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]

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

At the same event, Roshni Khatri crowned her successor Rojina Shrestha as Miss Earth Nepal 2017[3] and Barsha Lekhi crowned her successor Niti Shah as Miss International Nepal 2017.[4] 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
Color keys
Final results Contestant International pageant International Results
Miss Nepal 2017
(Winner)		 Miss World 2017 Top 40
Head-to-Head Challenge
2nd runner-up - Miss Multimedia
Top 10 - People's Choice Award
Top 20 - Beauty with a Purpose
Top 30 - Top Model
Miss Universe Nepal 2017 Miss Universe 2017 Unplaced
1st runner-up
(Miss Earth Nepal 2017)		 Miss Earth 2017 Unplaced
2nd runner-up
(Miss International Nepal 2017)		 Miss International 2017 Unplaced
3rd runner-up
(Miss Asia Pacific Nepal 2017)		 Miss Asia Pacific International 2017 Unplaced
Top 7
  • Nepal Birgunj – Rojina Amatya Shrestha
Top 14

(●): The candidate won the Miss Popular Choice Award (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 14 semi-Finalists.


Sub-titles
Award Contestant
Best in Evening Gown
The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect
Berger Miss Talent
Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic
Miss Popular
Miss Friendship
Miss Fascino
Miss Confident
Beauty with a Purpose
Miss Best Complexion
Miss Athletic

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.[5]
  • (#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.[7]

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