Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्र्यान्ड नेपाल) is a title awarded to Nepali woman to represent at Miss Grand International. The contest that chooses the Nepali delegate is Miss Vibhaa since 2023. Sumnima Puri from Karnali Province will represent Nepal at Miss Grand International 2026, as announced by Miss Vibhaa pageant.
History The pageant was founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment,. Nepal's first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any national pageant. The first edition of Miss Grand Nepal happened after a Kathmandu-based event organizer Looks Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Mero Looks) had obtained the license in 2016, the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner. Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues, Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.
Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017 to 2018, audition events were held across Nepal to find contestants for the pageant. In 2019 the RK group lost its Miss Grand Nepal franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group. The contest was only held twice, in 2020 and 2022, in other years, representatives were appointed.
The Miss Grand Nepal Beauty Pageant is now under Miss Vibhaa led by Uddhab Adhikari.
Editions Date and venue The following list is the edition details of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016. Presently, Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creations is the official licensee of Miss Grand Nepal as assigned by Miss Grand International. There was direct appointment of titleholders from 2013 to 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023, hence no competitions held.
Edition DateFinal venueEntrants 1st23 August 2016Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taragaon, Kathmandu10 2nd4 August 2018Hotel Gurkha Heritage, Kathmandu10 3rd13 December 2020Mojo Boutique Hotel, Baneshwor, Kathmandu104th15 September 2022Hotel Shanker, Kathmandu14
Titleholders Year Miss Grand Nepal Runners-up Organizers 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 2013Ashmita SitoulaNo runners upLooks Entertainment2014Srijana Regmi2015Jenita Basnet2016Zeenus LamaPooja ShresthaJyotsana Maharjan2018Urussa JoshiSireng Eksha MadenRiya GaihreRK Entertainment2019Nisha PathakNo runners upBolly Group Nepal2020Ambika RanaSujina ShahiSujata Gurung2021Ronali AmatyaNo runners up2022Aishworya ShresthaBarsha BhandariRakchya Upreti2023Garima GhimireNo runners upMiss Vibhaa2024Prema Lamgade2025Jessica Singh ThakuriNishita JoshiNisha Shrestha2026Sumnima Puri__
Winners' gallery
Nepal at Miss Grand International
YearMiss Grand NepalDistrict/ City National TitlePlacementSpecial Awards 2026 Sumnima Puri Surkhet Miss Grand Nepal 2026 TBA2025Jessica Singh Thakuri LalitpurMiss Vibhaa Grand 2025Unplaced 2024Prema LamgadeBhairahawaMiss Vibhaa Grand 2024Unplaced 2023Garima GhimireBiratnagarMiss Vibhaa Grand 2023 Unplaced 2022Aishworya ShresthaKathmanduMiss Grand Nepal 2022 Unplaced 2021Ronali AmatyaKathmanduMiss Grand Nepal 2021 Unplaced 2020Ambika RanaPokharaMiss Grand Nepal 2020 Unplaced 2019Nisha PathakKathmanduTop 14 at Miss Nepal 2019 Unplaced 2018Urussa JoshiKathmanduMiss Grand Nepal 2018 Unplaced 2017Zeenus LamaRampurMiss Grand Nepal 2016 Unplaced 2016colspan="2" 2015Jenita BasnetKathmanduMiss Grand Nepal 2015Unplaced 2014Srijana RegmiKathmanduMiss Grand Nepal 2014Unplaced 2013Ashmita SitoulaJhapaTop 10 of Miss Nepal 2013Unplaced
MGI All Stars Nepal The title holder of "Miss Grand International All Stars Nepal" is responsible to represent Nepal at Miss Grand International All Stars edition. +MGI All Stars Nepal TitleholdersOrganizerEditionMGI All Stars NepalInternational ResultsFinal PlacementPreliminary Judges' Score (10)Special AwardsNOVA International2ndSmriti Shrestha, ManthaliTBATBATBAPrema Lamgade, BhairahawaTBATBATBA1stSanskriti Bhatta, DhangadhiUnplaced7.02 None
References
External links
2019 – 2022 Official website