22-year-old Becomes First Plus-Size Model At Beauty Pageant!
This is the first time a plus-size woman appeared on the stage of the pageant.
The Central American nation El Salvador became the venue for the 2023 edition of the Miss Universe Pageant. Unlike the previous editions, the latest edition of Pageant is very special as the event saw many things that are firsts in many things.
Miss Universe 2023 broke many stereotypes. 22-year-old Miss Nepal Jane Dipika Garrett became the first plus-size woman to participate in the beauty pageant. This is the first time a plus-size woman appeared on the stage of the pageant.
The 22-year-old said that she is representing all women and wants to prove a point that following the beauty standards is not required and with this, she wants to send a strong message about body positivity.
Miss Nepal grabbed everyone’s attention when the preliminaries of the beauty event were held earlier last week. She was awarded the crowd-favorite. After she walked the ramp, she was awarded as the crowd-favorite
The other specialties of the beauty pageant are such that two transgender women and two mothers also took part in the event. Seeing such participants independently is very rare, but the 2023 edition of the event which marks the 72nd edition beauty pageant made us witness these women taking part in the event.
On the other hand, Sheynnis Palacios was crowned the title. The 23-year-old scripted history by merging as the first Nicaragua woman to get crowned with the title. Amid cheers and claps, she was awarded the winner of the event.