"Miss Nicaragua Pageant Director Arrested for Orchestrating 'Beauty Queen Coup' Scheme"

The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, is wanted for arrest by Nicaraguan police on charges of rigging contests to ensure that anti-government beauty queens would win, as part of a plot to overthrow the government. The charges stem from the participation of Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, in the 2018 anti-government protests. The government of President Daniel Ortega claims the protests were a coup attempt, while his opponents argue they were a response to his repressive rule. Celebertti, her husband, and son face charges of "treason to the motherland." The government has cracked down on opposition groups, closed universities, and expelled opponents in recent years.