Sadikshya Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2010

Sadikshya Shrestha, 19, has been crowned Miss Nepal 2010, Wednesday.

Shrestha was chosen from among 18 finalists at the contest held at Army Officers' Club, Tripureshwar.

Sahana Bajracharya has become the first runner up while Samyukta Timsina has become the second runner up in the contest.

The contest was jointly organised by Kathmandu Jaycees and Hidden Treasure.

Miss Nepal 2010 will also be a goodwill ambassador for Nepal Cancer Relief Society and World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Nepal.

According to the organisers, Miss Nepal 2010 will be offered a Chery QQ3 car along with cash prize of Rs 50,000. Similarly, the first runner-up will get a 125 CC Mahindra scooter and cash prize of Rs 35,000.

Miss Nepal 2009

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: With the coveted and at times controversial beauty pageant Miss Nepal 2009 less than a week away, the contestants are busy gearing up for the preparations leading up to the main event this Thursday. 16 contestants are vying for the 16th crown of Miss Nepal 2009.


For the first time, the organizers have also made it possible for the public to vote for each contestant. Public can vote by typing FHMN (SPACE) and contestants’ name and number to 3626.

Miss Nepal beauty pageant to be held soon

KATHMANDU: A bevy of Nepalese fair ladies are all set to catch the nation's attention with Nepal's oldest beauty pageant being re-launched
after it was stalled last year under Maoists' threat.
Applications from the girls aged between 19 and 25 to select the first Miss Nepal of the Federal Democratic Republic Nepal have been invited by the organisers.

The popular 15 year-old event of Miss Nepal pageant will take place after a year's gap as the Maoists opposed it last year after it emerged as the largest party in the Constituent Assembly.

The Hidden Treasure, the main organiser of the event, has asked the aspiring unmarried girls to submit their application forms, which can be downloaded from its website, by August 28.
Last year the event had to be postponed at the last minute due to the strong opposition by the Maoists.

"Only affluent women, who can afford cosmetics and elegant dresses can participate in the contest, so it widens the gap between the rich and the poor", argues chief of the Maoists' women's wing Amrita Thapa, whose anti-pageant campaign last year led to cancellation of the event.

Now after the dissolution of the Maoist led government in May the organisers of the event seem to be encouraged.
This year's pageant theme is "empowering women for the betterment of country's development," the press statement said.