Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios grew up in Diriamba, Carazo, Nicaragua. However, she was born at Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense in Managua, Nicaragua to Édgar Arístides Palacios García and Raquel Guadalupe Cornejo Pichardo.

Diriamba is home to Cacique Diriangén Fútbol Club, which competes in the Nicaraguan Premier Division. The city is located 41 kilometers south of Managua.

Sheynnis Palacios’s beauty pageant journey

On July 3, 2016, Sheynnis won Miss Teen Nicaragua 2016 at Teatro Nacional Rubén Dario in Managua, besting 15 other candidates. At the same venue on April 25, 2017, she represented Managua at Miss Teen Universe 2017, competed against 25 other candidates and finished in the Top 10.

On February 15, 2020, Sheynnis represented Managua at Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2020 at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Managua and won the title. In December 2021, she represented Nicaragua at Miss World 2021, competed against 96 other candidates in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was selected as one of the 40 quarterfinalists.

Sheynnis was supposed to represent Nicaragua at Reinado Internacional del Café 2022 in Marizales, Caldas, Colombia on January 8, 2022 but she had to withdraw from the competition after testing positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19). She did not make it to the Top 13 when she competed against 39 other Miss World 2021 quarterfinalists at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan on March 16, 2022.

On August 5, 2023, Sheynnis represented Diriamba at Miss Nicaragua 2023 at Crowne Plaza Managua in Managua. She won the title, besting nine other finalists.

On November 18, 2023, Sheynnis represented Nicaragua in the 72nd edition of Miss Universe, competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador and won the town. On May 30, 2024, she turned 34.