{{Short description|Nepalese model and TV presenter}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Usha Khadgi | image = Usha Khadgi portrait.JPG | native_name = उषा खड्गी | native_name_lang = ne | birth_place = [[Birgunj]], [[Nepal]] | occupation = Model, television presenter, businesswoman |title=[[Miss Nepal|Miss Nepal World 2000]]|competitions=[[Miss Nepal|Miss Nepal World 2000]] (Winner) | website = [https://www.ushakhadgi.com.np/ ushakhadgi.com.np] }}
'''Usha Khadgi''' is a [[Nepali people|Nepalese]] model, television presenter, [[Beauty pageant|beauty pageant title holder]] and business woman. In 2000, she was titled with the seventh [[Miss Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goonlinenews.com/list-of-miss-nepal/|title=List of Miss Nepal – Go Online News|date=16 December 2014|publisher=|accessdate=16 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220165242/http://goonlinenews.com/list-of-miss-nepal/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Biography == Khadgi was born in [[Birgunj]], [[Nepal]] to father Uttam Bahadur Khadgi and mother Urmila Khadgi.
She was the First Runner-up of [[Miss Pokhara|Miss Pokhara 1999]] and later she took part in Miss Birgunj in 2000 and won the title of the First Runner-up. In the same year, she took part in Miss Nepal 2000 and won the Miss Nepal title. She is the seventh [[Miss Nepal]] and the second winner from [[Birgunj]], after [[Ruby Rana]].
Since 2022, she started hosting the fourth season of a talk show titled ''Aama'' on News 24 channel.<ref>{{Cite web |title='आमा' को चौथो सिजनमा उषा खड्गीको इन्ट्री |url=https://pahilopost.com/content/20211228134612.html |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=pahilopost.com}}</ref> Each episode of the show features a Nepalese celebrity with their mother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=अभिनेत्री उषा खड्गी अब कार्यक्रम प्रस्तोता |url=https://www.rangasansar.com/others/1991 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Rautahat Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='आमा'को चौथो सिजनमा उषा खड्गी |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/12/1058293 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-US}}</ref> The show has featured various actors, comedian and singers, such as [[Priyanka Karki]], [[Jeetu Nepal]], etc.
She also owns a business named, Usha's Stylish Collection,<ref>{{Cite news |date=Aug 2, 2023 |title=Miss Nepal Usha Khadgi's Business Journey: Usha's Stylish Collection |work=TSCBN |url=https://tscbn.com/business-story/5642 }}</ref> a fashion designer clothing and boutique.
== Filmography ==
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Channel !Season !Genre |- |2022 |''Aama'' |[[News 24 (Nepali TV channel)|News 24]] |4 |Talk show |}
== Personal life == She married GP Timalsena, a media person in 2003. They separated after 17 years of marriage in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Model Usha Khadgi announces the end of her marriage – OnlineKhabar English News |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/model-usha-khadgi-announces-the-end-of-her-marriage.html |website=onlinekhabar.com}}</ref> They have a daughter and a son.<ref>{{Cite web |title=के श्रीमानबाट घरेलु हिंसा भोगिरहेकी थिइन् उषा खड्गी ? |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2020/03/844316 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Ruby Rana]]
==References== {{reflist}}{{s-start}} {{S-ach}} {{succession box | title = [[Miss Nepal]] | years = 2000 | before = Shweta Singh | after = [[Malvika Subba]] }} {{s-end}}{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khadgi, Usha}} [[Category:Nepalese beauty pageant winners]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:People from Birgunj]] [[Category:Nepalese television presenters]]