The Hidden Treasures Ruslan Miss Nepal 2017, the 22nd annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 2 June 2017 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. The Nepalese delegates for Miss Universe 2017, Miss World 2017, Miss Earth 2017, Miss International 2017 and Miss Asia Pacific International 2017 were selected through the pageant.
Overview Miss Nepal 2016 Asmi Shrestha crowned her successor Nikita Chandak as the new Miss Nepal World 2017 who represented Nepal in the Miss World 2017."Nikita Chandak won Miss Nepal 2017" Lagatar.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
At the same event, Roshni Khatri crowned her successor Rojina Shrestha as Miss Earth Nepal 2017 and Barsha Lekhi crowned her successor Niti Shah as Miss International Nepal 2017. Sahara Basnet was crowned as Miss Nepal Asia Pacific International.
Later in a special event held at Hotel Annapurna, Nagma Shrestha was crowned as the Miss Universe Nepal 2017 to represent Nepal at Miss Universe 2017.
The winner of Miss Nepal 2017 served as the brand ambassador of popular drink Fanta and WWF Nepal for a year. In addition, she received $1,000 as prize for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held in Dharan, Birgunj, Chitwan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Butwal and Kathmandu.
NTV and NTV PLUS broadcast the pageant live and for the Nepalese abroad. Miss Nepal 2017 was live streamed on M&S V Magazine's official website.
Results
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Final resultsContestantInternational pageantInternational Results Miss Universe Nepal 2017 - Nagma ShresthaMiss Universe 2017Unplaced Miss Nepal 2017 Biratnagar - Nikita Chandak (●)Miss World 2017Top 40 Head-to-Head Challenge 2nd runner-up - Miss Multimedia Top 10 - People's Choice Award Top 20 - Beauty with a Purpose Top 30 - Top Model Miss Nepal Earth 2017 - Rojina ShresthaMiss Earth 2017Unplaced Miss Nepal International 2017 Ghorahi - Niti ShahMiss International 2017Unplaced Miss Nepal Asia Pacific 2017 Lalitpur - Sahara BasnetMiss Asia Pacific International 2017Unplaced Top 7 Birgunj – Rojina Amatya Shrestha - Rakchya Karki Tansen - Manzari SinghTop 14 Bhadrapur - Priyanka Khadka Bharatpur – Urusha Adhikari Biratnagar – Barsha Pokharel Butwal – Narmata Gurung Dhading – Anusha Lamsal – Aasina Baral Lalitpur – Rinku Bajracharya
(●): The candidate won the Miss Popular Choice Award (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 14 semi-Finalists.
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Award Contestant Best in Evening Gown Biratnagar – Nikita Chandak The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect Lalitpur - Sahara Basnet Berger Miss Talent Butwal - Narmata Gurung Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic Dhading - Anusha Lamsal Miss Popular Biratnagar - Nikita Chandak Miss Friendship - Rojina Shrestha Miss Fascino Ghorahi - Niti Shah Miss Confident Biratnagar - Nikita Chandak Beauty with a Purpose Biratnagar - Dristi Katwal Miss Best Complexion Ghorahi - Niti Shah Miss Athletic Tansen - Manzari Singh
Contestants # Contestants Age Height Representing Home Town Placement Special Award 1 Swostika Silwal 19 Lalitpur Lalitpur District 2 Rinku Bajracharya 23 Lalitpur Lalitpur District Top 143 Priyanka Khadka 22 Bhadrapur Jhapa District Top 14 4 Anusha Lamsal 22 Dhading Dhading District Top 14 Miss Photogenic 5 Narmata Gurung 20 Butwal Rupandehi District Top 14 Miss Talent 6 Rojina Amatya Shrestha 22 Birgunj Parsa District Top 7 Finalists 7 Rojina Shrestha 23 Kathmandu Kathmandu District Miss Earth Nepal Miss Friendship 8 Aasina Baral 19 Kathmandu Kathmandu District Top 14 9 Anita Bhandari 24 Syangja Syangja District 10 Rakchya Karki 23 Kathmandu Kathmandu District Top 7 Finalists 11 Niti Shah 21 Ghorahi Dang District Miss International Nepal Miss Fascino Best Complexion 12 Urusha Adhikari 22 Bharatpur Chitwan District Top 14 13 Manzari Singh 22 Tansen Palpa District Top 7 Finalists Miss Athletic 14 Nikita Chandak 20 Biratnagar Morang District Miss World Nepal Miss Confident Miss Popular Choice 15 Gyani Maiya Baral 23 Pokhara Kaski District 16 Dristi Katwal 23 Biratnagar Morang District Beauty with a Purpose 17 Sahara Basnet 22 Lalitpur Lalitpur District Miss Asia Pacific Nepal Miss Intellect 18 Barsha Pokharel 22 Biratnagar Morang District Top 14 Miss Beautiful Hair 19 Kritika Giri 19 Bhadrapur Jhapa District
Niti Shah is the 1st runner up of Face of House of Fashion Season 1. Narmata Gurung is the winner of Hunt for Supermodel Season 2 (2016) which was organized in Hong Kong.
Previous Experience (#1) Eksha Maden was 2nd runner up in Miss Purwanchal 2016 regional pageant which gave her the direct entry to Miss Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants. (#2) Sadikshya Pandey is the winner of Miss Pokhara 2016 regional pageant giving her a sport in Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants.
(#3) Suman Gurung is the winner of Miss Chitwan 2017 regional pageant which gave her the direct entry to Miss Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants.
References
External links Miss Nepal Website Miss Nepal Official Website