Payal Shakya

{{Short description|Nepalese-born Australian model}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Payal Shakya | honorific_suffix = | native_name = पायल शाक्य | native_name_lang = | image = Payal Shakya at Moi Hair Salon opening.jpg | alt = | caption = At Moi Hair Salon Opening in Sydney. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|01|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Model | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = [[Miss Nepal 2004]] | notable_works = | style = | net_worth =  | height = {{height|m=1.65}} | television = | title = [[Miss Nepal|Miss Nepal World 2004]] | term = | predecessor = Priti Sitoula | successor = Sugarika KC | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Sarun Tamrakar (Since 2011) | partner = | children = Sahas Tamrakar | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Payal Shakya''' is a Nepalese-born Australian model. She is the winner of [[Miss Nepal World|Miss Nepal]] 2004, which was held in Birendra International Convention Center, [[Kathmandu]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 August 2004|title=Payal Shakya crowned Miss Nepal 2004|work=Kantipur Online|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=15601|url-status=dead|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812094106/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=15601|archive-date=12 August 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Big in Nepal: The pop star and beauty queen couple living incognito in Sydney's suburbs|website=SBS|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/nepali/en/article/big-in-nepal-the-pop-star-and-beauty-queen-couple-living-incognito-in-sydneys-suburbs/u2hf15yeo|date=29 August 2019}}</ref> She is currently residing in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. She works at Optus. While she was [[Miss Nepal]], Payal worked to save the [[wetlands]] and [[Rhinoceros|rhinos]]. She was also the ambassador for Cancer Relief Society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Team|url=http://smallearthaustralia.org/our-team/|publisher=Small Earth Australia|accessdate=5 May 2014|archive-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505181239/http://smallearthaustralia.org/our-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 November 2011, Payal married Sarun Tamrakar, the lead singer of Nepali band [[The Uglyz]], in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teenz.com.np/article/magazine/with-love....html|title=With Love... - Teenz|access-date=19 August 2013|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212202115/http://teenz.com.np/article/magazine/with-love....html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarun and Payal Get Married|date=December 2011|url=http://lexlimbu.com/blog/2011/12/01/sarun-and-payal-get-married/|publisher=Lexlimbu}}</ref>

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