Miss Grand Nepal

National beauty contest in Nepal
  • Nepal
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Uddhab Adhikari
Parent organization
  • Looks Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (2016)
  • RK Entertainment Group (2017 – 2018)
  • Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group (2019 - 2022)
  • Umanga Creation Pvt. Ltd (2023 - Present)
Websitemissgrandnepal.com

Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्राण्ड नेपाल) is an annual female beauty pageant in Nepal, founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment,[1] aiming to select the country representative to compete at its parent international pageant Miss Grand International.[1][2] The license of the contest was later transferred to RK Entertainment Group and Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2017 and 2019, respectively.[3][4][5] However, even lost the contest license in 2019, the RK group has held the Miss Grand national contest annually to select the delegates for other international contests since then.[6][7][8][9] Currently, the contest licensed by the Thai-parent platform was managed by Suresh Tamang.[10][11]

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, to date, Nepali representatives have never won the contest. The reigning Miss Grand Nepal is Ronali Amatya of Kathmandu, who was appointed to the position by the Izodom group on 20 October 2021.[4][12]

History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Nepal has always sent its representatives to participate, however, its first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any respective national pageant.[13] The first edition of Miss Grand Nepal happened after a Kathmandu-based event organizer Looks Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Mero Looks) had obtained the license in 2016,[13][14] the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner.[1][15] Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues,[16] Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.[3]

Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017–2018, several audition events were held in many cities countrywide, such as Nepalgunj, Butwal, Pokhara, Chitwan, Birganj, Biratnagar, Jhapa, and Kathmandu, to determine the finalists for the national contest.[17][18][19] However, the RK group later lost the franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2019,[4][5] but the former licesee organ still held the Miss Grand Nepal contest annually to select the country representatives for other several international pageants such as Miss Aura International, Miss Global International, Face of Beauty International, and Miss Landscape International.[18][19][20][21] Meanwhile the new licensee held the contest only twice in 2020 and 2022, the rest of their representatives were appointed.[4][22][23]

Editions

Dat and venue

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016.

Year Edition Date Final venue Entrants Organizer Ref.
2016 1st 23 August Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taragaon, Kathmandu 10 Looks Entertainment [1][15]
2018 2nd 4 August Hotel Gurkha Heritage, Kathmandu 10 RK Entertainment Group [24]
2019 —[a] 14 September Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Kathmandu 14 [6][25]
2020 3rd 13 December Mojo Boutique Hotel, Baneshwor, Kathmandu 10 Bolly Club Group- Nepal [22]
2021 —[a] 30 November Rastriya Nachghar Jamal 16 RK Entertainment Group [7]
2022 —[a] 20 August National Dance Hall, Jamal, Kathmandu 14 [8][9][26]
4th 15 September Hotel Shanker, Kathmandu 14 Bolly Club Group- Nepal [10][27]
2023 —[a] 1 September National Dance Hall, Jamal, Kathmandu 16 RK Entertainment Group [28][29]
Note:
  1. ^ a b c d The organizer did not hold the license of Miss Grand International for Nepal

Competition results

Early era: Single organizer

Year Miss Grand Nepal Runners-up Ref.
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up
2013 Ashmita Sitoula No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed. [13]
2014 Shrijana Regmi [13][30]
2015 Jenita Basnet [13][31]
2016 Zeenus Lama Pooja Shrestha Jyotsana Maharjan No 3rd & 4th runners-up [1][15]
2018 Urussa Joshi Sireng Eksha Maden Riya Gaihre [32]

Current era: Pageant redundancy

By RK Entertainment Group

In 2019, RK Entertainment Group lost the license of Miss Grand International in Nepal to Bolly Club Group- Nepal. So Bolly Club Group- Nepal became the authority to send Miss Grand Nepal to Miss Grand International;[4][5] however, the former licensee still holds the Miss Grand national pageant annually to select country representatives for other international pageants such as Miss Grand World, Miss Landscape International, Face of Beauty International, Miss Aura International, etc.[18][20][21]

Year Miss Grand Nepal 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up Ref.
2019 Preeti Poudel Aastha Shakya
(Miss Tourism Nepal)		 Shardha Silwal
(Miss Scuba Nepal)		 Ashmita Dhungana
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		 Aasha Karki
(Miss Multinational Nepal)		 [6][33]
2021 Nishu Kumari Shah Surjina Shrestha
(Miss Tourism Nepal)		 Babita Acharya
(Miss Scuba Nepal)		 Manisha Chinnal
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		 Pramila Bishwokarma
(Miss Multinational Nepal)		 [7]
2022 Dipa Karki
(Miss Face of Beauty Nepal)		 Rojika Sitoula
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		 Dina Katuwal
(Miss Aura Nepal)		 Laxmi Dhamala
(Miss Global Nepal)		 Maya Kandel
(Miss Grand Universe)		 [8][9]
2023 Saleena Nepal
(Miss Planet Nepal)		 Parsansa Uprety
(Miss Face of Beauty Nepal)		 Karuna Dahal
(Miss Aura Nepal)		 Britina Ale
(Miss Grand Universe)		 Laxmi Magar
(Miss Global Nepal)		 [29][34]
By Izodom Nepal and Cosmo Group: 2019–2022

The Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group acquired the Miss Grand International license for Nepal in 2019,[4][5] and held the national contest twice in 2020 and 2022,[22][35][36] the rest of the country representatives at the international stage were appointed.[4][12]

Year Miss Grand Nepal 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up Ref.
2019 Nisha Pathak No runners-up, the titleholders was appointed. [5][23]
2020 Ambika Joshi Rana Sujina Shahi Sujata Gurung [22]
2021 Ronali Amatya No runners-up, the titleholders was appointed. [4][12]
2022 Aishworya Shrestha Barsha Bhandari Rakchya Upreti [35][36]
By Umanga Creation: 2023–present

Umanga Creation Pvt. Ltd. led by Uddhab Adhikari acquired the license of Miss Grand Nepal in 2023, and the first runner-up Miss Universe Nepal 2023, Garima Ghimire, was designated to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 contest in Vietnam. Later Miss Grand Organization terminated Garima based on discipline.

Winner gallery

International pageants

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner

Miss Grand Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2023 Garima Ghimire Nepal Biratnagar 1st runner-up of Miss Universe Nepal 2023 Unplaced
2022 Aishworya Shrestha  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2022 Unplaced
2021 Ronali Amatya  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2021 Unplaced
2020 Ambika Rana Joshi  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2020 Unplaced
2019 Nisha Pathak  Kathmandu Top 14 at Miss Nepal 2019 Unplaced
2018 Urussa Joshi  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2018 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 20 - Best in National Costume
2017 Zeenus Lama Nepal Rampur Miss Grand Nepal 2016 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 10 - Best in Evening Gala Performance
2016 Did not compete
2015 Jenita Basnet  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2015 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 10 - Miss Popular Vote
2014 Srijana Regmi  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2014 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 11 - Miss Popular Vote
2013 Ashmita Sitoula Nepal Jhapa Top 10 of Miss Nepal 2013 Unplaced

Miss Planet Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2024 Saleena Nepal[37] Nepal Lalitpur Miss Grand Nepal 2023 (RK Entertainment) Top 27
1 Special Awards
    • Miss Tourism Ambassador

Face of Beauty Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2023 Deepa Karki Nepal Sindhupalchowk Miss Grand Nepal 2022
(RK Entertainment) 		Did not compete

Miss Aura Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2022 Dina Katuwal Nepal Jhapa 2nd runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2022 (RK Entertainment) Did not compete

Miss Interglobal Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2022 Sonali Sapkota[38] Nepal Kavre 5th runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2021 (RK Entertainment) Miss Interglobal 2022

Miss Tourism Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
Virtual 2021 Surjina Shrestha[39]  Kathmandu 1st runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2021 (RK Entertainment) Unplaced
Virtual 2020 2020 No pageant, Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Preeti Poudel[40]  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2019 (RK Entertainment) Unplaced
2018 Aastha Sakha Nepal Bhaktapur 1st runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2019 (RK Entertainment) Unplaced

Miss Scuba Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2019 Shraddha Silwal  Kathmandu 2nd runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2019 (RK Entertainment) Top 12

Miss Landscapes Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2019 Ashmita Dhungana Nepal Kavre 3rd runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2019 (RK Entertainment) Did not compete

Miss Multinational Nepal

Year Representative's Name District Title Placement Special Awards
2019 Aasha Karki Nepal Butwal 4th runner-up of Miss Grand Nepal 2019 (RK Entertainment) No competition held

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