{{Short description|Miss Nepal 2016}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder|name=Asmi Shrestha|birth_date={{birth date and age|1993|06|30|df=y}}|birth_place=[[Tandi]], [[Chitwan district|Chitwan]]|education=Bachelor of Business Administration|native_name=अस्मी श्रेष्ठ|native_name_lang=ne|competitions=[[Miss Nepal]]|title=Miss Nepal 2016|height=1.75m|alma_mater=Ace Institute of Management|occupation=[[Model (person)|Model]]}}
'''Asmi Shrestha''' (born 30 June 1993) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] [[Model (person)|model]] and beauty pageant titleholder who won the 2016 [[Miss Nepal]] pageant.<ref name="wikinepal1">{{cite web |author= |date=2016-03-19 |title=Asmi Shrestha |url=http://www.wikinepal.org/ashmi-shrestha/ |accessdate=2016-07-23 |website=WikiNepal.org |publisher=}}</ref> She represented [[Nepal]] at the [[Miss World 2016]] competition.<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-04-09 |title=अश्मी श्रेष्ठ बनिन् मिस नेपाल २०१६ |url=http://ujyaaloonline.com/news/55810/rss.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505073219/http://ujyaaloonline.com/news/55810/rss.php |archive-date=2019-05-05 |accessdate= |website=Ujyaalo Online}}</ref>
== Early life == Shrestha was born on 30 June 1993 in [[Tandi]], [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]], [[Nepal]]. She obtained a [[Bachelor of Business Administration]] from Ace Institute of Management, [[Kathmandu]], in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=2016-04-14 |title=Interesting facts about Miss Nepal World Asmi Shrestha |url=http://www.nepalchronicle.com/interesting-facts-miss-nepal-world-asmee-shrestha/2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711023605/http://www.nepalchronicle.com/interesting-facts-miss-nepal-world-asmee-shrestha/2/ |archive-date=2016-07-11 |accessdate=2016-07-23 |website=Nepal Chronicle |publisher=}}</ref>
==Career== In 2010, Shrestha started her modelling career at age 16 for Classic Diamond Jewelers. In 2012, she was featured in Sonam Tashi Gurung's music video for ''Birsana Sakinna''.
In 2014, she competed in the Face of Diamond competition by Classic Diamond Jewelers, where she won the main title.<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-09-30 |title=Asme crowned as the new face of Classic Diamond Jewelry |url=https://glamournepal.com/asmee-crowned-new-face-classic-diamond-jewelry |archive-url= |archive-date= |accessdate=2023-12-23 |website=Glamour Nepal |publisher=Fox Media Pvt.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-09-27 |title=Ashmi Shrestha is the new face of Classic Diamond Jwellers |url=https://neostuffs.com/2014/09/27/asmee-shrestha-new-face-classic-diamond-jwellers/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=NeoStuffs |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2016, Shrestha participated in the [[Miss Nepal 2016]] competition as contestant number 11. She won the titles for Best Evening Gown, Miss Photogenic and Miss Personality before taking the main title of Miss Nepal 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=मामुबाबा सम्झेँर रोएँ : अस्मी श्रेष्ठ, मिस नेपाल २०१६ |url=http://gorkhapatraonline.com/index/news/23396 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505080248/http://gorkhapatraonline.com/index/news/23396 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |accessdate= |website=GorkhapatraOnline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Miss Nepal 2016 Archive |url=http://www.missnepal.com.np/archives/2016 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |accessdate=2023-12-23 |website=Miss Nepal |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shah |first=Mausam |date=2016-04-08 |title=Asmi Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal World 2016 |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/asmi-shrestha-crowned-miss-nepal-world-2016/ |accessdate=2016-07-23 |website=The Himalayan Times |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2016-04-08 |title=Asmi Shrestha is Miss Nepal 2016 |url=http://myrepublica.com/feature-article/story/40208/miss-nepal-pageant-2016-gets-underway.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613031344/http://myrepublica.com/feature-article/story/40208/miss-nepal-pageant-2016-gets-underway.html |archive-date=2016-06-13 |accessdate=2016-07-23 |website=My Republica |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dhungana |first=Smriti |date=2016-03-16 |title=Who will be Miss Nepal 2016? (photo feature) |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/38872/who-will-be-miss-nepal-2016.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320072518/http://www.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/38872/who-will-be-miss-nepal-2016.html |archive-date=2016-03-20 |accessdate=2016-07-23 |website=My Republica |publisher=}}</ref>
Shrestha made the top 5 in the [[Beauty with a Purpose]] category at [[Miss World 2016]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-10-17 |title=Asmi Shrestha eyes Miss World |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/7410/ |accessdate=2016-10-17 |website=myRepublica}}</ref>
== Music videos == As of May 2022, Asmi Shrestha has appeared in three music videos:<ref>{{Citation |title=On Air With Sanjay #104 - Abhaya Subba and Asmi Shrestha | date=12 January 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecZIkZjIqGI |language=en |access-date=2022-05-24}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !S.No !Song !Artist !Release date |- |1 |Birsana Sakina |Sonam Tashi Gurung |27 September 2012 |- |2 |Chiso Chiso Hawa Ma (Cover) |Sonam Tashi Gurung |19 October 2014 |- |3 |LAIJAU MALAI |[[Abhaya Subba|Abhaya]] and The Steam Engines with DJ Bidhan & Zanrix Ft. Dilli Phombo |12 January 2022 |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.wikinepal.org/ashmi-shrestha/ Biography on WikiNepal] * [http://missnepal.com.np/ Miss Nepal official website]
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