# Miss Nepal 2018

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Miss Nepal 2018 Date 11 April 2018 Venue Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal Broadcaster NTV & NTV PLUS Entrants 25 Placements 15 Winner Manita Devkota Miss Universe Nepal Gorkha Shrinkhala Khatiwada Miss Nepal World Hetauda ← 2017 2019 →

**Hidden Treasures Ruslan FM 95.2 [Miss Nepal](/source/Miss_Nepal) 2018**, the 23rd annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 11 April 2018 at Hotel Annapurna in [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu), the capital city of Nepal. On the coronation Night, the representative for 4 major pageants were crowned as [Miss Universe Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_Universe), [Miss World Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_World), [Miss Earth Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_Earth) and [Miss International Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_International).[1].The representative for [Miss Supranational 2018](/source/Miss_Supranational_2018) was also selected from finalist from the Miss Nepal pageant.

At the event, Nagma Shrestha crowned her successor [Manita Devkota](/source/Manita_Devkota) as the [Miss Universe Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_Universe_Nepal#Titleholders) for the first time in an ongoing Miss Nepal contest, [Nikita Chandak](/source/Nikita_Chandak) crowned her successor [Shrinkhala Khatiwada](/source/Shrinkhala_Khatiwada) as Miss World Nepal 2018.Rojina Shrestha Crowned her successor Miss Earth Nepal 2018 and [Niti Shah](/source/Niti_Shah) crowned her successor as [Miss International Nepal 2018](/source/Miss_International_2018).[2][3] 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](/source/Birtamode), [Birgunj](/source/Birgunj), [Butwal](/source/Butwal), [Chitwan](/source/Chitwan), [Dhangadhi](/source/Dhangadhi), [Dharan](/source/Dharan%2C_Nepal), [Nepalgunj](/source/Nepalgunj), [Pokhara](/source/Pokhara) and [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu).[4]

[NTV](/source/Nepal_Television) and [NTV PLUS](/source/NTV_PLUS) broadcast the pageant live and for the Nepalese abroad.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Results

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- The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.

- The contestant did not place.

Placement Contestant International pageant International placement Miss Universe Nepal 2018 Gorkha – Manita Devkota Miss Universe 2018 Top 10 National Gift Auction First Prize Miss Nepal World 2018 Hetauda – Shrinkhala Khatiwada Miss World 2018 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 Miss Nepal Earth 2018 Kathmandu – Priya Sigdel Miss Earth 2018 Top 18 Talent (Fire Group) Best Eco-Video Award DV Boer Ambassadress Miss Nepal International 2018 Kathmandu – Ronali Amatya Miss International 2018 Unplaced Miss Nepal Supranational 2018 Kathmandu – Mahima Singh Miss Supranational 2018 Unplaced Top 7 Hile – Sayara Lama Kathmandu – Ashma Dhungana Top 15 Bhaktapur – Aastha Sakha (●) Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 Unplaced Bhairahawa – Laxmi Poudel Bhaktapur – Shristi Karki Bharatpur – Sandhya Adhikari Ghorahi – Suvekshya Shrestha Kathmandu – Megha Shrestha Kathmandu – Sharwani Pandey 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

Award Contestant Miss Athletic Kathmandu – Megha Shrestha Beauty with a Purpose Kathmandu - Priya Sigdel Miss Confident Bhaktapur - Aastha Sakha The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect Kathmandu - Ashma Dhungana Berger Miss Talent Kathmandu - Ronali Amatya Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic Kathmandu - Mahima Singh Miss Fascino Hetauda - Shrinkhala Khatiwada Miss Friendship Hile - Sayara Lama Miss Glamour Gorkha - Manita Devkota Miss Popular Choice Chitwan - Sandhya Adhikari

### Contestants

# Contestants Age Height Home Town Education 1 Mahima Singh 22 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBA 2 Ronali Amatya 22 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBA 3 Kashya Adhikari 23 5 ft 6.6 in (1.69 m) Birgunj, Parsa District BBA 4 Anupama Bastola 23 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) Biratnagar, Morang District BA in Mass Communication 5 Sandhya Adhikari 23 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) Bharatpur, Chitwan District Dental Medicine 6 Sharwani Pandey 21 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BA in English Literature 7 Sushmita Sapkota 22 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Chitwan, Chitwan District Chartered Accountancy 8 Priya Sigdel 23 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District Development Studies 9 Shikshya Sangroula 22 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Biratnagar, Morang District BBA 10 Manita Devkota 23 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Gorkha, Gorkha District Public Health Degree 11 Anashrut Pant 22 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District 12 Jyotshna Chettri 24 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Pokhara, Kaski District BA Nursing 13 Laxmi Pant 22 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur District 14 Suvekshya Shrestha 22 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) Ghorahi, Dang District Pharmacy 15 Laxmi Poudel 22 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Bhairahawa, Rupandehi District Business Studies 16 Aastha Saakha 21 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur District 17 Mamta Joshi 21 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Pokhara, Kaski District BA Nursing 18 Sayara Lama 22 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) Hile, Dhankuta District B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture 19 Ashma Dhungana 21 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BBA 20 Megha Shrestha 22 5 ft 7.8 in (1.72 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District 21 Shristi Karki 22 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur District BA in Mass Communication 22 Aalisha Adhikari 22 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Surunga, Jhapa District 23 Alisha Budathoki 20 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur District IT 24 Anjila Mahat 22 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) Kathmandu, Kathmandu District BA Nursing 25 Shrinkhala Khatiwada 22 5 ft 7.6 in (1.72 m) 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](/source/Biratnagar).

- (#7) Susmita Sapkota made it in [Nepal Idol](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Gangster_Blues).

- (#22) Aalisha Adhikari was Miss Mechi 2016 Top 5 Finalists.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Hidden Treasure opens up application for Miss Nepal 2018"](https://glocalkhabar.com/featured/hidden-treasure-opens-application-miss-nepal-2018/). Retrieved 2018-02-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Applications Open For Miss Nepal 2018 Pageant, Check If You're Eligible To Enter"](https://neostuffs.com/2018/01/applications-open-miss-nepal-2018-pageant-check-youre-eligible-enter/). 22 January 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["CS : CyberSansar.com - Miss Nepal 2018 - Announcement"](http://www.cybersansar.com/article.php?aid=4342). *www.cybersansar.com*. Retrieved 2018-02-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["23rd Miss Nepal applications open"](http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-01-23/23rd-miss-nepal-applications-open.html). Retrieved 2018-02-13.

## External links

- [Miss Nepal Website](http://www.missnepal.org/)

- [Miss Nepal Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20160718040637/http://www.missnepal.com.np/)

- [Miss Nepal Contestants](http://listnepal.com/miss-nepal-2018-contestents/)

v t e Miss Nepal Regional pageants Birgunj Biratnagar Chitwan Dhangadhi Dharan Hetauda Hong Kong Kathmandu Nepalgunj Pokhara Purwanchal UK USA Miss Nepal World 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025 Miss Universe Miss World Miss Earth Miss International Miss Asia Pacific International Miss Supranational

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