Miss Nepal 2019

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} '''Hidden Treasures Ruslan FM 95.2 [[Miss Nepal]] 2019''', the 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary of Miss Nepal beauty pageant, which was held on 9 May 2019 at Laboratory H.S. premises, [[Kirtipur]], [[Nepal]] . During the coronation night, four major winners was crowned as [[Miss Universe|Miss Universe Nepal 2019]], [[Miss World|Miss World Nepal 2019]], [[Miss Earth|Miss Earth Nepal 2019]] and [[Miss International|Miss International Nepal 2019]]. Miss Supranational Nepal was also added as a new title in this year's edition making Top 5 winners.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = | image_border = | size = | caption = {{small|Anushka Shrestha}} | winner = '''[[Pradeepta Adhikari]]''' '''[[Miss Universe Nepal]]''' '''[[Kathmandu]]''' '''[[Anushka Shrestha]]''' '''[[Miss Nepal World]]''' '''[[Kathmandu]]''' | date = 9 May 2019 | presenters = {{Hlist|Sanjya Gupta}} | venue = Laboratory H.S. School premises, [[Kirtipur]], [[Nepal]] | broadcaster = [[Nepal Television|NTV]] & [[NTV PLUS]] | entrants = 26 | before = [[Miss Nepal 2018|2018]] | next = [[Miss Nepal 2020]] (The Hidden Treasure) [[Miss Universe Nepal 2020]] (Umanga Creations P.Ltd.) |placements=14}}

The Top 5 winners of 2018 crowned their successors: Miss Nepal Universe 2018 [[Manita Devkota]] crowned [[Pradeepta Adhikari]] as the [[Miss Universe Nepal#Titleholders|Miss Universe Nepal 2019]], Miss Nepal World 2018 [[Shrinkhala Khatiwada]] crowned [[Anushka Shrestha]] as Miss Nepal World 2019, Miss Nepal Earth 2018 [[Priya Sigdel]] crowned Riya Basnet as Miss Nepal Earth 2019, Miss Nepal International 2018 [[Ronali Amatya]] crowned Meera Kakshapati as Miss Nepal International 2019 and Miss Nepal Supranational 2018 Mahima Singh crowned Rose Lama as Miss Nepal Supranational 2019.

In addition, the winners received Rs 100,000 as prize money for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held from 13 to 24 March in [[Birtamode]], [[Birgunj]], [[Butwal]], [[Chitwan]], [[Dhangadhi]], [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Nepalgunj]], [[Pokhara]] and [[Kathmandu]]. Regional pageants winners like [[Miss Pokhara]]; [[Miss Purwanchal]], Miss Western Nepal and Miss Nepal Oceania 2018 (Anushka Shrestha) were directly qualified for Top 25 of the Miss Nepal 2019 along with one contestant from Livon Wild Card entry. Miss Hong Kong Nepal 2018 (Priya Gurung) was barred from participating due to the age limit

[[Nepal Television|NTV]] and [[NTV PLUS]] broadcast the pageant live for the Nepalese at home and abroad.

==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 |- | style="background:pink;" | '''<big>[[Miss Nepal|Miss Universe Nepal 2019]]</big>''' (Winner) | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - [[Pradeepta Adhikari|'''''<big>Pradeepta Adhikari</big>''''']] | style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Universe 2019]] | style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | style="background:#FFFACD;" | '''Miss Nepal World 2019''' (Winner) | style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - '''[[Anushka Shrestha]]''' |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |[[Miss World 2019]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 12''' '''Head-to-Head Challenge (Round 1 & 2)''' '''[[Beauty with a Purpose]]''' '''Miss Multimedia''' |- | style="background:pink;" | '''Miss Nepal Earth 2019''' (Co-Winner) | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - Riya Basnet (●) |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Earth 2019]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | style="background:pink;" | '''Miss Nepal International 2019''' (Co-Winner) | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Bhaktapur]]''' - Meera Kakshapati |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss International 2019]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | style="background:lightblue;" | '''Miss Nepal Supranational 2019''' (Co-Winner) | style="background:lightblue;" | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Jorpati]]''' - Rose Lama |style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Supranational 2019]] |style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;" |Unplaced Top 10 - Supra Fan Vote Top 16 - Supra Chat with Valeria |- | rowspan="2" |'''Top 7''' | style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Rakshya Upreti |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |Miss Eco International 2023 |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 21''' |- | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – [[Sophiya Bhujel]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Universe 2022]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | rowspan="7" |'''Top 14''' | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Nisha Pathak |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Grand International 2019]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Bhairahawa]]''' – Shiwani Ghimire |- | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]]''' – Nancy Bogati |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Jenny Maharjan |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Pratha Adhikari |- | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]]''' – Nikita Karmacharya |- | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]]''' – Suveksha Adhikari |}

(●): The candidate is the winner of Miss Popular Choice (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 14 semi-Finalists.

===Sub-titles===

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Award ! Contestant |- | Miss Athletic | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} – [[Pradeepta Adhikari]] |- | Beauty with a Purpose | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]] - Nikita Karmacharya |- | Miss Confident | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Nisha Pathak |- | The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - [[Anushka Shrestha]] |- | Miss Talent | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - [[Pradeepta Adhikari]] |- | Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Jorpati]] - Rose Lama |- | Yamaha Face of Fascino | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - [[Anushka Shrestha]] |- | Miss Friendship | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]] - Nancy Bogati |- | Berger Miss Glamour | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Jorpati]] - Rose Lama |- | Bip Miss Popular Choice | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Riya Basnet |- | Miss Best Natural Skin | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Jenny Maharjan |- |}

===Contestants=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! style="width:05%;"| # ! style="width:20%;"| Contestants ! style="width:04%;"| Age ! style="width:15%;"| Height ! style="width:20%;"| Home Town ! style="width:20%;"| Education |- | 1 || Nisha Pathak || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBA

|- | 2 || Alisha Joshi || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Pokhara]], [[Kaski District]] || BBA

|- | 3 || [[Sophiya Bhujel]] || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=8}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBM

|- | 4 || Riya Basnet || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=8.5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBA |- | 5 || Sanskriti Ghimire || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Bhairahawa]], [[Rupandehi District]] ||B.Sc |- | 6 || [[Anushka Shrestha]] || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BA in Commerce |- | 7 || Jenny Maharjan || 24 || {{height|ft=5|in=5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || B.Pharm. |- | 8 || Ashmita Maharjan || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} || [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]], [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur District]] || BE computer |- | 9 || Kiran Thapa || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.4}} || Bauddha, [[Kathmandu District]] || B.Arch(pursuing) |- | 10 || [[Pradeepta Adhikari]] || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=6.5}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || MBBS(3rd Year) |- | 11 || Nikita Karmacharya || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=5}} || [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]], [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur District]] || BSW |- | 12 || Rose Lama || 20 || {{height|ft=5|in=7}} || Jorpati, [[Kathmandu District]] || TBD |- | 13 || Sara Bajimaya<ref>{{cite web|url=http://misspokhara.com.np/miss-pokhara-2018/|title=Miss Pokhara 2018 - Misspokhara - Event of Pokhara Jaycees|website=misspokhara.com.np|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalisite.com/sara-bajimaya-crowned-miss-pokhara-2018-photos-and-videos/|title=Sara Bajimaya Crowned Miss Pokhara 2018 – Photos and Videos|date=8 October 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=8}} || [[Pokhara]], [[Kaski District]]|| Master's in Microbiology |- | 14 || Laxmi Raut || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=6.7}} || Hattiban Lalitpur, [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur District]] || MBA |- | 15 ||Rakshya Upreti || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6.5}} || Purano Baneshwor, [[Kathmandu District]]|| Bio-Technology |- | 16 || Meera Kakshapati || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Bhaktapur]], [[Bhaktapur District]] || BBS

|- | 17 || Jenisha Thapaliya || 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.4}} || [[Morang]], [[Morang District]] || M.Ec(pursuing) |- | 18 || Pooja Shrestha<ref>{{cite web|url=http://purbelinews.com/manoranjan/%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b8-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9e%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%89%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a7%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a4%9d|title=मिस पूर्वाञ्चलको उपाधि झापाकी पुजालाई (२१ तस्विरहरू)|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dthreeonline.com/?p=10661|title=पुजा श्रेष्ठले जितिन् मिस पुर्वान्चल नवौ सस्करणको ताज, फिनालेमा २२ तस्वीरमा हेर्नुस् पुजालाई|date=30 December 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=4.5}} || [[Bhadrapur, Mechi|Bhadrapur]], [[Jhapa District]] || BBA |- | 19 || Bipana Subedi|| 20 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} || [[Chitwan District]] || BSc in Forestry |- | 20 || Suveksha Adhikari || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]], [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur District]] || BBA(pursuing) |- | 21 || Prakriti Katwal || 24 || {{height|ft=5|in=5}} || Birtamod, [[Jhapa District]] || MBBS 5th year |- | 22 || Nancy Bogati || 24 || {{height|ft=5|in=4}} || [[Chitwan District]] || B. E. Computer |- | 23 || Shiwani Ghimire || 21 || {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} || [[Bhairahawa]], [[Rupandehi District]] ||B.E Computer |- | 24 || Santwana Malakar || 22 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] ||B. Architect |- | 25 || Pratha Adhikari|| 23 || {{height|ft=5|in=6}} || [[Kathmandu]], [[Kathmandu District]] || BBM

|- |} (●) The winner of NMag Miss Popular Choice (online voting) got direct entry in Top 15 Semi-Finalists.

==Previous Experience==

* (#) [[Anushka Shrestha]] is the winner of Miss Nepal Oceania 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. * (#) Sara Bajimaya is [[Miss Pokhara]] 2018 and got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jukson.com/event/828/miss-pokhara-2018-grand-finale|title=MISS POKHARA 2018-GRAND FINALE|website=jukson.com|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ganthan.com/entertainment/miss-pokhara-2018-sa/|title=मिस पोखराको उपाधि सारा बजिमयलाई • Ganthan News Pokhara|date=7 October 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref> * (#) Pooja Shrestha is [[Miss Purwanchal]] 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pradeshportal.com/news/view?id=2401|title=युएन कलेजको मिस पूर्वाञ्चल विजेतालाई सम्मान|first=प्रदेश|last=पोर्टल|website=Pradesh Portal|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beautynewsnepal.com/7850/|title=नवौं मिस पुर्वाञ्चल २०१८ पुजा श्रेष्ठ|date=31 December 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref> * (#) Shiwani Ghimire is the winner of Miss Western Nepal 2018 and she got a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2019. * (#) Rose Lama was Miss Nepal California 2017. * (#) Nisha Pathak is the Winner of the Pageant Miss Global International 2014, which was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. She also bagged the Miss Discipline title at the event. Besides, she represented Nepal at the Miss Heritage International 2015 pageant held in New Delhi, India. She was one of the top 5 winners at the event.

==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]

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