Nepal at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Nepal's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has not yet win any crown.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion are based on specific standards such as the pageant's global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media; the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados; the winner's post pageant activities; the pageant's longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[13][14][15]

Nepal's Big Four titleholders

Nepal has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][16] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[17][18][19]

Color key
  •      Ended as runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2020 × TBA ↑ No Pageant Held TBA
2019 Pradeepta Adhikari Anushka Shrestha
Top 12		 Meera Kakshapati Riya Basnet
2018 Manita Devkota
Top 10		 Shrinkhala Khatiwada
Top 12		 Ronali Amatya Priya Sigdel
Top 18
2017 Nagma Shrestha Nikita Chandak
Top 40		 Niti Shah Rojina Shrestha
2016 (established in 1952 in California, United States. Nepal sent their first delegate in 2017.) Asmi Shrestha Barsha Lekhi Roshni Khatri
2015 Evana Manandhar Medha Koirala Dibyata Vaidya
2014 Subin Limbu Sonie Rajbhandari Prinsha Shrestha
2013 Ishani Shrestha
Top 10		 Shritima Shah Rojisha Shahi
2012 Shristi Shrestha
Top 30		 Subeksha Khadka Nagma Shrestha
Top 8
2011 Malina Joshi Sarina Maskey Anupama Aura Gurung
2010 Sadichha Shrestha Sanyukta Timsina Sahana Bajracharya
2009 Zenisha Moktan × Richa Thapa Magar
2008 × × ×
2007 Sitashma Chand × Bandana Sharma
2006 × × Ayushma Pokharel
2005 Sugarika KC Nisha Adhikari Shavona Shrestha
2004 Payal Shakya × Anita Gurung
2003 Priti Stioula × ×
2002 × × Nira Gautam
2001 × × ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. Nepal sent their first delegate in 2002.)
2000 Usha Khadgi Uma Bogati
1999 Shewta Singh ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States. Nepal sent their first delegate in 2000.)
1998 Niru Shrestha
1997 Jharana Bajracharya
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Nepal sent their first delegate in 1997.)


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 1 Top 10 (2018)
Miss World 5 Top 10 (2013)
Miss International 0 None
Miss Earth 2 Top 8 (2012)
Total 8 Top 8 (2012) (Miss Earth)

References
  1. Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  8. Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  9. Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". GMA News Online. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  11. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  12. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. International Beauty Pageant Ranking
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  17. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  18. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  19. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

See also
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