too Late For Pageants

  AND THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2023 IS. . . . . Miss Nicaragua 2023, Sheynnis Palacios!!! On the MISS UNIVERSE Organization (MUO) website, it states,   " Sheynnis Palacios is a 23-year-old mental health activist and audiovisual producer from Managua, Nicaragua. She usually prefers to be behind the camera, but she’s come out of the wings because she believes in finding solutions for as many of the world’s problems as she can.  As a problem-solving kind of person, she put herself through the communications program at her university by working in her mom’s snack business. When the business faltered in an economic crisis, her mother migrated north to find a better job, and she became the economic and emotional support for her grandmother and young brother.  Her cause this year will be mental health, which stems from her own experiences with anxiety.    Coming from a country where this issue is rarely addressed, she started an accessible initiative called “Und...

Thank You, President Paula Shugart  Last night at the YouTube Live Stream of the 72nd MISS UNIVERSE National Costume Show in El Salvador, Paula Shugart announced the end of her tenure as President of the MUO Organization.  “I can’t think of a better place than in this country and on this magnificent stage to announce the end of my tenure as the president of Miss Universe. I have decided that this Saturday will be my last show,” she said. Shugart has been the Miss Universe Organization's president since 2001, after joining as vice president in 1998. Her responsibilities included supervising the annual Miss Universe broadcast as well as all business transactions. The president praised the MUO organization for all of the experiences and pageant performances she was a part of and stated that her departure does not mean farewell. "I stayed because of my belief in El Salvador and my love for the Miss Universe brand. I always passionately believe Miss Universe is not about any one on...