Miss Nepal 2018

{{More citations needed|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = | image_border = | size = | caption = {{small|Official logo of the Miss Nepal 2018 Beauty Pageant.}} | winner = '''[[Manita Devkota]]''' [[Miss Universe Nepal]] [[Gorkha]]

'''[[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]]''' [[Miss Nepal World]] [[Hetauda]] | represented = | date = 11 April 2018 | venue = Hotel Annapurna, [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] | broadcaster = [[Nepal Television|NTV]] & [[NTV PLUS]] | entrants = 25 | before = [[Miss Nepal 2017|2017]] | next = [[Miss Nepal 2019|2019]] |placements=15}} '''Hidden Treasures Ruslan FM 95.2 [[Miss Nepal]] 2018''', the 23rd annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 11 April 2018 at Hotel Annapurna in [[Kathmandu]], the capital city of Nepal. On the coronation Night, the representative for 4 major pageants were crowned as [[Miss Universe | Miss Universe Nepal 2018]], [[Miss World | Miss World Nepal 2018]], [[Miss Earth | Miss Earth Nepal 2018]] and [[Miss International | Miss International Nepal 2018]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://glocalkhabar.com/featured/hidden-treasure-opens-application-miss-nepal-2018/|title=The Hidden Treasure opens up application for Miss Nepal 2018|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref>.The representative for [[Miss Supranational 2018]] was also selected from finalist from the Miss Nepal pageant.

At the event, Nagma Shrestha crowned her successor [[Manita Devkota]] as the [[Miss Universe Nepal#Titleholders|Miss Universe Nepal 2018]] for the first time in an ongoing Miss Nepal contest, [[Nikita Chandak]] crowned her successor [[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]] as Miss World Nepal 2018.Rojina Shrestha Crowned her successor Miss Earth Nepal 2018 and [[Niti Shah]] crowned her successor as [[Miss International 2018| Miss International Nepal 2018]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neostuffs.com/2018/01/applications-open-miss-nepal-2018-pageant-check-youre-eligible-enter/|title=Applications Open For Miss Nepal 2018 Pageant, Check If You're Eligible To Enter|date=22 January 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersansar.com/article.php?aid=4342|title=CS : CyberSansar.com - Miss Nepal 2018 - Announcement|website=www.cybersansar.com|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref> For the first time no Runner ups were announced .

In addition, the winners were received Rs 100,000 as prize for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held from February 4-17 in [[Birtamode]], [[Birgunj]], [[Butwal]], [[Chitwan]], [[Dhangadhi]], [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Nepalgunj]], [[Pokhara]] and [[Kathmandu]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-01-23/23rd-miss-nepal-applications-open.html|title=23rd Miss Nepal applications open|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en}}</ref>

[[Nepal Television|NTV]] and [[NTV PLUS]] broadcast the pageant live and for the Nepalese abroad.{{cn|date=April 2018}}

==Results==

;Color keys * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant. * {{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%" ! Placement ! Contestant ! International pageant ! International placement |- |- | style="background:#FFFACD;" | '''Miss Universe Nepal 2018''' | style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Gorkha District|Gorkha]]}}''' – [[Manita Devkota]] | style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Universe 2018]] | style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 10''' National Gift Auction First Prize |- | style="background:#FFFACD;" | '''Miss Nepal World 2018''' | style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Hetauda]]}}''' – [[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |[[Miss World 2018]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 12''' '''Head-to-Head Challenge (Round 1)''' '''[[Beauty with a Purpose]]''' '''Miss Multimedia''' 2nd runner-up - Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Top 32 - Top Model |- | style="background:#FFFACD;" | '''Miss Nepal Earth 2018'''

| style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – [[Priya Sigdel]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Earth 2018]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 18''' {{silver02}} Talent (Fire Group) '''Best Eco-Video Award''' '''DV Boer Ambassadress''' |- | style="background:pink;" | '''Miss Nepal International 2018''' | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – [[Ronali Amatya]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss International 2018]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- |'''Miss Nepal Supranational 2018''' | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Mahima Singh |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Supranational 2018]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | rowspan="2" |'''Top 7''' | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Hile]]}}''' – Sayara Lama |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Ashma Dhungana |- | rowspan="8" |'''Top 15''' | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Bhaktapur]]}}''' – Aastha Sakha (●) |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Asia Pacific International 2018]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Bhairahawa]]}}''' – Laxmi Poudel |- | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Bhaktapur]]}}''' – Shristi Karki |- | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Bharatpur, Nepal|Bharatpur]]}}''' – Sandhya Adhikari |- | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Ghorahi]]}}''' – Suvekshya Shrestha |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Megha Shrestha |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Sharwani Pandey |- | * '''{{flagu|Nepal|name=[[Pokhara]]}}''' – Jyotshna Chettri |}

(●): The candidate is the winner of Miss Popular Choice (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 15 semi-Finalists.

===Sub-titles===

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Award ! Contestant |- | Miss Athletic | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} – Megha Shrestha |- | Beauty with a Purpose | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - [[Priya Sigdel]] |- | Miss Confident | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Bhaktapur]] - Aastha Sakha |- | The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Ashma Dhungana |- | Berger Miss Talent | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - [[Ronali Amatya]] |- | Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Mahima Singh |- | Miss Fascino | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Hetauda]] - [[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]] |- | Miss Friendship | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Hile]] - Sayara Lama |- | Miss Glamour | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Gorkha District|Gorkha]] - [[Manita Devkota]] |- | Miss Popular Choice | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]] - Sandhya Adhikari |- |}

===Contestants=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! style="width:05%;"| # ! style="width:20%;"| Contestants ! style="width:05%;"| Age ! style="width:15%;"| Height ! style="width:30%;"| Home Town ! style="width:18%;"| Education |- | 1 || Mahima Singh || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBA |- | 2 || '''[[Ronali Amatya]]''' || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]]|| BBA |- | 3 || Kashya Adhikari || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=6.6}} || [[Birgunj]], [[Parsa District]] || BBA |- | 4 || Anupama Bastola || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=7.5}} || [[Biratnagar]], [[Morang District]] || BA in Mass Communication |- | 5 || Sandhya Adhikari || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=6.5}} || [[Bharatpur, Nepal|Bharatpur]], [[Chitwan District]] || Dental Medicine |- | 6 || Sharwani Pandey || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=7.5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BA in English Literature |- | 7 || Sushmita Sapkota || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Chitwan]], [[Chitwan District]] || Chartered Accountancy |- | 8 || '''[[Priya Sigdel]]''' || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=10}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || Development Studies |- | 9 || Shikshya Sangroula || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Biratnagar]], [[Morang District]] || BBA |- | 10 || '''[[Manita Devkota]]''' || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=9}} || [[Gorkha Municipality|Gorkha]], [[Gorkha District]] || Public Health Degree |- | 11 || Anashrut Pant || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=8}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || |- | 12 || Jyotshna Chettri || 24 || {{height|ft=5|in=8}} || [[Pokhara]], [[Kaski District]] || BA Nursing |- | 13 || Laxmi Pant || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Bhimdatta|Mahendranagar]], [[Kanchanpur District]] || |- | 14 || Suvekshya Shrestha || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=9.5}} || [[Ghorahi]], [[Dang Deukhuri District|Dang District]] || Pharmacy |- | 15 || Laxmi Poudel || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || [[Bhairahawa]], [[Rupandehi District]] || Business Studies |- | 16 || Aastha Saakha || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=7.5}} || [[Bhaktapur]], [[Bhaktapur District]] || |- | 17 || Mamta Joshi || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || [[Pokhara]], [[Kaski District]] || BA Nursing |- | 18 || Sayara Lama || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} || [[Hile]], [[Dhankuta District]] || B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture |- | 19 || Ashma Dhungana || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBA |- | 20 || Megha Shrestha || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=7.8}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || |- | 21 || Shristi Karki || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=5}} || [[Bhaktapur]], [[Bhaktapur District]] || BA in Mass Communication |- | 22 || Aalisha Adhikari || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Surunga]], [[Jhapa District]]|| |- | 23 || Alisha Budathoki || 20 || {{height|ft=5|in=8}} || [[Bhaktapur]], [[Bhaktapur District]] || IT |- | 24 || Anjila Mahat || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=8.5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BA Nursing |- | 25 || '''[[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]]''' || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=7.6}} || [[Hetauda]], [[Makwanpur District]] || B.E Architecture |}

==Previous Experience== * (#1) Mahima Singh was Top 8 in Face of House of Fashion Season 1. * (#2) Ronali Amatya is the winner of Model Hunt Nepal 2016 and Miss Eco International Nepal 2017. * (#3) Kaysha Adhikari was Miss Angel 2010 2nd Runner Up. * (#4) Anupama Bastola works as a RJ in her hometown, [[Biratnagar]]. * (#7) Susmita Sapkota made it in [[Nepal Idol]] Season 1 Quarter Finalists. * (#9) Shikshya Sangroula is winner of Little Queen Nepal 2007 winner and Face of Liril Season 2. * (#14) Suvekshya Shrestha is Miss Teen Nepal 2013 2nd runner up. * (#17) Mamta Joshi is [[Miss Pokhara]] 2017 which gave her a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2018 Top 25. * (#20) Megha Shrestha is winner of Miss University Osaka 2016. * (#21) Shristi Karki has acted in a movie called [[Gangster Blues]]. * (#22) Aalisha Adhikari was Miss Mechi 2016 Top 5 Finalists.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.missnepal.org/ Miss Nepal Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160718040637/http://www.missnepal.com.np/ Miss Nepal Official Website] *[http://listnepal.com/miss-nepal-2018-contestents/ Miss Nepal Contestants]

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