On Wednesday September 1, 2010 Miss Nepal 2010 is going to be held in Army Officer’s Club at Bhadrakali, Kathmandu. The 18 contestants will compete for the crown of one of the biggest fashion event in Nepal. There are 8 grils from Kathmandu, 3 from Lalitpur and one each from Dharan, Sunsari, Rajbiraj, Birgunj, Kabhre, Tanahun, Arghakhachi and Mahendranagar. Most of the participants this year are in Bachelor’s level.

The beauties have been in training for the last one and half months. The winner of the contest will represent Nepal in the Miss World 2010 to be held in China.

This year’s winner of Miss Nepal will receive a car as a prize.

All the participants in this year’s event are taller than 5′ 4". Prina Maharjan, 19, is the tallest of them with a height of 5′ 8". It was previously told that out of the 100 applicants, 24 were selected. The final list however is only 18 names long.

Names and ages of the participants of this year’s event are:

• Sadikshya Shrestha, 19
• Barsha Shresth, 19
• Binita Thapa, 21
• Chandani Dhebaju, 20
• Sanyukta Timilsena, 19
• Sahana Bajracharya, 20
• Prina Maharjan, 19
• Rakshya Thapa, 20
• Ajita Singh, 21
• Samridhi Rai, 22
• Kusumanjali KC, 22
• Isha Khadgi, 24
• Sujata Swar, 22
• Anita Acharya, 20
• Priya Rani Lama, 20
• Supriya KC, 24
• Chandani Ansari, 20
• Asmita Ghimire, 19