Beauty and politics apparently don't mix in Nicaragua. Ida Patricia Delaney was named Miss Nicaragua Saturday, giving rise to speculation that she was chosen because she is the daughter of Tomas Delaney, one of President Violeta Chamorro's legal advisers.
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One Managua newspaper said that all six contest judges are friends of the Delaney family."The corruption in Nicaragua is so extensive that the country can't even elect a national beauty queen in an honest manner," said an unnamed pageant observer quoted by the newspaper.