{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Short description|Nepalese actress and model}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Shristi Shrestha | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|18}} | photo = Shristi Shrestha 02 (cropped).jpg | caption = Shrestha at premier of [[Chiso Ashtray]]. | title = [[Miss Chitwan]] 2012 <br /> [[Miss Nepal]] [[World]] 2012 <br /> [[Miss World 2012]] Quarter Finalist (20th Place) <br /> Top 10 Beach Beauty [[Miss World 2012]] <br /> Top 10 Multimedia Award [[Miss Nepal 2012]] <br /> Top 10 Dancers [[Miss World 2012]] | nationalcompetition = [[Miss Nepal 2012]]<br />(Winner)<br />[[Miss World 2012]]<br />(Top 30) | eye_color = Brown | hair_color = Brown | partner = [[Saugat Malla]] (2016–2023) }} '''Shristi Shrestha''' ({{langx|ne|सृष्टि श्रेष्ठ}}, {{Audio|Ne-Shristi Shrestha.oga|Listen}}) is a Nepalese actress, model<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shristi Shrestha |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8619216/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of the [[Miss Nepal 2012]] pageant.

== Career ==

=== Pageants === Shrestha represented her home district of [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]] during the [[Miss Nepal 2012]] beauty pageant as [[Miss Chitwan]] 2012. She won the main title of [[Miss Nepal]] as well as the Miss Confidence title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shristi Shrestha – Miss Nepal 2012 |url=http://bossnepal.com/shristi-shrestha-miss-world-2012/ |website=Boss Nepal}}</ref>

Shrestha is the first [[Miss Nepal]] winner to reach the quarter-finals of [[Miss World]]; she finished in 20th place overall, achieved eighth place in Beach Beauty, and was one of the top ten contestants for the Multimedia Award. She also won the Public Choice Award at the Miss World pageant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nepal |first=Anand |date=18 August 2012 |title=Miss World 2012 is Miss China, Shristi top 10 in Beach Beauty |url=http://xnepali.net/miss-world-2012-is-miss-china-shristi-top-10-in-beach-beauty/ |access-date=30 June 2016 |website=xnepali.net |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Acting=== Her acting debut was in the Nepali film ''[[Gajalu]]'', alongside [[Anmol K.C.|Anmol K.C]]. She made her debut on stage as [[Ophelia]] in a production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]''. This performance was staged at the Theatre Village in [[Kathmandu]] for one month, and was produced by the [[British Council]] and directed by Gregory Thomson.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 2019 |title=रिलिज डेट तोक्दै सार्दै निर्माता |work=Online Khabar |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2018/01/653614 |access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref>

== Awards == Shrestha has received Best Debut Actor awards from the [[National Film Awards (Nepal)|National Film Awards]], the [[Kamana Film Awards]], the Dcine Awards, and the [[FAAN Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shristi Shrestha |url=https://www.lensnepal.com/profile/shristi-shrestha/awards.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Lens Nepal}}</ref>

== Personal life == Shrestha is the seventh Young Conservation Ambassador for [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]] Nepal<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 July 2012 |title=Miss Nepal 2012 Shristi Shrestha is WWF's Young Conservation Ambassador |url=https://wwf.panda.org/?unewsid=205581 |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=WWF}}</ref> and is involved with [[snow leopard]] [[Wildlife conservation|conservation]] projects within the organization.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=27 July 2012 |title=Shristi Shrestha the Seventh 'Young Conservation Ambassador' |url=http://fridayweekly.com.np/hall-of-frame/shristi-shrestha-the-seventh-young-conservation-ambassador |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107041646/http://fridayweekly.com.np/hall-of-frame/shristi-shrestha-the-seventh-young-conservation-ambassador |archive-date=7 January 2020 |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=Friday Weekly}}</ref> She was in a relationship with [[Saugat Malla]] from 2016 to early 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-03-31 |title=No more camaraderie as relationship breaks |url=https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/3474/ |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=Nepal Khabar |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background-color: #00BFFF" | Year ! style="background-color: #00BFFF" | Song title ! style="background-color: #00BFFF" | Artist ! style="background-color: #00BFFF" | Notes ! style="background-color: #00BFFF" | Film |- | style="text-align:center;"|2015 | "[[Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse]] (Unplugged)" | [[Arijit Singh]] |[[Bollywood]] | ''[[Jackpot (2013 film)|Jackpot]]'' |- | 2015 |"Sadhai Sadhai" | Devika Bandhana | | |- |2017 |Shayad |Pawan Rai | | |- |2019 |Namana Laaj Yesari |Prakash Timilsina / Jamuna Sharma |Original Vocal: Premdhwoj Pradhan / Usha Mangeskar | |- |2022 |Meri Maya |Indra Lamichhane | | |- |2022 |Dui Nayan |Philip Tamang | | |}

===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Note |- | 2016 | ''[[Gajalu]]'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2016 |title=Gajalu: Exploring relationship |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/gajalu-exploring-relationship |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=[[The Himalayan Times]]}}</ref> | Sujata Shakya | Hem Raj BC | |- |rowspan="2"|2018 |''[[Romeo & Muna]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=गौतम |first=गोकर्ण |date=2018-07-27 |title=औसत माथिको लभ स्टोरी [फिल्म समीक्षा : रोमियो एन्ड मुना] |url=https://nepalmag.com.np/art/2018/07/27/20180727200450 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528023639/https://nepalmag.com.np/art/2018/07/27/20180727200450 |archive-date=2023-05-28 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=[[Nepal Magazine]] |language=ne}}</ref> |Muna |Naresh K KC | |- |''Bandha Mayale'' |Shardha |Shabir Shrestha | |- |rowspan="2"|2019 | ''Poi Paryo Kale''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixit |first=Abhimanyu |date=2019-11-02 |title=Beauty might not be superficial but this film is |url=http://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2019/11/02/beauty-might-not-be-superficial-but-this-film-is |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812002626/https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2019/11/02/beauty-might-not-be-superficial-but-this-film-is |archive-date=2020-08-12 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=[[The Kathmandu Post]] |language=English}}</ref> | | Sishir Rana | |- | ''Machha Machha'' | | Sunil Gurung |Dance |- | rowspan="3"|2022 | ''[[Chiso Ashtray]]'' |Salinta | Dins Palpali | |- |''[[The Secrets of Radha]]'' |Radha |Subarna Thapa | |- |''Michael Adhikari'' | | | |- | 2023 | [[The Red Suitcase (2023 Film)|''The Red Suitcase'']] | | Fidel Devkota | |- |}

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