Our Mustang has nothing to do with Ford car or horses. It is a beautiful place in Northern part of Nepal and that was where the Miss Mustang event was held.
In the second Miss Mustang beauty contest held recently Jyoti Thakali was selected the Miss Mustang 2010. 21 year-old Jyoti had to defeat 12 other participants to win the title and receive a cash prize of Rs. 15,000.
The first runner-up of the contest Dipika Lalchan received Rs. 10,000. The Miss Mustang 2009 Khusbu Lalchan crowned the new title winner in the event.
The British Association of Model Agents (AMA) says that female models should be around 34-24-34 in (86-61-86 cm) and at least 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall.
How many of the Nepali models are taller than 5 ft 8 in ? I suspect none.
Wikipedia defines a model as ‘a person who is employed for the purpose of displaying and promoting fashion clothing or other products and for advertising or promotional purposes or who poses for works of art.’
How many of them are posing for ‘works of art’? Probably, none.
How many of the internet models are ‘promoting fashion clothing’ or other product ? A very small number of them, I believe.
Some of you might say that the definition of model, in this digital age, is changed. I agree, and I also believe so. But, there is still something amiss, odd, or awkward on the way our modeling industry is shaping up. I have lost track of the beauty contests, being held every other day — and I won’t be writing about them anymore unless they are ‘big enough’ like Miss Nepal. These ‘model manufacturing’ contests might be one of the reason there are so many models around.
When you can’t fit it in the traditional definition, you should redefine term itself so that, everybody fits in it. Then, what is the definition of Nepali version of Model ?
Related post – Teej – Festival of dance, music and fasting and (Audio songs) The 33-year-old, former crown princess Himani looked beautiful in a red sari at a program organized by the Tourism Development Board in Lazimpat, Kathmandu to celebrate Teej and choose ‘Teej Pari’ of this year.
The participants of the beauty contest ‘Teej Pari’ are married women and this is among a few beauty contest organized for married women.
The three-member jury to choose this year’s Teej Pari or ‘Mrs. Nepal’ included the first Miss Nepal, Ruby Rana. The former crown princess placed the crown on the head of Kusum Bajracharya, the Teej Pari 2010.
Himani is originally from India’s Rajasthan. In recent time she is seen doing things normal citizen are doing like – paragliding in Pokhara, shopping in Kathmandu’s malls, and taking her children to the cinema.
Following gallery features photographs of Himani in the Teej event (photo credits – Deepesh Karki/onlinekhabar).
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.
Deepa Gurung has won the crown of Sunny Girl Teej Contest, organized by Siddha Pokhari Beauty Parlor Training Center in Bhaktapur.
The beauty contest organized in the occasion of Teej had 32 participants who participated fully draped. All the contestants were in traditional Nepali dress Saree, cholo or blouse. The contest tried to differ from other contests in which short and sexy dresses are worn by the contestants.
Rimisha Shakya won the Miss Little Newa of this year. 13 year-old Rimisha is currently in 7th grade at Heartland Children Academy. Rimisha received a cash prize of Rs 10,000 along with the crown.
First runner up of the contest was Solina Tamrakar who received Rs. 7,000 and second runner up was Rima Maharjan who recieved Rs. 5,000.
After posting the report about two kid’s talent shows in Pokhara, how can I miss another similar contest being held in Kathmandu. The contest named ‘Little Idol 2010’ was held on Saturday, August 14, 2010.
Sagun Bhetwal got the title Miss Little Idol 2010 at an event held organized by Action Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
12 year old Sagun, a 6th grade student got a prize of Rs. 15,000.
First runner up, 10 year old Katy Winterburn received Rs 10,000 and 8 year old Riya Gurung, the second runner up received Rs. 5,000.
Little Star Talent Contest 2010 was organized by The Looks Home today (on August 14, 2010). The winners were Simran Tamang and Samir Gurung. Sachitra Gurung and Sama Parajuli were first and second runner-ups among girls. Among boys, Dipen Gurung and Nikesh Gurung were first and second runner ups. The event was held for the kids btween 6 and 13 years of age.There were 10 boys and 22 girls contesting for the title.
That was not all. Last week, another kid’s contest was held in Pokhara. The last week’s contest title itself, ‘Little Champ 2010’ was copied from a popular Indian TV show "sa re ga ma pa Little Champ 2010". The contest was held among the kids aged between 6 and 12 years (it is the same target group as that of Little Star).
This year’s Mr and Miss Kathmandu is going to be held on August 25, 2010. There are 20 males who will be contesting for the title of Mr. Kathmandu and and 20 females contesting for the title of Miss Kathmandu.
I have questioned numerous times, why are Nepali people organizing beauty contest every now and then? Some even say that, the only thing Nepal is progressing is in ‘manufacturing’ beauties. When I looked at the procedure such contests are held, it looks like the most profitable and risk-free business that can be done in Nepal.
Defeating 21 participants, Sunny Amatya of Lalitpur was crowned Miss Angel 2010 in a program held in Soltaee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu. First Miss Nepal, Ruby Rana, handed over the 17-year-old Sunny, the Miss Angel crown. Nabaraj Acharya of White Horse company handed over a check of Rs. 1,00,000 to the winner. Sunny also received a Anna Lifan Motorbike and a 1 year subscription of Home TV. Sunny will also be the brand ambassador of Home TV services. Continue reading
There is one more reason to participate in this year’s Miss Nepal. The Dabur Special Miss Nepal 2010 title and crown winner will also take home a Chery QQ3 car. Hidden Treasure, the organizer of the beauty pageant, in a press release has also announced that the submission dates for the applications has been extended to July 16, 2010.
The Hidden Treasure, Dabur Nepal and Bama Motors have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the gift car for the Dabur Special Miss Nepal 2010. The first runners-up will receive a Mahindra scooter.
The winner of Miss Nepal will represent Nepal in the Miss World Pageant in Vietnam and the first runner-up will represent Miss Earth Pageant to be held in Philippines.
Season Media is going to organize Miss Ecollege 2010 Talent Show on Ashad 25, 2067 (July 9, 2010) in Kathmandu. The event will be held at the Nepal Tourism Board auditorium in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu.
The talent show is organized to include Plus two and Intermediate level students from various colleges in Nepal. There will be a participation of 30 girls from all over Nepal.
I wrote about the flood of beauty contests in December when there were 3 beauty contests being held in a week’s time (hat-trick, if you like – Republica Miss Teen, Riddhi Siddhi Miss Teen, and Miss Teen Tamang). After that, we had College Ambassador, Miss Mangol, Miss India Worldwide Nepal, Kid Queen, Miss Lumbini, and announcements of Miss Tamang (canceled) plus combined Miss Tamang and Miss Aryan. That is not all, we have a recent announcement of yet another contest, Miss Angel 2010.
The organizers of Miss Angel believe that the event will be nearly equivalent to Miss Nepal in terms of size! (But, I don’t have any reason to believe it.) The event is going to be held on July 17. They have only a month to prepare for the event and they want it to make a grand event… It however looks better in terms of prizes – Rs. 100,000 for the winner and 50,000 and 30,000 for the first and second runner up is not a bad prize money.
A rough history of beauty contests from November to May (10 contests in 7 months and another hat-trick beauty contest announcement for July)**
Tenzin Norzom, 23, was crowned the new Kingfisher Miss Tibet 2010 in an event held at Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts on June 6, 2010. Miss Norzom holds a Shastri degree (equivalent to Bachelor of Arts in Buddhist Philosophy) from Varanasi, India.
Last year’s Miss Tibet Tenzin Choezom crowned Norzom as the new Miss Tibet and presented a scholarship cheque of Rs. 100,000.
The first runner-up Yangchen Metok, 19, received a prize of Rs. 50,000. Metok hails from Dharamsala and she came to india in 2008 from Tibet.
According to previous announcement, the Miss Tamang 2010 beauty contest was supposed to be held on May 1 by Everest Fashion Home. When Tamang Kala Sanskriti Kendra wanted to do a separate contest, the organizations began to seek a common ground so that confusion is not created by conducting similar contests.
Previous two Miss Tamang contests were organized by Tamang Kala Sanskriti Kendra and it seems logical that they want to continue their program. After a debate of a couple of months finally Tamang Kala Sanskriti Kendra and Everest Fashion Homes have agreed to organize only one Miss Tamang.
As if we don’t have enough Miss Whatever contests … it is funny how they were going organize two Miss Tamang beauty contests one on May 1 by Everest and another on first week of July by Tamang Kendra. Everest home had already selected 17 contestants (in photo above) for the event and they were already given a month-long training. Now, the combined contest will include the 17 contestants plus the contestants selected by Tamang Kendra. The organizers say that there might be about 34 contestants in the contest.
