Maria Laura Ramirez is Miss World Nicaragua 2016

Maria Laura Ramirez was crowned Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2016. The finals was held on October 25 at the Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío in Managua. She is 18 years old from Masaya.  and will represent the country at the Miss World 2016 pageant. She defeated 14 other contestants to clinch to the title and was crowned by the outgoing queen, Stefania Alema.

The runner ups were María Alejandra Alfaro (1RU), Oriana Julissa Sánchez (2RU) and María Gabriela Salgado (3RU)

Ramirez is currently studying Social Communications at the Universidad Centroamericana. She participated in Miss Teen Nicaragua 2013 which she said the contest made her a stronger woman and gave a lot of good experience which she wants to follow lifelong even though she didnt make it to the finals. She likes gymming, reading and writing, as she thinks intelligence is something that lasts forever.

Ever since her participation at the pageant, she wanted to win. Her main idea was to bring a change to her country with her influential work.