Miss Universe Nicaragua (MUNIC) is a beauty pageant and organization that selects Nicaragua's official representative to Miss Universe.
The reining Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024 is Geyssell García from Chontales, who was crowned on October 1, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico by Sheynnis Palacios.
On May 11, 2025 the Miss Universe announced that Miss Universe Nicaragua will be organizing by the previous Miss Nicaragua 2009 Indiana Sánchez who will be organizing the pageant across this year. Later on June Indiana quite from the role as national director and Daniel Guevara was announced as the new national director for Nicaragua on 2025.
From 1955 to 2023, Miss Nicaragua held the national franchise for Miss Universe, wherein it was responsible for selecting Nicaraguans to represent Nicaragua and compete at the annual Miss Universe pageant. Under Miss Nicaragua, Nicaragua representatives to the Miss Universe pageant were crowned with the title of Señorita Nicaragua from 1955 to 1999, and Miss Nicaragua from 2001 to 2023.[citation needed]
In September 2024, the Miss Universe Organization introduced a new franchise under Miss Universe Nicaragua. This is an organization outside Nicaragua. Since November 2023 after Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Nicaragua 2023 won the Miss Universe 2023 held in San Salvador, El Salvador Ortega's government cancelled the pageant in Nicaragua and getting out national directors from the previous organization.[citation needed]