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Miss Nepal
मिस नेपाल

Logo of the Miss Nepal Beauty Pageant.
Formation	October 14, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-10-14)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Kathmandu
Location	Nepal
Membership	Miss World Miss International Miss Supranational Miss Earth Miss Asia Pacific International
Official language	Nepali & English
Key people	Miss Nepal: Gopal Sunder Lal Kakshapati (founder chairman) Miss Universe Nepal: Uddhab Adhikari ("Umanga Creation")(founder chairman)
Website	missnepal.com.np

Miss Nepal (Nepali: मिस नेपाल) is a national beauty pageant in Nepal. The winners are sent to Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supranational.

History

Ever since the pageant started from 1994, historically the winner of the Miss Nepal pageant represented the Nepal in the Miss Asia Pacific. After 1997, the Hidden Treasures collaborated with Kathmandu Jaycees and formed two pageants of Kathmandu Jacyees Miss Nepal and Hidden Treasures Miss World Nepal. From 1998 onwards, the winner of Miss Nepal has been sent to Miss World contest and the 1st runner-up to Miss Asia Pacific. No contest was held in 2001 because of the Nepalese royal massacre.

From 2004, the 2nd runner-up has been granted to represent Nepal in the pageant Miss Earth but it changed a year later, to 1st runner-up as it had been stopped sending to Miss Asia Pacific. In 2010, the 2nd runner-up has started to send to Miss International. Since 2011 onwards; the names of the 3rd runner-up and 4th runner-up were revealed while announcing the names of the winners on the Coronation Night. In 2017, Hidden Treasure acquired Miss Universe franchise and directly nominated Nagma Shrestha without any competition as the 1st Miss Universe Nepal 2017.^[1] Since 2018 onwards, all 4 winners are of equal position with no runner-ups.^[2]

As the press announcement of Miss Nepal 2020 by The Hidden treasure Miss Nepal 2020 will air live on Kantipur TV and this is the 1st time Miss Nepal will telecast on another national television after dropping contract with Nepal Television .Beside that The hidden treasure announced that Miss Universe franchise is no more with them so there will have only 4 winners for this years . The price money has been increased from NRS 100000 to NRS 250000 each to all 4 ladies. As of the news from the organizer on 20 March 2020, the contest has been postponed due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as informed by Chairman of Hidden Treasure Mr. Driwakar Rajkarnikar. More information is to be given on 30 April 2020 regarding the Miss Nepal 2020 contest.

Competition

Since 1994, every year women from age range of 19–24 years old compete on the national pageant of Miss Nepal. In which, 25 contestants are wisely chosen from across the country and they begin a one-month training & grooming course before the final event in which they participate in lectures, social work, photoshoots, interviews and etiquette lessons. On the coronation night, which lasts up to three hours long, all the candidates engage in an opening sequence, introduction speech (after which the top 14 semi-finalists are chosen who then compete in an interview portion with the judges), and an evening gown sequence, where the 7 finalists are chosen. This is when the final common question and answer round is held. At the end, the names of 5 winner are announced from live telecast in Nepal Television.

Tasks

• Miss Nepal's have to represent Nepal into their respective international beauty pageants.
• Miss Nepal gets to be a Young Conservation Ambassador for the activities of WWF Nepal.^[3]
• Relevant and important charity work with Maiti Nepal & HIV & Aids Campaign.

Requirements

Requirements for selection of participants of the hidden treasure, Miss Nepal:

• The applicant should be an unmarried female Nepalese citizen.
• Age should be between 18 and 27 years.
• Minimum academic qualification should be 10+2 or equivalent.
• Minimum height must be 5 ft 3 inches (160 cm).
• Applicant should possess sound health.
• No tattoo on body.

Notable winners and contestants

• Ruby Rana (Miss Nepal 1994)
• Nilima Gurung (Miss Nepal 1997)
• Niru Shrestha Gurung (Miss Nepal 1998)
• Malvika Subba (Miss Nepal 2002)
• Anita Gurung (Miss Nepal Earth 2004)
• Sarah Gurung (Miss Nepal Asia Pacific 2005)
• Anupama Aura Gurung (Miss Nepal Earth 2011)
• Shristi Shrestha (Miss Nepal World 2012)
• Ishani Shrestha (Miss Nepal World 2013)
• Shrinkhala Khatiwada (Miss Nepal World 2018)
• Priya Sigdel (Miss Nepal Earth 2018)
• Manita Devkota (Miss Nepal Universe 2018)
• Anushka Shrestha (Miss Nepal World 2019)
• Namrata Shrestha (Miss Nepal World 2020)

Controversial contestants

• 1998 Winner Jyoti Pradhan was dethroned when it was discovered that she had fled to the US after she finish competed in Miss World 1998. Therefore, 1st runner-up Niru Shrestha was crowned first place.
• 2012 Contestant Rashmita Maharjan was injured during the scooter practice, resulting her to quit the contest. She later, came back in 2014 contest and made it to Top 10 semi-finalist.
• 2014 Contestant Mona Bajracharya's family was unhappy with her competing in the pageant which resulted with her quitting from the contest which give an odd number, from 20 to 19 contestants.
• 2014 First Runner-up Prinsha Shrestha was the second Miss Nepal to be dethroned due to breaking the rules from her contract with Hidden Treasure by competing in Miss Eco Queens 2015 pageant. 2nd runner-up Sonie Rajbhandari was then given the title of Miss Nepal Earth 2014 (1st runner-up).

Winners' gallery

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  Miss Nepal 1994
  Ruby Rana, Birgunj

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  Miss Nepal 2002
  Malvika Subba, Kathmandu

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  Miss Nepal World 2004
  Payal Shakya, Kathmandu

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  Miss Nepal World 2007
  Sitashma Chand, Lalitpur

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  Miss Nepal World 2011
  Malina Joshi, Dharan

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  Miss Nepal World 2012
  Shristi Shrestha, Chitwan

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  Miss Nepal World 2017
  Nikita Chandak, Miss Urlabari

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  Miss Universe Nepal 2018
  Manita Devkota, Gorkha

Runners-Up at Miss Nepal

State titles

There is an unofficial formula to determine the states and regions represented in Nepal. The base number of contestants over the last decade has been 19–20, which can be increased or decreased by pageant's management.

Year	Miss Photogenic	Miss Talent (1994-2023); Miss Delight (2022)	Miss Catwalk; Miss Stylish (2020); Miss Glamour (2022)	Miss Personality; Woman of Substance (2020); Miss Vibrant (2022)	Miss Best Smile (1994–2013); Beauty with a Purpose (2014–present)
1994	Ruby Rana Parsa District, Nepal	Annu Radha Pudasaini Kathmandu District, Nepal	Ruby Rana Parsa District, Nepal	Latika Maskey Lalitpur District, Nepal	Beenu Shrestha Lalitpur District, Nepal
1995	Rita Gurung Kaski District, Nepal	Eelina Ranjit Parsa District, Nepal	Poonam Ghimire Kathmandu District, Nepal	Poonam Ghimire Kathmandu District, Nepal	Trishna Kunwar Nawalparasi District, Nepal
1996	Poonam Ghimire Kathmandu District, Nepal	Tsering Lhamo Zunglo Kathmandu District, Nepal	Kala Subba Sunsari District, Nepal	Binita Gurung Kaski District, Nepal	Shova Chand Baitadi District, Nepal
1997	Charu Joshi Lalitpur District, Nepal	Nilima Gurung Kaski District, Nepal	Yogita Pradhan Sunsari District, Nepal	Nilima Gurung Kaski District, Nepal	Sarita Gyawali Chitwan District, Nepal
1998	Jyoti Pradhan Kathmandu District, Nepal	Niru Shrestha Kathmandu District, Nepal	Jyoti Pradhan Kathmandu District, Nepal	Niru Shrestha Kathmandu District, Nepal	Kriti Shrestha Sunsari District, Nepal
1999	Kripa Shrestha Kaski District, Nepal	Shweta Singh Kathmandu District, Nepal	Nikita Bhandari Kathmandu District, Nepal	Nikita Bhandari Kathmandu District, Nepal	Ritu Subba Lalitpur District, Nepal
2000	Usha Khadgi Parsa District, Nepal	Rajeswori Shrestha Kathmandu District, Nepal	Biva Maya Ranjeet Kathmandu District, Nepal	Usha Khadghi Parsa District, Nepal	Jasmine Shrestha Kaski District, Nepal
2002	Pinky Shah Kathmandu District, Nepal	Malvika Subba Sunsari District, Nepal	Malvika Subba Sunsari District, Nepal	Malvika Subba Sunsari District, Nepal	Sugan Sharma Morang District, Nepal Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Miss_Nepal >Text je dostupný pod licencí Creative Commons Uveďte autora – Zachovejte licenci, případně za dalších podmínek. Podrobnosti naleznete na stránce Podmínky užití. Zdroj: Wikipedia.org - čítajte viac o Miss Nepal Navigace: Módní doplňky > Šperkařství Šperky Chytré hodinky Galanterie Hodinářské firmy Hodinky Hodiny Módní doplňky Minerály Pokrývky hlavy Sklářství Zlatníci Zlatnictví Příbuzné výrazy : Řetízek (ozdoba) Šátek Beadweaving Bižuterie Bolo Dřevěný motýlek Deštník Digitálky Fiží Galanterie Hodinky Kšandy Kapesník Korálek Kravata Lanyard Modista Motýlek (oděvní doplněk) Odznak Pléd Placka (odznak) Rukávník Spona na kravatu Sponka do vlasů Tabulky (kolárek) Vějíř Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Copyright.sk © 2024