{{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Malvika Subba]] | image = | image_border = | size = | caption = {{small|Official logo of the Miss Nepal 2002 Beauty Pageant.}} | represented = Dharan | date = December 7, 2002 | venue = Birendra International Conference Convention Centre, [[Kathmandu]] | broadcaster = [[Nepal Television|NTV]] | entrants = 16 | before = | next = [[Miss Nepal 2003|2003]] }}
The '''8th [[Miss Nepal]] Pageant''' for 2002 was held at the Birendra International Convention Centre. There were protests by [[Feminism|pro-women]] activists.
[[Malvika Subba]] was crowned Miss Nepal 2002 on December 7, 2002, at Birendra International Convention Center. Pinky Shah and Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa won the titles of 1st Runner up and 2nd Runner up respectively.
==Results==
;Color keys {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} The contestant Won in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant. }} {{col-2}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|#F0DC82|border=darkgray}} The contestant assumed another title. * {{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} The contestant was not able to compete in an International pageant. * {{Color box|lightblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place but won a Special Award in the pageant. * {{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place. }} {{col-end}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%" ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Final results ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Contestant ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|International pageant ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|International Results |- | '''Miss Nepal 2002'''<br/>(Winner) | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Dharan]]''' - '''[[Malvika Subba]]''' |style="text-align:center;" |[[Miss World 2002]] | colspan="2" {{n/a|''Did not compete''}} |- | style="background:pink;" | '''Miss Earth Nepal 2002''' | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]]''' - Nira Gautam |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Earth 2002]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | '''1st runner-up''' | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - Pinky Shah |- |'''2nd runner-up''' | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - Lhama Yangchen Sherpa |- | rowspan="2" |'''Top 5''' | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Biratnagar]]''' – Suchitra Acharya | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Aparna Shah |}
===Sub-Titles===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Award ! Contestant |- | Miss Personality | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Dharan]] - [[Malvika Subba]] |- | Miss Best Hair | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Dharan]] - [[Malvika Subba]] |- | Miss Talent | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Dharan]] - [[Malvika Subba]] |- | Miss Best Dress | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Jhapa District|Jhapa]] - Prabha Kadariya |- | Miss Best Smile | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Biratnagar]] - Sugan Sharma |- |}
===Contestants=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! width="05%" | # ! width="20%" | Contestants ! width="05%" | Age ! width="20%" | Height ! width="15%" | Hometown ! width="25%" | Placement |- || 1 || Malvika Subba || 21 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || Winner<br> Miss Personality <br> Miss Best Hair <br> Miss Talent |- || 2 || Aparna Shah || 20 || {{height|m=1.73}} || [[Kathmandu]] || 3rd Runner Up |- || 3 || Pinky Shah || 20 || {{height|m=1.73}} || [[Kathmandu]] || 1st Runner Up |- || 4 || Sabitri Giri || 24 || {{height|m=1.73}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- || 5 || Usha Maharjan || 22 || {{height|m=1.73}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- || 6 || Ranita Bhagat || 25 || {{height|m=1.75}} || [[Biratnagar]] || |- || 7 || Suchitra Acharya || 21 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Biratnagar]] || 4th Runner Up |- || 8 || Srijan Bhujel || 22 || {{height|m=1.65}} || Kathmandu || |- || 9 || Prabha Kadariya || 22 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Jhapa]] || Miss Best Dress |- || 10 || Ramita Bhandari || 20 || {{height|m=1.78}} || [[Hetauda]] || |- || 11 || Neeta Makaju || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Bhaktapur]] || |- || 12 || Lhama Yangchen Sherpa || 25 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Boudhanath]] || 2nd Runner Up |- || 13 || Rabina Baidya || 19 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- || 14 || Sagun Sharma || 20 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Biratnagar]] || Miss Best Smile |- || 15 || Lama Lhaden || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Patan, Nepal|Lalitpur]] || |- || 16 || Anupa Bhandari || 20 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Chitwan]] || |- |}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080929120802/http://www.nepalisite.com/pictures.cfm Miss Nepal 2002 website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160718040637/http://www.missnepal.com.np/ Miss Nepal website]
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