Popular Beauty Queens of Miss Nepal

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Neelima Gurung Miss Nepal 1997

The first on our list of prominent beauty queens from Nepal is Miss Nepal 1997 Neelima Gurung. In addition to winning the coveted crown, Neelima was also awarded with the title of Miss Personality, and she totally deserved the award. Miss Pokhara 1996, Neelima, was the first participant from Pokhara to win the competition. At the time of crowning, Neelima was 19 years old. After about 12 years of winning the title, Neelima started a fitness center in her hometown – Pokhara, wherein she teaches Zumba to interested girls.

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Jharana Bajracharya Miss Nepal World Nepal 1997

Jharana Barjracharya is more popular as Miss Nepal 1997 than the actual title of Miss World Nepal 1997. A question has often been raised that if Neelima Gurun won the Miss Nepal title then why is Jharana Bajracharya called Miss Nepal 1997. Well, the fact is that there were two contests organised separately in 1997. At first Kathmandu Jaycees organised the pageant to select Miss Nepal, later that same year Hidden Treasure went on their own to organise Miss World Nepal. Jharana is the youngest Miss World Nepal till date, and also the first one. Jharana was 16 when she got crowned, and after winning the title she went on to rule the film industry of Nepal. She is also popular as a renowned model in Nepal.

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Rekha Thapa Miss Nepal 1999 Top 10 Finalist

Next on our list of prominent beauty queens from Nepal is Rekha Thapa. Rekha was among the Top 10 finalists of Miss Nepal 1999. She might not have won the crown, but the beauty queen has received immense popularity in Nepal. Rekha made her movie debut in Nepal in the year 2001 and has worked in around 200 Nepali movies. She gained instant popularity in the country due to her portrayal of glamorous roles. Rekha owns the movie production house Rekha Entertainment. She won the CG Digital Film Awards for Best Actress, and in 2011 she also won the NEFTA Film Awards for Best Actress.

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Malvika Subba Miss Nepal 2002

This next beauty won the Miss Nepal title in 2002, and along with winning the crown, she was also awarded with the Special Award of Miss Personality, Miss Best Hair and Miss Talent. Nepalese media personality, beauty queen, actress, television host, social activist and entrepreneur, are the professions Malvika has explored till date. Malvika was 21 when she won the title, and since then has achieved a lot with her dedication and hard work. Setting an example, Malvika can be considered as a successful Nepali model and the best Miss Nepal the pageant has ever discovered.

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Reecha Sharma Miss Nepal 2007 Top 10 Finalist

Just like Rekha Thapa, Reecha Sharma was also one of the ten semifinalists of Miss Nepal 2007. Reecha has been popular for her music videos and rampwalk. She made her debut in the world of movies in the year 2010 and since then, Reecha has only seen her popularity graph going upwards. Since her childhood days, Reecha has been passionate about entering the glamour world. She is not just a well known actress, in fact the beauty queen has been contributing to the society as a Youth Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity, and the beauty is also working with various organisations towards educating girls. Truly a beauty with a purpose..!!

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Sahana Bajracharya Miss Nepal 2010 First Runner up

Sahana Bajracharya was crowned as Miss Nepal Earth in 2010 and represented the country at the Miss Earth 2010 pageant. According to Sahana, the Miss Nepal is more than just a title, and the winner needs to have a vision on how she would give back to the society that has given her so much. Sahana is an actress, model and host and hosted the Mega Model Season 2, the local version of America's Next Top Model. Sahana has been a show stopper for many Tenzin Tseten Bhutia shows and has been featured on many magazine covers. Sahana was also selected to represent Nepal in the Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 beauty pageant which was held in Korea in October where she was amongst the top 15 semi-finalists.

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Shristi Shrestha Miss Nepal 2012

She is gorgeous, she is beautiful, and she is next on our list of popular beauty queens from Nepal, she is Shristi Shrestha. Shristi defeated 12 contestants to win the Miss Nepal 2012 title. She was the first Miss Nepal to reach to Top 20 of the Miss World. Not just that, she achieved the 8th position in the Beach Beauty contest of Miss World, and was among the Top 10 for Multimedia Awards. She also won the 'Public Choice award' during the Miss World pageant and was placed among the Top 10 Dancers in Miss World 2012. Shristi has also proven herself in the social front as well. She was the WWF Young Conservation Ambassador during her tenure of Miss Nepal 2012. She also initiated a relief campaign in Siraha named ‘Rahat Siraha’.

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Nagma Shrestha Miss Nepal Earth 2012

Nagma Shrestha won the Miss Nepal Earth title at the Miss Nepal 2012 pageant and represented the country at the Miss Earth 2012 pageant. She became the first winner from Nepal to make it to the Top 8 finalists list at Miss Earth pageant. She also won the 3rd runner up in World Miss University 2016 in China. Aside from establishing herself as a true beauty queen, Nagma is also a producer and presenter of her new show Steps, a travel show. She is also the goodwill ambassador of Childreach Nepal and Ujayalo Foundation and is actively involved in social works.

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Ishani Shrestha Miss Nepal 2013

Next on the list of prominent Miss Nepal beauty queens is Miss Nepal 2013 Ishani Shrestha. Ishani represented Nepal at the Miss World 2013 pageant and created history by securing a Top 10 position at the Miss World pageant and also winning the Beauty with a Purpose award for her campaign, “project smile”. Ishani was also the second runner-up at the Multimedia Award. She is now a well established media personality, model, and a business entrepreneur. She also worked as Young Conservation Ambassador for World Wildlife Fund in Nepal. She has undoubtedly turned out to be an inspiration for the youth of Nepal.

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Asmi Shrestha Miss Nepal 2016

Miss Nepal 2016 Asmi Shrestha represented Nepal at the Miss World 2016 pageant. The 23 year old did find a position at the Beauty with a Purpose competition where she was placed as one of the Top 5 contestants. The 5 ft 8 in tall beauty from Tandi competed with 116 contestants at the finals of the 66th edition of Miss World, on 18 December 2016, held at the MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S.A. Asmi was a renowned name in Nepal even before she joined the Miss Nepal pageant. Before participating at Miss Nepal, she had worked in various music videos, TV commercials and shows. Her beauty, talent and determination to work hard had led her to success till date in modelling industry.

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Nikita Chandak Miss Nepal 2017

Nikita Chandak is one of the beauties who defeated 19 other competitors and won the coveted title of Miss Nepal 2017 at the age of 20. She also represented her country in Miss World 2017 and was placed in Top 30. She was the first Miss Nepal to find her place in Top Model Competition. Apart from this, she was adjudged the 2nd runner-up in Multimedia award and found her place in Top 10 in People’s Choice Award. In Beauty with a Purpose program, she was placed in Top 20. She had been succeeding a lot in pageantry. Talking about her academics, she is a fashion communication student but kicked off her career in her debut at the TGIF Fashion Week. Nikita is a native of Morang and truly a gem and has a way long journey of success ahead.

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Niti Shah Miss Nepal International 2017

In our list of prominent beauty queens from Nepal is Niti Shah, who is a young beautiful diva, who represented her country Nepal in Miss International 2017. Prior to winning Miss Nepal International 2017, she was adjudged the most popular face of EnVogue and secured the position of the 1st runner-up in Face's House of Fashion 2013. Besides being the beauty pageant titleholder, the young beauty is an aspired model in which she has been the face of various fashion magazines like, Teenz, Vow, Naari, Navyaata. The diva is also reigning a lot on social media and is admired much by her fans and followers.

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Manita Devkota Miss Nepal Universe 2018

Manita Devkota is a beautiful Nepalese model, who is more popularly known as Miss Nepal Universe 2018 as represented the country Nepal in Miss Universe 2018. She was the only second delegate from Nepal to participate in Miss Universe and was placed in Top 10. Manita holds up a degree in Public Health which she reviewed from East Carolina University and has been in the Dean's list for seven semesters straight. This proves that she set a perfect example of beauty with brains. Moreover, she aims to become an attorney and the sole purpose for that is to help women in her country dealing with health-related issues and to also to educate them about their rights and aid them further for that. Besides this, she is also an Ambassador of Women's Health at Days for Girls International and is quite passionate to advocate for girl’s education, public health, and women empowerment. Such a cordial and helpful attitude of hers will take her to the top of the world.

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Shrinkhala Khatiwada Miss World Nepal 2018

In addition to the list of prominent beauties of Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwada is another name that has left a notable mark in pageantry by her mind-blowing performances. She is the titleholder of Miss World Nepal 2018 and won the sub-title of 'Miss Fascino' and 'Miss Beautiful Hair'. With her talent and courage, she represented in Miss World 2018 and was placed in Top 12. Shrinkhala was also awarded the title of ‘Beauty with a Purpose’ and she totally deserved it. Before being placed in Top 12, she received the maximum number of votes amongst all the contestant of Miss World 2018 and was awarded Miss Multimedia Award which placed her directly in Top 30. She dreams to be the first Lady Prime Minister of Nepal and wants to continue studying architecture expertise in future for the well-being of humans in her motherland.