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Miss Universe recalls struggles with debilitating anxiety: 'I didn't want to get out of bed'
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Miss Thailand Anntonia Porsild was first runner-up and Miss Australia Moraya Wilson was the second runner-up. Miss Universe was last held in El Salvador in 1975.
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"In that moment, I was like, ‘Oh my goodness. It’s real? It’s real," the 23-year-old Palacios told Fox News Digital. "I can’t believe it. I told the girls, ‘This is not real.’ And they told me, ‘Yes, girl, you won.' … I thought of my mom and my family, Nicaragua, all the people in my country … and of course, all the work I did before I started the competition. … It was like a dream come true." The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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