The '''Miss Purwanchal''' pageant (also known as '''The Miss Eastern pageant''') is a [[beauty pageant]] that started in 2010, for several [[Eastern Region, Nepal|eastern developmentmental regions]] in [[Nepal]]. The regions are [[Sagarmatha Zone|Sagarmatha]], [[Koshi Zone|Koshi]] and [[Mechi Zone|Mechi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://misspurwanchal.com/ |title=Miss Purwanchal 2013 |publisher=Misspurwanchal.com |accessdate=2013-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130629214025/http://misspurwanchal.com/ |archivedate=2013-06-29 }}</ref> The pageant was formed to bring the communities together to reflect on the culture, beauty, and traditions of rural Nepal.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
The winner of the Miss Purwanchal pageant receives a direct entry into the national pageant, [[Miss Nepal]], as a semi-finalist. The 2019 title holder for Miss Purwanachal is Riju Bhattarai of [[Pathari Shanischare, Morang District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xnepali.net/movies/neha-bajaj-is-miss-purwanchal-2013/ |title=Miss Purwanchal 2013 title goes to Neha Bajaj | Nepali Movies, Nepali Films |publisher=Xnepali.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Miss Purwanchal ! Hometown ! Notes |- |2010 |Sabina Subba |Birtamod,Jhapa | |- |2011 |'''Pratibha Shrestha''' |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] | Top 10 |- |2012 |'''Asmita Gurung'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glamournepal.com/events/miss-purwanchal-2012 |title=Miss Purwanchal 2012 | Events | GlamourNepal.com : Nepal's No.1 Glamour Entertainment Portal |publisher=GlamourNepal.com |accessdate=2013-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921005130/http://www.glamournepal.com/events/miss-purwanchal-2012 |archivedate=2013-09-21 }}</ref> |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] | |- |2013 |'''Neha Bajaj''' |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] | Top 10 |- |2014 |'''Nemita Aangbuhang Limbu''' |[[Biratnagar]], [[Morang District]] | |- |2015 |'''Priyanka Shrestha''' |[[Biratnagar]], [[Morang District]] | |- |2016 |'''Kritika Giri''' |[[Bhadrapur, Mechi|Bhadrapur]], [[Jhapa District]] | |- |2017 |'''Ruby Limbu''' |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] | |- |2018 |'''Pooja Shrestha'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-FpdVyzEms |title=Miss Nepal 2019, First Contestant from Purbanchal is Pooja Shrestha, Miss Purwanchal 2018 }}</ref> |[[Birtamod, Mechi|Bhadrapur]], [[Jhapa District]] | |- |2019 |'''Riju Bhattarai''' |[[Pathari Sanishchare, Nepal|Pathari Sanischare ]], [[Morang District]] | |- |}
==Representative to Miss Nepal from Eastern Nepal== '''Color key''' * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as Runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the top Semi-Finalists
Before 2010, Miss Eastanchal used to send one or two delegates representing eastern Nepal.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;text-align:center" !width="30" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="100" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Representative !width="30" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Hometown !width="30" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement in Miss Nepal !width="150" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" | 1999 | Sunny Leone | Dharan,Sunsari District | ''Bottom (least) -1 Quarter-Top 5 Finalist'' | |- | [[Miss Nepal 2002|2002]] | Anushka Subedi | [[Biratnagar]], [[Morang District]] |Unplaced | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |[[Miss Nepal 2005|2005]] |Soniya Giri |[[Lahan]], [[Siraha District]] | ''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' <br /> Miss Best Hair | |- |2010 |Priya Rani Lama | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |Miss Best Complexion | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |rowspan="3" style="text-align"|[[Miss Nepal 2011|2011]] |Pratibha Shrestha<ref>{{cite web|url=http://models.hawamodel.com/pratibha-shrestha-miss-nepal-2011-participant/ |title=Pratibha Shrestha – Miss Nepal 2011 Participant » Nepali Models A - Z |publisher=hawamodel.com |accessdate=2013-09-05 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005095550/http://models.hawamodel.com/pratibha-shrestha-miss-nepal-2011-participant/ |archivedate=2013-10-05 }}</ref> | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' <br /> Miss Beautiful Smile | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |Bishnu Chemjong |[[Dhankuta]], [[Dhankuta District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' <br /> Miss Talent | |-style="background-color:GOLD; font-weight: bold" |[[Malina Joshi]] | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |[[Miss Nepal 2011]] |[[Miss World 2011|Miss Nepal for Miss World 2011]] |- |[[Miss Nepal 2012|2012]] |Heena Shrestha |[[Birtamode]], [[Jhapa District]] | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |[[Miss Nepal 2013|2013]] |Riju Shrestha |[[Birtamode]], [[Jhapa District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' <br> Miss Beautiful Smile | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |rowspan="3" style="text-align"|[[Miss Nepal 2014|2014]] |Neha Bajaj | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |Varsha Rai |[[Damak]], [[Jhapa District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' | |-style="background-color:GOLD; font-weight: bold" |[[Subin Limbu]] | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |'''[[Miss Nepal 2014]]''' | [[Miss World 2014|Miss Nepal for Miss World 2014]] |- |rowspan="2" style="text-align"|[[Miss Nepal 2015|2015]] |Priya Rani Lama |[[Lahan]], [[Siraha District]] |Unplaced | |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" |Nishma Chaudhary | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |''Top 5 Finalist'' <br /> Miss Bubbly <br /> Miss Best Complexion | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" |rowspan="3" style="text-align"|[[Miss Nepal 2016|2016]] |[[Barsha Lekhi]] |[[Rajbiraj]], [[Saptari District]] |''2nd Runner Up''<br /> Miss Popular | |-style="background-color:#FFFF66" |[[Srijana Regmi]] | [[Khandbari]], [[Sankhuwasabha District]] |''Top 5 Finalist''<br /> Miss Talent | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD" |Sandipa Limbu | [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari District]] |''Top 10 Semi-Finalist'' | |-style="background-color:GOLD; font-weight: bold" |[[Miss Nepal 2017|2017]] |[[Nikita Chandak]] |[[Urlabari]], [[Morang District]] |'''[[Miss Nepal 2017]]''' | [[Miss World 2017|Miss Nepal for Miss World 2017]] |- |[[Miss Nepal 2019|2019]] |Pooja Shrestha |[[Bhadrapur, Mechi|Bhadrapur]], [[Jhapa District]] | Unplaced | |- |[[Miss Nepal|2020]] |Riju Bhattarai |[[Pathari Shanishchare]], [[Morang District ]] | TBA | |- |}
== Miss Purwanchal 2017 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! # !! Contestant !! Age !! Height<br> (cm) !! Height<br> (ft) !! Hometown !! Placement !! Notes |- |1 || Simran Shrestha || 17 || 158 || 5'2" || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || || '''1st Runner Up''' |- |2 || Joyna Limbu || 17 || 158 || 5'2" || [[Jhapa]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |4 || Simran Rai || 18 || 158 || 5'2" || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |5 || Aishwarya Roy || 23 || 159 || 5'2" || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || || |- |6 || Satabdeeca Giri || 19 || 160 || 5'3" || [[Jhapa]] || || '''Top 7 Finalists''' |- |7 || Sanchita Tamang || 17 || 163 || 5'4" || [[Jhapa]] |||| |- |9 || Pema Gurung || 19 || 163 || 5'4" || [[Morang]] || || |- |10 || Ruby Limbu || 20 || 163 || 5'4" || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || || '''Miss Purwanchal 2017''' |- |11 || Ajeena Sitaula || 21 || 164 || 5'4.5" || [[Damak]] || || |- |12 || Sandhya Bhetwal || 18|| 166 || 5'5.5" || [[Itahari]] || || '''Top 7 Finalists''' |- |13 || Anu Dhungana || 20 || 167 || 5'5.5" || [[Jhapa]] || || '''2nd Runner Up''' |- |14 || Pramita Tiwari || 20 || 165 || 5'5" || [[Damak]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |15 || Pramita Tiwari || 18 || 170 || 5'7" || [[Damak]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |16 || Sabina Acharya || 17 || 166 || 5'5" || [[Panchthar]] || || '''Top 7 Finalists''' |- |17 || Samina Khatiwada || 18 || 167 || 5'5.5" || [[Itahari]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |18 || Aster Tamang || 18 || 165 || 5'5" || [[Itahari]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |20 || Bipana Shrestha || 18 || 172 || 5'7.5" || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || || '''Top 7 Finalists''' |- |21 || Sabina Shrestha || 24 || 175 || 5'9" || [[Morang]] || || '''Top 14 Semi Finalists''' |- |}
==Miss Purwanchal 2016==
===Placements=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Final results ! Contestant |- | Miss Purwanchal 2016 | *[[Jhapa District|Jhapa]] - Kritika Giri |- | 1st runner-up | *[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] - Mamata Karki |- | 2nd runner-up | *[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] - Eksha Maden |- | 3rd runner-up | *[[Lahan, Nepal|Lahan]] - Apekshya Dhungana |- | 4th runner-up | *[[Biratnagar]] - Deepika KC |}
===Special Awards=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! width="35%" | Final Results ! width="25%" | Representing ! width="25%" | Contestant |- |Miss Personality |[[Jhapa District|Jhapa]] |Kritika Giri |- |Miss Charming |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] |Eksha Maden |- |Miss Public Choice |[[Inaruwa, Kosi|Inaruwa]] |Anu Shrestha |- |Miss Talent |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] | Shristy Acharya |- |Miss Photogenic |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] |Asmita Khadgi |- |Miss Healthy Home |[[Rabi, Panchthar|Rabi]] |Mira Dumi Rai |- |Miss Friendship |[[Lahan, Nepal|Lahan]] |Apekshya Dhungana |- |Miss Catwalk |[[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] |Srijana Rana Magar |- |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! width="05%" | # ! width="20%" | Contestants ! width="05%" | Age ! width="20%" | Height ! width="15%" | Representing ! width="15%" | District ! width="25%" | Placement |- |1 || Eksha Maden || 19 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || 2nd Runner Up <br> Miss Charming |- |2 || Apekshya Dhungana || 19 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Lahan, Nepal|Lahan]] || [[Siraha District]] || 3rd Runner Up <br> Miss Friendship |- |3 || Mira Dumi Rai || 21 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Rabi, Panchthar|Rabi]] || [[Panchthar District]] || Top 10 <br> Miss Healthy Home |- |4 || Gunjan Adhikari || 19 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Itahari]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Top 10 |- |5 || Roshmita Shrestha || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |6 || Chanda Kumari Rai || 24 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |7 || Sudiksha Shrestha || 16 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |8 || Sabnam Thapa || 19 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |9 || Shrijana Thapa || 18 || {{height|m=1.63}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |10 || Deepika KC || 22 || {{height|m=1.63}} || [[Biratnagar]] || [[Morang District]] || 4th Runner Up |- |11 || Nisha Rai || 23 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Top 10 |- |12 || Sujana Poudel || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Jhapa District|Jhapa]] || [[Jhapa District]] || Top 10 |- |13 || Kritika Giri || 19 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Jhapa District|Jhapa]] || [[Jhapa District]] || Winner <br> Miss Personality |- |14 || Mamata Karki || 23 || {{height|m=1.63}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || 1st Runner Up |- |15 || Shristi Acharya || 17 || {{height|m=1.63}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Miss Talent |- |- |16 || Anu Shrestha || 19 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Itahari]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Top 10 <br> Miss Public Choice |- |17|| Asmita Khadgi || 21 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Miss Photogenic |- |18 || Ruksha Acharya || 22 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || |- |19 || Srijana Rana Magar || 21 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]] || [[Sunsari District]] || Miss Catwalk |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130629215446/http://www.misspurwanchal.com/ Official site] *{{Facebook|misspurwanchal}}
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