Hidden Treasures Ruslan FM 95.2 Miss Nepal 2019, the 24th edition of Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 9 May 2019 at Laboratory H.S. premises, Kirtipur, Nepal. Nepalese delegates for Miss Universe 2019, Miss World 2019, Miss Earth 2019, Miss International 2019 and Miss Supranational 2019 were selected.
Overview The Top 5 winners of 2018 crowned their successors: Miss Nepal Universe 2018 Manita Devkota crowned Pradeepta Adhikari as the Miss Universe Nepal 2019. Miss Nepal World 2018 Shrinkhala Khatiwada crowned Anushka Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2019. Miss Nepal Earth 2018 Priya Sigdel crowned Riya Basnet as Miss Nepal Earth 2019. Miss Nepal International 2018 Ronali Amatya crowned Meera Kakshapati as Miss Nepal International 2019. Miss Nepal Supranational 2018 Mahima Singh crowned Rose Lama as Miss Nepal Supranational 2019.
In addition, the winners received Rs 100,000 as prize money for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held from 13 to 24 March in Birtamode, Birgunj, Butwal, Chitwan, Dhangadhi, Dharan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara and Kathmandu. Regional pageants winners like Miss Pokhara; Miss Purwanchal, Miss Western Nepal and Miss Nepal Oceania 2018 (Anushka Shrestha) were directly qualified for Top 25 of the Miss Nepal 2019 along with one contestant from Livon Wild Card entry. Miss Hong Kong Nepal 2018 (Priya Gurung) was barred from participating due to the age limit.
NTV and NTV PLUS broadcast the pageant live for the Nepalese at home and abroad.
Results
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Final resultsContestantInternational pageantInternational Results Miss Universe Nepal 2019 - Pradeepta AdhikariMiss Universe 2019Unplaced Miss Nepal World 2019 - Anushka ShresthaMiss World 2019Top 12 Head-to-Head Challenge (Round 1 & 2) Beauty with a Purpose Miss Multimedia Miss Nepal Earth 2019 - Riya Basnet (●)Miss Earth 2019Unplaced Miss Nepal International 2019 Bhaktapur - Meera KakshapatiMiss International 2019Unplaced Miss Nepal Supranational 2019 Jorpati - Rose LamaMiss Supranational 2019Unplaced Top 10 - Supra Fan Vote Top 16 - Supra Chat with ValeriaTop 7 – Rakshya UpretiMiss Eco International 2023Top 21 – Sophiya BhujelMiss Universe 2022UnplacedTop 14 – Nisha PathakMiss Grand International 2019Unplaced Bhairahawa – Shiwani Ghimire Chitwan – Nancy Bogati – Jenny Maharjan – Pratha Adhikari Lalitpur – Nikita Karmacharya Lalitpur – Suveksha Adhikari
(●): The candidate is the winner of Miss Popular Choice (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 14 semi-Finalists.
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Award Contestant Miss Athletic – Pradeepta Adhikari Beauty with a Purpose Lalitpur - Nikita Karmacharya Miss Confident - Nisha Pathak The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect - Anushka Shrestha Miss Talent - Pradeepta Adhikari Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic Jorpati - Rose Lama Yamaha Face of Fascino - Anushka Shrestha Miss Friendship Chitwan - Nancy Bogati Berger Miss Glamour Jorpati - Rose Lama Bip Miss Popular Choice - Riya Basnet Miss Best Natural Skin - Jenny Maharjan
Contestants # Contestants Age Height Home Town Education 1 Nisha Pathak 22 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBA 2 Alisha Joshi 23 Pokhara, Kaski District BBA 3 Sophiya Bhujel 23 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBM 4 Riya Basnet 22 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBA 5 Sanskriti Ghimire 23 Bhairahawa, Rupandehi District B.Sc 6 Anushka Shrestha 23 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BA in Commerce 7 Jenny Maharjan 24 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District B.Pharm. 8 Ashmita Maharjan 22 Lalitpur, Lalitpur District BE computer 9 Kiran Thapa 22 Bauddha, Kathmandu District B.Arch(pursuing) 10 Pradeepta Adhikari 23 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District MBBS(3rd Year) 11 Nikita Karmacharya 21 Lalitpur, Lalitpur District BSW 12 Rose Lama 20 Jorpati, Kathmandu District TBD 13 Sara Bajimaya 23 Pokhara, Kaski District Master's in Microbiology 14 Laxmi Raut 23 Hattiban Lalitpur, Lalitpur District MBA 15 Rakshya Upreti 22 Purano Baneshwor, Kathmandu District Bio-Technology 16 Meera Kakshapati 23 Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur District BBS 17 Jenisha Thapaliya 23 Morang, Morang District M.Ec(pursuing) 18 Pooja Shrestha 22 Bhadrapur, Jhapa District BBA 19 Bipana Subedi 20 Chitwan District BSc in Forestry 20 Suveksha Adhikari 21 Lalitpur, Lalitpur District BBA(pursuing) 21 Prakriti Katwal 24 Birtamod, Jhapa District MBBS 5th year 22 Nancy Bogati 24 Chitwan District B. E. Computer 23 Shiwani Ghimire 21 Bhairahawa, Rupandehi District B.E Computer 24 Santwana Malakar 22 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District B. Architect 25 Pratha Adhikari 23 Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBM (●) The winner of NMag Miss Popular Choice (online voting) got direct entry in Top 15 Semi-Finalists.
Previous Experience
(#) Anushka Shrestha is the winner of Miss Nepal Oceania 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. (#) Sara Bajimaya is Miss Pokhara 2018 and got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. (#) Pooja Shrestha is Miss Purwanchal 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. (#) Shiwani Ghimire is the winner of Miss Western Nepal 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. (#) Rose Lama was Miss Nepal California 2017. (#) Nisha Pathak is the Winner of the Pageant Miss Global International 2014, which was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. She also bagged the Miss Discipline title at the event. Besides, she represented Nepal at the Miss Heritage International 2015 pageant held in New Delhi, India. She was one of the top 5 winners at the event.
References
External links Miss Nepal Website Miss Nepal Official Website