Josuhara Gissell Brown Dixon
Age 4030 Jan 2024
Managua (Nicaragua)
Drowned
Josuhara's body was found a day after she had left her home.
Different Nicaraguan associations affiliated with the LGBTIQ+ collective reported, through their social networks, the death of Jasuhara Gissel Brown Dixon, winner of the Miss Gay Nicaragua 2011 beauty pageant. According to official information, the woman's body, which showed signs of violence, was found near the Los Sábalos pool, located in District VI of Managua.
According to the statements that Elisa Moreira, the victim's mother, gave to an official media outlet, Brown Dixon had been missing since Monday, January 29, but her body was recovered and handed over to the Police a day later.
Relatives knew about Brown Dixon's nights out, since she worked as a party decorator and returned home the next day. «What happened to her seems like a lie to me. She disappeared since yesterday (January 29) around 8 in the morning. She didn't walk alone, that's the strange thing. She must have been with someone and they only came to tell us today (January 30) in the morning. "We have to wait for the investigations to know what happened," Moreira told the official media.
Although Brown's body had bruises, a wound in the eye and in the frontal region, the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) confirmed that the woman from the capital died from "submersion." However, "it is known that there is one person detained for Dixon's death." Ortega police authorities have not yet provided an official version of the events.
Before her death, Dixon Brown worked as a dance, folklore teacher and dressmaker. In addition to participating in national beauty pageants, the victim was also crowned Miss Gay Central America 2013. The young transgender woman was a recognized figure within [the LGBT+ community] in Nicaragua, due to her victories in other pageants such as Miss Tabú and Diva Mañanera.
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https://www.laprensani.com/2024/01/30/sucesos/3272738-hallan-muerta-a-miss-gay-nicaragua-2011
