Keshu Khadka was selected to wear the crown of this year, Republica Miss Teen 2012, in an event held on December 23, 2012, in Army Officers Club, Kathmandu.
There were 18 participants out of which 10 were selected after talent round and best dress round, for the final competition. The judges of the event included Sabita Bhandari Baral, photographer Raj Bhai Suwal, model Mahesh Shrestha, businessman Ujjwal Kumar Shrestha, and Rajendra Malla.
Nilu Khadka has won this year’s Miss Teen title in an event organized in Kathmandu on September 12, 2012.
The first runner-up of Miss Teen 2012 is Samikshya Siwakoti and the second runner-up is Nancy Bogati.
In a Facebook comment, the first runner-up Samikshya has responded with satisfaction on being the second in the contest.
Facebook page of Samikshya and Nancy Bogati are flooded with congratulation messages (Nilu’s Facebook page is private so, we couldn’t peek in it).
This is a comprehensive list of beauty contests in Nepal. We will update the list to make it as detailed as possible after every beauty contests. Some of the details of past events are missing in some cases. The information will be updated as we could gather those information. Your help will be highly appreciated (contact us).
NOTE: This page is incomplete and will be updated when information are available.
Miss Nepal
Organizer: Hidden Treasure Pvt. Ltd.
Start :1994
| Event Date | Miss Nepal | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 1994 | Ruby Rana | ||
| 1995 | Sumi Khadka | ||
| 1996 | Poonam Ghimire | ||
| 1997 | Nilima Gurung | Jharana Bajracharya | |
| 1998 | Niru Shrestha (after Jyoti Pradhan was dethroned) | ||
| 1999 | Shewta Shah | ||
| 2000 | Usha Khadgi | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2002 | Malvika Subba | Nira Gautam | |
| 2003 | Pretty Sitoula | ||
| 2004 | Payal Shakya | Anita Gurung | |
| 2005/06 | Sugarika KC | Shavona Shrestha | |
| 2007 | Sitashma Chand | Bandana Sharma | |
| 2008 | Canceled | ||
| 2009 | Zenisha Moktan | Richa Thapa Magar | Kunchhang Moktan |
| 2010 | Â Sadichha Shrestha | Â Sahana Bajracharya | Â Sanyukta Timilsina |
| 2011 | Â Malina Joshi | Â Anupama Aura Gurung | Â Sarina Maskey |
| 2012 | Â Shristi Shrestha | Â Nagma Shrestha | Â Subekshya Khadka |
Miss Tamang
Start :2006
Organizer: Nepal Tamang Art & Culture Center
| Event Date | Miss Tamang | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2006 | Zenisha Moktan | ||
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| 2009 | Upali Gyabak | ||
| 2010 | 23rd January 2010 | (To be held) |
Miss Teen Tamang
Start : (Information not available)
| Event Date | Miss Teen Tamang | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2006 | |||
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| 2009 | Tsering Moktan | Amrita Moktan | Dechhen Chukti Dong |
| 2010 |
Miss Teen
Start :2004
| Event Date | Miss Teen | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
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Miss Newa
Start :2006
| Event Date | Miss Newa | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2005 | Sabita Shrestha | ||
| 2006 | Subita Pradhan | ||
| 2007 | Supriya Tuladhar | ||
| 2008 | Akasha Bajracharya | ||
| 2009 | Yogita Maharjan | Sabina Dangol | Alisha Shrestha |
| 2010 |
Miss Sherpa
Start :2004
| Event Date | Miss Sherpa | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2006 | |||
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Miss Gurung
Start :2004
| Event Date | Miss Gurung | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
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Mr. and Miss. Kathmandu
| Event Date | Miss. | Mr. | |
| 2009 | Rajani Maharjan | Rabindra Singh | |
College Ambassador
| Event Date | Miss. | Mr. | |
| 2009 | Ajita Singh | Suraj Giri | |
Miss Nepal USA
Start :2001 ( and held only once)
Organizeer: The Association of Nepalese in Americas
| Event Date | Miss Nepal USA | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2001 | Nepolina chhetri | Sabina Shrestha | Smriti Gurung |
Miss Hong Kong Nepal
Start :1998
| Event Date | Miss HK Nepal | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 1998 | Junu Pun | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | Mamita Gurung | Kavita Gurung | Saiyan Amatya |
| 2001 | Pooja Subba | ||
| 2002 | |||
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| 2005 | Purnima Gurung | Deepa BK | Sunita Thapa |
| 2006 | Basanti Pun | ||
| 2007 | Susmita Gurung | ||
| 2008 | Rina Gurung | ||
| 2009 | Anju Ghising | Sangita Gurung | Manjila Rai |
| 2010 |
Miss Pearl Hong Kong
Start :NA
| Event Date | Miss Nepal Australia | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2009 | Deepa Gurung | Roji Pun | Jyoti Gurung |
Miss Nepal Australia
Start :2009
| Event Date | Miss Nepal Australia | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2009 | Sanam Dangol | Karishma Shrestha | Prada Pradhan |
There are many more contests like
Miss Teen Pokhara
Little Star and Little Champ (two contests)
Miss Little Newa Miss Little Idol Miss Angel Miss Ecollege Talent Show
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.
A rough history of beauty contests from November to May (10 contests in 7 months and another hat-trick beauty contest announcement for July)**
** – This is a rough and unofficial statistics based on our previous reporting. There might have been more contests at that time.
In the event organized by Movie House, Miss Teen Shristi also won the Miss Photogenic title and a cash prize of Rs. 31,000.
Priyanka Shrestha won Miss Popularity, Nawang Moktan won Miss Glamorous, Bhawana Gurung – Miss Culture, and Amriya Khanal got Best Hair awards.
After winning the title, Miss Teen Shristi Neupane told that has decided not to go abroad as she had planned before. She wanted to do social works in the country.
There were thirty finalist in the event.
There are a couple of videos from one of the Miss Teen events (It is Riddhi Siddhi Miss Teen not the Republica Miss Teen) posted below. Contest, organizers, and location doesn’t really matter here. What matters is how they are organized and trained. The primary language of the event is English and the participant Teens find it really difficult.
I know, the winner of the event might need to participate in international arena. But, does that mean the primary language of the event should be made English when their first language is not English? My first language is not English and at times I find myself short of words while writing here. I have time… I can take forever to post an article and still my English sucks at times. These kids have talked in Nepal all their lives and they had to practice each lines they speak by heart – I am wondering, how can they be creative in the event?
Enough of talks. Let’s see the video and see how funny it looks when the participants introduce themselves in English.
I thought Miss Teen was already done. But, it was Republica Miss Teen and now it is Riddhi Siddhi Miss Teen. If the trend continues every teen girls in the street will have at least one Miss Teen title. Records are to be broken. There were three beauty contests in the last week of December and I am positive in seeing three contests in a single day. Are Guinness people listening?
Poor boys, I wish there were at least one Mr. Teen… sorry guys.
In the event, Shriya Poudel was awarded the crown of Miss Teen 2009. Shriya has become the seventh Miss Teen in it’s history.
Molika Rimal was the first runner-up and Avita Tamrakar was second runner-up of the event.
