Miss Nepal: the contest

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Miss Nepal

Organisers

Kathmandu Jaycees, established in 1970, organized the first Miss Nepal Beauty Pageant in 1994, under the Chairmanship of the then president of Kathmandu Jaycees Sen. Gopal Sundar Lal Kakshapati and Project Committee Chairman Jc. Rupesh Pradhan.

Till then, Nepal remained unrepresented in the international beauty pageants. In 1995, to give the Miss Nepal pageant a more professional approach, senior members of Kathmandu Jaycees who was involved in organizing first Miss Nepal Pageant established The Hidden Treasure, which now annually organizes Miss Nepal Pageants. Some of the revenue generated from Miss Nepal Pageants has been used in the various community development projects of JCI Kathmandu-Nepal.

Miss Nepal Pageant

Miss Nepal/Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal beauty pageant is an annual event held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This pageant started in 1994. The winner of the event competes in Miss World, 1st runner up competes in Miss Earth and 2nd runner up competes in Miss International pageants respectively.

The Queens

Year Winners

1994 Ruby Rana, Birgunj

1995 Sumi Khadka, Kathmandu

1996 Poonam Ghimire, Kathmandu

1997 Nilima Gurung, Pokhara

1997 Jharana Bajrachrya, Kathmandu

1998 Niru Shrestha, Kathmandu

1999 Shweta Singh, Kathmandu

2000 Usha Khadki, Birgunj

2001 Pageant not held

2002 Malvika Subba, Kathmandu

2003 Priti Sitoula, Kathmandu

2004 Payal Shakya, Kathmandu

2005 Sugarika K.C., Lalitpur

2006 Pageant not held

2007 Sitashma Chand, Lalitpur

2008 Pageant not held

2009 Jenisha Moktan, Kathmandu

2010 Sadichha Shrestha, Kathmandu

2011 Malina Joshi

2012 Shristi Shrestha

The Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal titleholders

2010

Miss Nepal World: Sadichha Shrestha

Miss Nepal Earth: Sahana Bajracharya

Miss International Nepal: Sanykuta Timalsena