Miss Nepal 2017

Hidden Treasures Ruslan Miss Nepal 2017, the 22nd annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 2 June 2017 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Miss Nepal 2016 Asmi Shrestha crowned her successor Nikita Chandak as the new Miss Nepal World 2017 who represented Nepal in the Miss World 2017.[1][2][3]

Miss Nepal 2017
Date2 June 2017
VenueHotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal
BroadcasterNTV & NTV PLUS, M&S VMAG
Entrants20
Winner

At the same event, Roshni Khatri crowned her successor Rojina Shrestha as Miss Earth Nepal 2017[4] and Barsha Lekhi crowned her successor Niti Shah as Miss International Nepal 2017.[5] In addition to those 3 titles, this year Miss Nepal has brought back the original title of Miss Nepal Asia Pacific 2017 to its fourth winner, making a Top 4 winners.

The winner of Miss Nepal 2017 served as the brand ambassador of popular drink Fanta and WWF Nepal for a year. In addition, she received $1,000 as prize for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held in Dharan, Birgunj, Chitwan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Butwal and Kathmandu.

NTV and NTV PLUS broadcast the pageant live and for the Nepalese abroad. Miss Nepal 2017 was live streamed on M&S V Magazine's official website.

Results

Placements
Color key
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as the runner-up
  Ended as a finalist or semifinalist
  Unplaced
Final Results Candidate International Placement
Miss World Nepal 2017 Top 40
Miss International Nepal 2017 Unplaced
Miss Earth Nepal 2017 Unplaced
Miss Asia Pacific International Nepal 2017
  • Sahara Basnet
 Unplaced
Top 7
  • Manzari Singh
  • Rakchya Karki
  • Rojina Amatya Shrestha
Top 15
  • Aasina Baral
  • Anusha Lamsal
  • Barsha Pokharel
  • Narmata Gurung
  • Priyanka Khadka
  • Rinku Bajracharya
  • Urusha Adhikari

(●): The candidate won the Miss Popular Choice Award (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 15 semi-Finalists.

Special Awards
Final Results Representing Contestant
Best in Evening Gown Urlabari Nikita Chandak
Post Miss Intellect Lalitpur Sahara Basnet
Berger Miss Talent Butwal Narmata Gurung
Ganapti Miss Photogenic Dhading Anusha Lamsal
Miss Popular Choice Urlabari Nikita Chandak
Miss Friendship Kathmandu Rojina Shrestha
Miss Fascino Ghorahi Niti Shah
Miss Confident Urlabari Nikita Chandak
Beauty with a Purpose Biratnagar Dristi Katwal
Miss Best Complexion Ghorahi Niti Shah
Miss Athletic Tansen Manjari Singh

Contestants
# Contestants Age Height Representing Home Town Placement Special Award
1Swostika Silwal191.72 m (5 ft 8 in)LalitpurLalitpur District
2Rinku Bajracharya231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)LalitpurLalitpur DistrictTop 14
3Priyanka Khadka221.68 m (5 ft 6 in)BhadrapurJhapa DistrictTop 14
4Anusha Lamsal221.71 m (5 ft 7 in)DhadingDhading DistrictTop 14Miss Photogenic
5Narmata Gurung201.72 m (5 ft 8 in)ButwalRupandehi DistrictTop 14Miss Talent
6Rojina Amatya Shrestha221.73 m (5 ft 8 in)BirgunjParsa DistrictTop 7 Finalists
7Rojina Shrestha231.78 m (5 ft 10 in)KathmanduKathmandu DistrictMiss Earth NepalMiss Friendship
8Aasina Baral191.73 m (5 ft 8 in)KathmanduKathmandu DistrictTop 14
9Anita Bhandari241.77 m (5 ft 10 in)SyangjaSyangja District
10Rakchya Karki231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)KathmanduKathmandu DistrictTop 7 Finalists
11Niti Shah211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)GhorahiDang DistrictMiss International NepalMiss Fascino
Best Complexion
12Urusha Adhikari221.73 m (5 ft 8 in)BharatpurChitwan DistrictTop 14
13Manzari Singh221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)TansenPalpa DistrictTop 7 FinalistsMiss Athletic
14Nikita Chandak201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)BiratnagarMorang DistrictMiss World NepalMiss Confident
Miss Popular Choice
15Gyani Maiya Baral231.69 m (5 ft 7 in)PokharaKaski District
16Dristi Katwal231.68 m (5 ft 6 in)BiratnagarMorang DistrictBeauty with a Purpose
17Sahara Basnet221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)LalitpurLalitpur DistrictMiss Asia Pacific NepalMiss Intellect
18Barsha Pokharel221.72 m (5 ft 8 in)BiratnagarMorang DistrictTop 14Miss Beautiful Hair
19Kritika Giri191.70 m (5 ft 7 in)BhadrapurJhapa District
  1. Niti Shah is the 1st runner up of Face of House of Fashion Season 1.
  2. Narmata Gurung is the winner of Hunt for Supermodel Season 2 (2016) which was organized in Hong Kong.

Previous Experience
  • (#1) Eksha Maden was 2nd runner up in Miss Purwanchal 2016 regional pageant which gave her the direct entry to Miss Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants.[6]
  • (#2) Sadikshya Pandey is the winner of Miss Pokhara 2016 regional pageant giving her a sport in Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants.

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  • (#3) Suman Gurung is the winner of Miss Chitwan 2017 regional pageant which gave her the direct entry to Miss Nepal 2017 Top 20 contestants.[8]

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References
  1. "Nikita Chandak Biography". Lumbini Media.
  2. "Registrations opened for Miss Nepal 2017 - Glamour Nepal". glamournepal.net. 21 March 2017.
  3. "Nikita Chandak won Miss Nepal 2017" Lagatar.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. "Miss Nepal Pageant To Have Four Title Winners From This Year". neostuffs.com. 27 March 2017.
  5. "Miss Nepal 2017 applications open". ekantipur.com.
  6. "Miss Purwanchal 2016 is Kritika Giri". badmasi.com. 27 June 2016.
  7. "Misspokhara - Event of Pokhara Jaycees". misspokhara.com.np.
  8. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2017-03-08/miss-chitwan-preparations-underway.html
  9. "Miss Chitwan 2017 is Suman Gurung, gets wild card entry in Miss Nepal 2017". xnepali.net. 26 March 2017.
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