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The Miss Nepal beauty pageant is an annual event held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This pageant was started in 1994. The winner of this event competes in the Miss World pageant.For more information visit-[[1]]
The recent Miss Nepal pageant held at the Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC) was protested pro-women activists.
The first Miss Nepal crowned was Ruby Rana. Later Miss Nepals included Jharana Bajracharya, Niru Shrestha who is currently a pilot, and Malvika Subba.
Payal Shakya was crowned Miss Nepal 2004 on August 7, 2004 at Birendra International Convention Center.
Sarah Gurung and Anita Gurung won the titles of 1st Runner up and 2nd Runner up respectively. Payal will represent Nepal in Miss World 2004. Sarah Gurung will represent Nepal in Miss Asia Pacific and
Anita will represent Nepal in Miss Earth 2004.
On April 7th 2007, the Miss Nepal show was held at Birendra International Conference Convention Centre amidst heavy protest from women's rights association. The show which was broadcasted live by Nepal Television did have slight technical glitches occurring along the way. The chief judge for the event was Kollywood actor Rajesh Hamal who asked the top 5 finalists 'How one should keep up with the tradition and change it or not'. The Miss Nepal 2007 went to Sitashma Chand, who presently hails from the city of Lalitpur.
Several fashion designers presented their designs through the contestants. The main attraction of the dresses were the nice and beautiful modification of Nepal's ethnic dresses. Designers were from INIFD, NEFT, Lakhotia and some boutiques.
Designs from INIFD (International Institute of Fashion Design) were the best among all others designs. The contestants loved the designs and complimented them.
Designer Kriti Rana's design for the 'Lepcha' dress (for contestant no. 14) was a bit different and distinct. The combination of the colours white and blue made a difference.
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