Mega Model
Mega Model (often abbreviated as Image Mega Model) is a Nepalese reality television show in which a number of young Nepalese women compete against each other to win for the title of Mega Model and an opportunity to start their career in the modeling industry. The premiere is set to air on September 25, 2010 and the season finale in which the top 6 compete against each other on a stage is coming live on Image Channel.
| Mega Model | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Presented by | Malvika Subba (2015 - present)(3-) Former Sahana Bajracharya (2010) Pallavi Dhakal (2008) |
| Judges |
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| Country of origin | Nepal |
| Original language | Nepali |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Multimedia JSC Image Channel |
| Distributor | ECS Living(domestically) Active(domestically) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Image Channel |
| Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
| Original release | June 2008 – present |
The show's format was originally created by Indian's reality modelling show Get Gorgeous.
Mega Model has had 2 Model hosts to date. For Season 1, Pallavi Dhakal[2] and currently, for Mega Model Season 2 is hosted by former model & beauty queen Sahana Bajracharya. Like its American version, Mega Model features a photographer and model on its judging panel, Raj Bhai Suwal, Sneh Rana and Sijan Bhattachan.
In 2015, Nagma Shrestha posted in her Facebook page that she will be the new host for the third season of Image Mega Model but later on, Malvika Subba replaced her from Episode 10.
Cycles
| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 12, 2008[3] | Swastika Rajbhandari[4] | Ekta Rana | Nandita Thapa Magar, Saraswati Lama, Sweta Shrestha, Binuna Chaudhary, Linda Maharjan, Shanti Lama, Renuka Suwal, Ruchi Rajkarnikar, Sabina Maharjan, Prajusha Shrestha, Zunu Gurung, Summi Mishra, Sonam La Sherpa, Lina Poudel | 16 |  Pokhara |
| 2 | September 25, 2010 | Rashmita Maharjan[5] | Prakreeti Shrestha[6] | Priyanka Thapa & Pratija, Nitika Gurung, Krisha Bajracharya, Jasmine, Ayesha Shakya, Pratima, Seela Gurung, Amita Joshi, Ashmita Bhandari, Rozie Gurung,Pragati Gurung | 14 | Chitwan |
| 3 | October 11, 2015 | Anugya Chand | Nitika Mahat | Saina Shrestha (quit),Maya Roka Magar & Sneha Dhakal, Anu Maharjan & Chandrika Mote, Bhumika Chaudhry & Zenisha Tamang, Meera Kachhepati & Rekha Singh, Rajiya Maharjan (returned), Prarthana Thapa, Salina Gurung, Shailee Manandhar, Sikshya Shakya | 16 | Kathmandu |
Season 1
Season 1 begin on June 12, 2008. The host is Pallavi Dhakal. The other judges are Ruby Rana and Sijan Bhattachan. The cast consist of 16 girls who will compete for the title of Image Mega Model.
Prizes
The winner of Mega Model wins a contract to appear in a music video, a 6-page fashion editorial spread as well as the front cover in Wave Magazine and many other prize from the sponsor.
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)[7]
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nandita Thapa Magar | 15 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Morang | 16 |
| Saraswati Lama | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Hetauda | 15 |
| Sweta Shrestha | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Kathmandu | 14 |
| Binuna Chaudhary | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Kathmandu | 13 |
| Linda Maharjan | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Lalitpur | 12 |
| Shanti Lama | 21 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Kathmandu | 11 |
| Renuka Suwal | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bhaktapur | 10 |
| Ruchi Rajkarnikar | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kathmandu | 9 |
| Sabina Maharjan | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Lalitpur | 8 |
| Prajusha Shrestha | 17 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kathmandu | 7 |
| Zunu Gurung | 19 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Kathmandu | 6-4 |
| Summi Mishra | 16 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kathmandu | |
| Sonam La Sherpa | 19 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Lalitpur | |
| Lina Poudel | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bhaktapur | 3 |
| Ekta Rana | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kathmandu | 2 |
| Swastika Rajbhandari | 20 | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | Kathmandu | 1 |
Season 2
New host Sahana Bajracharya, with Sijan Bhattachan,[8] Sneh Rana and returning judge Raj Bhai Suwal all join together as the second season introduces a new format. The show started with 3 weeks audition sessions and 1 week bootcamp where they reduced the 50 semi-finalists into top 14 finalists for the main competition. Every week the girls were groomed interims of posing, catwalk and communication; in the end of each week the judges evaluated the girls through their photo which they took part in a photoshoot that week. And one or more girls were eliminated every week until the top 6, who took part in a live finale show which declared the winner through the judges and the public vote.
In order of elimination
(ages stated are at time of contest)[9]
| Contestant | Age | Height | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priyanka Thapa | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 14th |
| Pratija Shakya | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 13th |
| Nitika Gurung | 18 | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | 12th |
| Krisha Bajracharya | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 11th |
| Jasmine Dangol | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 10th |
| Ayesha Shakya | 18 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | 9th |
| Pratima Khatiwada | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 8th |
| Seela Gurung | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 7th |
| Amita Joshi | 18 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | 6th-4th |
| Ashmita Bhandari | 21 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |
| Rozie Gurung | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Pragati Gurung | 19 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | 3rd |
| Prakreeti Shrestha | 19 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Runner-Up |
| Rashmita Maharjan | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Winner |
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||
| 1 | Ayesha | Pragati | Rashmita | Amita | Ashmita | Pragati | Pragati | Pragati | Rashmita | Rashmita | ||||
| 2 | Pragati | Ashmita | Rozie | Pragati | Rozie | Rashmita | Rashmita | Amita | Prakriti | Prakriti | ||||
| 3 | Ashmita | Krisha | Pragati | Seela | Ayesha | Prakiti | Amita | Rozie | Pragati | Pragati | ||||
| 4 | Amita | Rozie | Prakiti | Ashmita | Rashmita | Seela | Rozie | Rashmita | Rozie | |||||
| 5 | Rozie | Nitika | Ashmita | Rashmita | Prakiti | Ayesha | Prakiti | Ashmita | Amita | |||||
| 6 | Rashmita | Amita | Amita | Rozie | Pragati | Amita | Ashmita | Prakiti | Ashmita | |||||
| 7 | Jasmine | Rashmita | Ayesha | Pratima | Seela | Ashmita | Seela | Seela | ||||||
| 8 | Pratija | Prakiti | Krisha | Prakiti | Amita | Rozie | Ayesha | |||||||
| 9 | Nitika | Pratima | Seela | Jasmine | Pratima | Pratima | ||||||||
| 10 | Pratima | Ayesha | Jasmine | Ayesha | Jasmine | |||||||||
| 11 | Krisha | Jasmine | Pratima | Krisha | ||||||||||
| 12 | Priyanka | Seela | Nitika | |||||||||||
| 13 | Prakiti | Pratija | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Seela | Priyanka | ||||||||||||
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom three
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- Episode 1-3, featured the auditions. The top fifty girls were reduced to final fourteen who moved on to the main competition.
- In episode 4, Priyanka, Prakiti and Seela landed in the bottom three. None of them were eliminated.
- In episode 5, Pratija and Priyanka landed in the bottom two. Both of them were eliminated
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 3 Photo shoot: Casting
- Episode 4 Photo shoot: Victorian Era
- Episode 5 Photo shoot: Zodiac Signs
- Episode 6 Photo shoot: Pose with male model
- Episode 7 Catwalk: In Saree
- Episode 8 Catwalk: Designers Catwalk Show
- Episode 9 Commercial: Image Soap Commercial
- Episode 11 Photo shoot: Tenzin Bhutia Designs
- Episode 12 Photo shoot: Living Magazine
Season 3
After a hiatus of 5 years it was announced that Mega Model would return in 2015. The new host/head judge is the Nepalese beauty queen Malvika Subba. The other new judges will be Nepalese photographer Kishor Kayastha and male supermodel Prasant Tamrakar. The cast consist of 16 girls who will compete for the title of Image Mega Model Season 3.
Auditions
The auditions for the third season of Mega Model has started from Dharan Audition, Pokhara Audition and the final Kathmandu Audition. Because of the recent earthquake in Nepal the auditions have been postponed to later this year. On June 29 it was announced on their official Facebook page that the postponed auditions will take place on August 5 in Pokhara and August 8, 9 and 10 in Kathmandu.[10]
Prizes
The winner will receive NPR 200,000 prize money as well as a trip to Bangkok.
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saina Shrestha | 20 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Patan | Quit in Episode 13 |
| Maya Roka Magar | 19 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Pokhara | Eliminated in Episode 13 |
| Sneha Dhakal | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Butwal | |
| Anu Maharjan | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Naxal | Eliminated in Episode 15 |
| Chandrika Mote | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Dharan | |
| Bhumika Chaudhry | 21 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | New Baneshwor | Eliminated in Episode 19 |
| Zenisha Tamang | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Nuwakot | |
| Meera Kachhepati | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bhaktapur | Eliminated in Episode 23 |
| Rekha Singh | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Gyaneshwor | |
| Rajiya Maharjan | 19 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Kathmandu | Eliminated in Episode 13 Returned in Episode 25 Eliminated in Episode 25 |
| Prarthana Thapa | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Balaju | Eliminated in Episode 25 |
| Shailee Manandhar | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Dallu | |
| Salina Gurung | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Pokhara | |
| Sikshya Shakya | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Balaju | 2nd Runner Up |
| Nitika Mahat | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Samakhushi | Runner Up |
| Anugya Chand | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Dhapasi | Winner |
- Sneha was the Migme Wild Card Entry who made it to Top 16.
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Salina | Prarthana | Zenisha | Salina | Sikshya | Anugya | Sikshya | Anugya | ||||||||||
| 2 | Zenisha | Nikita | Shailee | Sikshya | Nikita | Sikshya | Anugya | Nikita | ||||||||||
| 3 | Anu | Chandrika | Anugya | Nikita | Anugya | Nikita | Nikita | Sikshya | ||||||||||
| 4 | Prarthana | Anugya | Salina | Prarthana | Salina | Salina | Salina | |||||||||||
| 5 | Maya | Anu | Nikita | Anugya | Prarthana | Shailee | Shailee | |||||||||||
| 6 | Shailee | Sikshya | Prarthana | Zenisha | Shailee | Prarthana | Prarthana | |||||||||||
| 7 | Sneha | Salina | Sikshya | Rekha | Meera | Rekha | Rajiya | |||||||||||
| 8 | Rajiya | Bhumika | Rekha | Meera | Rekha | Meera | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Shailee | Rekha | Meera | Bhumika | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Chandrika | Zenisha | Shailee | Zenisha | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Anugya | Meera | Anu | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Rekha | Shailee | Chandrika | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Nikita | Maya | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sikshy | Rajiya | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Meera | Sneha | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Bhumika | Saina | ||||||||||||||||
- The contestant was nominated for the best photo of that week.
- The contestant was in the bottom, but was not eliminated.
- The contestant was voted back by the viewers but was eliminated again in the same episode.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant won the competition.
- In episode 13, Saina had to quit the competition due to personal reasons.
- In episode 224, nobody was eliminated.
- In the finale, Rajiya was voted back by the viewers
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 7 Photo shoot: Casting
- Episode 8 Catwalk: Walking in Cocktail dress
- Episode 14 Photo shoot: Moving Bus
- Episode 17 Photo shoot: Makeover Madness
- Episode 21, 22 Photo shoot: TVC for Healthy lifestyle
Season 4
Auditions
The auditions for the fourth season of Mega Model has started from Dharan Audition, Pokhara Audition and the final Kathmandu Audition.
Prizes
The winner will receive NPR 500,000 prize money as well as a trip to Bangkok.
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aayusha Maharjan | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Kritipur | ||
| Albina Upreti | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Hetauda | ||
| Anisha Waiba | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Bhaktapur | ||
| Anjali Thapa | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Lalitpur | |
| Anjana Niroula | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Jhapa | 13th-16th Place |
| Archana Kharel | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Itahari | ||
| Ashim Ranahat | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pokhara | |
| Bipasha Rajbanshi | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Biratnagar | ||
| Ikrina Balla | 24 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Bhaktapur | 13th-16th Place |
| Ishika Rai | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Kathmandu | |
| Parina Pradhan | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kathmandu | 13th-16th Place |
| Pooja Baral | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Pokhara | |
| Rajita Parajuli | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Itahari | ||
| Shreesha Bajracharya | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Lalitpur | 13th-16th Place |
| Sugandha Adhikari | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kathmandu | |
| Tara Basnet | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Sindhuli | |
- Sneha was the Migme Wild Card Entry who made it to Top 16.
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 25 | ||
| 1 | Pooja | WIN | ||||||
| 2 | Aayusha | HIGH | ||||||
| 3 | Tara | LOW | ||||||
| 4 | Ashim | SAFE | ||||||
| 5 | Anisha | LOW | ||||||
| 6 | Albina | SAFE | ||||||
| 7 | Anjali | SAFE | ||||||
| 8 | Ishika | SAFE | ||||||
| 9 | Sugandha | SAFE | ||||||
| 10 | Archana | LOW | ||||||
| 11 | Bipasha | HIGH | ||||||
| 12 | Rajita | LOW | ||||||
| 13 | Parina | ELIM | ||||||
| 11 | Ikrina | ELIM | ||||||
| 15 | Anjana | ELIM | ||||||
| 16 | Shreesha | ELIM | ||||||
- The contestant won Mega Model.
- The contestant was a runner-up.
- The contestant won the challenge.
- The contestant received positive critiques and was ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant received critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant received negative critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant was in the bottom.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was voted back by the viewers but was eliminated again in the same episode.
- The contestant quit the competition.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 7 Photo shoot: Casting
- Episode 8 Catwalk: Walking in Cocktail dress
- Episode 14 Photo shoot: Moving Bus
- Episode 17 Photo shoot: Makeover Madness
- Episode 21, 22 Photo shoot: TVC for Healthy lifestyle
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