Miss Grand Nepal

Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्राण्ड नेपाल) is an annual female beauty pageant in Nepal, founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment,[1] aiming to select the country representative to compete at its parent international pageant Miss Grand International.[1][2] The license of the contest was later transferred to RK Entertainment Group and Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2017 and 2019, respectively.[3][4][5] However, even lost the contest license in 2019, the RK group has held the Miss Grand national contest annually to select the delegates for other international contests since then.[6][7][8][9] Currently, the contest licensed by the Thai-parent platform was managed by Suresh Tamang.[10][11]

For the upcoming edition, see Miss Grand Nepal 2022.
Miss Grand Nepal
FormationAugust 23, 2016 (2016-08-23)
FounderSazum Katwal
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersKathmandu
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Sureh Tamang
Parent organization
  • Looks Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (2016)
  • RK Entertainment Group (2017 – 2018)
  • Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group (2019 - Present)
Websitemissgrandnepal.com

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, to date, Nepali representatives have never won the contest. The reigning Miss Grand Nepal is Ronali Amatya of Kathmandu, who was appointed to the position by the Izodom group on 20 October 2021.[4][12]

Background

History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Nepal has always sent its representatives to participate, however, its first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any respective national pageant.[13] The first edition of Miss Grand Nepal happened after a Kathmandu-based event organizer Looks Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Mero Looks) had obtained the license in 2016,[13][14] the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, featuring ten national finalists, of which Zeenus Lama was named the winner and expected to compete at Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas, US.[1][15] Nevertheless, the document problems and the short time for paper preparation caused her unable to obtain the visa and had withdrawn from the international competition. Later in 2017, she was appointed to participate in the following international edition in Vietnam,[16] after Mero Looks lost the franchise to RK Entertainment Group, who owned the Miss Grand Nepal license from 2017 – 2018.[3]

Under the management of RK Entertainment Group, several audition events were held in many cities countrywide, such as Nepalgunj, Butwal, Pokhara, Chitwan, Birganj, Biratnagar, Jhapa, and Kathmandu, to determine the finalists for the national contest.[17][18][19] However, the RK group later lost the franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2019,[4][5] but the former licesee organ still held the Miss Grand Nepal contest annually to select the country representatives for other several international pageants such as Miss Aura International, Miss Global International, Face of Beauty International, and Miss Landscape International,[18][19][20][21] however, the pageant was renamed "Miss Grand Nepal World" in late 2022. Meanwhile the new licensee held the contest only twice in 2020 and 2022, the rest of their representatives were appointed.[4][22][23]

Editions

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host Province Entrants Organizer Ref.
2016 1st23 AugustHyatt Regency Hotel, TaragaonKathmandu10Looks Entertainment[1][15]
2018 2nd4 AugustHotel Gurkha HeritageRK Entertainment Group[24]
2019 3rd14 SeptemberRussian Centre of Science and Culture14[6][25]
2020 4th13 DecemberMojo Boutique Hotel, Baneshwor10Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group[22]
2021 5th30 NovemberRastriya Nachghar Jamal16RK Entertainment Group[7]
2022 6th20 AugustNational Dance Hall, Jamal14[8][9][26]
15 SeptemberHotel ShankerIzodom Nepal & Cosmo Group[10][27]

Titleholder

Early era: Single organizer
YearMiss Grand NepalRunners-upRef.
1st runner-up2nd runner-up3rd runner-up4th runner-up
2013Ashmita SitoulaNo runners-up, the titleholders were appointed.[13]
2014Shrijana Regmi[13][28]
2015Jenita Basnet[13][29]
2016Zeenus LamaPooja ShresthaJyotsana MaharjanNo 3rd & 4th runners-up[1][15]
2018Urussa JoshiSireng Eksha MadenRiya Gaihre[30]

By RK Entertainment Group

In 2019, RK Entertainment Group lost the license of Miss Grand International in Nepal to Izodom Nepal and Cosmo Group,[4][5] however, the organizer still held the Miss Grand national pageant annually to select country representatives for other international pageants such as Miss Grand World, Miss Landscape International, Face of Beauty International, Miss Aura International, etc.[18][20][21]

YearMiss Grand Nepal1st runner-up2nd runner-up3rd runner-up4th runner-upRef.
2019Preeti PoudelAastha Shakya
(Miss Tourism Nepal)		Shardha Silwal
(Miss Scuba Nepal)		Ashmita Dhungana
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		Aasha Karki
(Miss Multinational Nepal)		[6][31]
2021Nishu Kumari ShahSurjina Shrestha
(Miss Tourism Nepal)		Babita Acharya
(Miss Scuba Nepal)		Manisha Chinnal
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		Pramila Bishwokarma
(Miss Multinational Nepal)		[7]
2022Dipa KarkiRojika Sitoula
(Miss Landscape Nepal)		Dina Katuwal
(Miss Aura Nepal)		Laxmi Dhamala
(Miss Global Nepal)		Maya Kandel
(Miss Grand Universe)		[8][9]

By Izodom Nepal and Cosmo Group

The Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group acquired the Miss Grand International license for Nepal in 2019,[4][5] and held the national contest twice in 2020 and 2022,[22][32][33] the rest of the country representatives at the international stage were appointed.[4][12]

YearMiss Grand Nepal1st runner-up2nd runner-upRef.
2019Nisha PathakNo runners-up, the titleholders was appointed.[5][23]
2020Ambika Joshi RanaSujina ShahiSujata Gurung[22]
2021Ronali AmatyaNo runners-up, the titleholders was appointed.[4][12]
2022Aishworya ShresthaBarsha BhandariRakchya Upreti[32][33]
Winner gallery
  • Miss Grand Nepal 2022Aishworya Shrestha
    Miss Grand Nepal 2022
    Aishworya Shrestha
  • Miss Grand Nepal 2021Ronali Amatya
    Miss Grand Nepal 2021
    Ronali Amatya
  • Miss Grand Nepal 2015Jenita Basnet
    Miss Grand Nepal 2015
    Jenita Basnet
  • Miss Grand Nepal 2014Shrijana Regmi
    Miss Grand Nepal 2014
    Shrijana Regmi

Representatives at Miss Grand International

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