Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 with her winning answer during the final Question-and-Answer Portion.
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She bested Miss Australia Moraya Wilson and Miss Thailand Anntonia Porsild.
All three of them went through the final round of question and answer portion after they made the cut.
The question was: "If you could live in one year, if you could live one year in another woman's shoes, who would you choose and why?"
Here are their answers:
THAILAND
I would choose Malala Yousafzai because I know the struggles that she had to deal with in order to get to where she is today. She had to fight for women's education and fight for all women to be able to stand strong and be the change and lead by example. If I could choose anyone, that would be her. Thank you.
AUSTRALIA
I would live my mother's year in her birth year because she's a very strong woman. She's tough. She taught me how to work hard. She taught me how to be brave, how to be strong, and I'm forever grateful for those lessons that she taught me.
NICARAGUA:
I would choose Mary Wollstonecraft because she opened the gap and gave an opportunity to many women... And what I would do, I would want that gap, that income gap, would open up so that women could work in any area that they choose to work in because there are no limitations for women. That was 1750. Now, in 2023, we're making history.
MISS UNIVERSE 2023 TOP 5 QUESTION AND ANSWER
Before the Top 3 candidates were chosen, the Miss Universe 2023 Top 5 finalists were given a taste of the question-and-answer portion.
AUSTRALIA
QUESTION: How would you use the Miss Universe platform to promote global gender equality?
ANSWER: I would use the Miss Universe platform to push a message.
I think this community is strong and when we bond together we can create changes.
And when it comes to gender equality, when we use our voice and we use our power to make a change, that's when real movement happens. Thank you.
PUERTO RICO
QUESTION: If you win tonight, what would you bring to the Miss Universe brand?
ANSWER: I would use that opportunity to show the world the relevance of beauty queens nowadays. I would use my activism on regarding mental health and telling the world how it is important that if we use our voice, if we take up space, if we are courageous enough to be ourselves in this world, I would use the platform to reach and be that. Thank you so much.
NICARAGUA
QUESTION: What qualities and values guide you as a leader and role model for others?
ANSWER: The quality that has inspired me and has inspired millions of women and girls, I apologize, today is humility and to be able to appreciate all the little things.
Because that's where the most valuable thing is, the essence of being human. Thank you.
THAILAND
QUESTION: If you could speak to a room full of students about online bullying, what would you say?
ANSWER: I would say to not listen to what people have to say because in the end, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it is up to us on how we react to it.
Use our voice to stand up for what is right and be the change that we want to see in the world by leading by example. Don't listen to the hate because it doesn't shape us, but what shapes us is how we get back up and how we move forward from that.
Thank you.
COLOMBIA
QUESTION: If this was your last day on earth, how would you live it?
ANSWER: I am already living it because I'm here.
I'm breaking stereotypes being a woman, being a mother. It's to leave history, a legacy, something that I want to transmit to women, mothers, and children. Thank you.
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