Hidden Treasures Fanta Miss Nepal 2016, the 21st annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 8 April 2016 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2015 Evana Manandhar crowned her successor Asmi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2016 to represent Nepal in the Miss World 2016.
At the same event, Roshni Khatri was crowned as Miss Earth Nepal 2016 and Barsha Lekhi was crowned as Miss International Nepal 2016.
The winner of Miss Nepal 2016 served as the brand ambassador of popular drink Fanta and WWF Nepal for a one year. In addition, she received Rs. 100,000 as prize for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held in Biratnagar, Birgunj, Chitwan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Butwal and Kathmandu.
NTV and NTV PLUS broadcast the pageant live and for all the Nepalese abroad Miss Nepal 2016 was live streamed on M&S V Magazine's official website.
Results
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Final resultsContestantInternational pageantInternational Results Miss Nepal 2016(Winner) Chitwan - Asmi Shrestha (●)Miss World 2016Unplaced Top 5 - Beauty with a Purpose 1st runner-up(Miss Earth Nepal 2016) Lalitpur - Roshni KhatriMiss Earth 2016Unplaced Best in Resort Wear 2nd runner-up(Miss International Nepal 2016) Saptari - Barsha LekhiMiss International 2016Unplaced People's Choice Award by MissosologyTop 5 – Namrata Shrestha Sankhuwasabha - Srijana RegmiTop 11 Lalitpur - Anshu KCMiss Asia Pacific International 2016Unplaced Dharan – Sandipa Limbu – Prerana Adhikari – Soniya Sharma Kirtipur – Ashma KC Taplejung – Aayushma Shrestha (●)
(●): The candidates won the Miss Popular Choice Award (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 11 semi-Finalists.
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Award Contestant Best in Evening Gown (performance) Chitwan – Asmi Shrestha Best in Evening Gown (design) Chitwan – Asmi Shrestha (designer - Antee Gurung) The Kathmandu Post Miss Intellect Chitwan - Asmi Shrestha Fanta Miss Bubbly Taplejung – Aayushma Shrestha Berger Miss Talent Sankhuwasabha - Srijana Regmi Shree Ganapati Jewellers Miss Photogenic Chitwan - Asmi Shrestha Alfa Beta Miss Scholar of the Year - Prerana Adhikari Miss Popular Saptari - Barsha Lekhi Miss Personality Lalitpur - Roshni Khatri Miss Friendship Lalitpur - Anshu KC Miss Fascino Kirtipur - Ashma KC Miss Confident Lalitpur - Roshni Khatri Beauty with a Purpose Pokhara - Prativa Dawadi Miss Best Complexion - Prerana Adhikari Miss Athletic Kirtipur - Ashma KC
Contestants + Province No. 1 & Province No. 2 # Contestants Age Height Representing District Placement 6 Aayushma Shrestha 19 Taplejung Taplejung District Top 11 Miss Bubbly 13 Anita Karki 21 Solukhumbu Solukhumbu District 14 Barsha Lekhi 21 Saptari Saptari District 2nd Runner Up Miss Popular 15 Sandipa Limbu 21 Dharan Sunsari District Top 11 16 Srijana Regmi 23 Sankhuwasabha Sankhuwasabha District Top 5 Miss Talent
+ Bagmati Province # Contestants Age Height Representing District Placement1 Ashma KC 21 Kirtipur Kathmandu District Top 11 Miss Athletic Miss Fascino 2 Kritima Rimal 19 Ramkot Kathmandu District 3 Sajum Katuwal 20 Kirtipur Kathmandu District 4 Sachina Shrestha 19 Dolakha Dolakha District 5 Jubi Joshi 21 Kuleshwor Kathmandu District 7 Roshni Khatri 19 Bungamati Lalitpur District 1st Runner Up Miss Confident Miss Personality 8 Soniya Sharma 22 Swayambhunath Kathmandu District Top 11 9 Anshu KC 23 Jharuwarasi Lalitpur District Top 11 Miss Friendship 11 Asmi Shrestha 22 Chitwan Chitwan District Winner Miss Photogenic Best Evening Gown Miss Intellect 18 Namrata Shrestha 19 Kathmandu Kathmandu District Top 5 19 Prerana Adhikari 19 Daanchhi Kathmandu District Top 11 Miss Best Complexion Miss Intellect
+ Gandaki Province & Lumbini Province # Contestants Age Height Representing District Placement 10 Kushum Thapa Magar 19 Butwal Rupandehi District 12 Karuna Khadka 19 Butwal Rupandehi District 17 Prativa Dawadi 21 Pokhara Kaski District Beauty with a Purpose
Previous Experience (#1) Asmi Shrestha was the winner of Face of Classic Diamond 2014. (#2) Paramita Rana was the 1st runner up in Face of Classic Diamond 2014. (#3) Anjana Das was the winner of Miss Pokhara Queen 2015 title. (#4) Priyanka Shrestha was the winner of Miss Purwanchal 2015 which gave her a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2016's Top 19 finalists. (#5) Priyashi Thapa was Miss Nepalgunj 2015 title holder. (#6) Pooja Shrestha was 1st runner up at Miss Chitwan 2014 pageant. (#7) Anu Rai was 1st runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2015. (#8) Sheelpa Maskey was an actress and singer in the UK before coming to compete in Miss Nepal 2016. (#9) Sabina Rana Bhujel won the title of Miss Pokhara 2015 which gave her a wild card entry to Miss Nepal 2016's Top 19 finalists. (#10) Mangeeta Khannal was the 1st runner up at Miss Pokhara 2015 pageant. (#11) Pramisha Bajracharya is 2nd runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2015. (#13) Zenisha Tamang was placed 8th at Mega Model Season 3. (#14) Samragyee Shah is the 2nd runner up at Face of Classic Diamond 2014. (#15) Nitika Sarah Karmacharya has previous won the title of Miss ECollege 2015. (#16) Varsha Rai was the 2nd runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2013. (#17) Aastha Pokharel is the winner of Kingfisher Calendar Super Model Season 2 and placed 5th at Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 1. (#18) Sitoshna Ban was the winner of Miss Chitwan 2014 and previously she competed in Miss Nepal 2014. (#19) Lochan Basel is the 2nd runner up at Miss Pokhara 2015.
References "Asmi Shrestha won Miss Nepal 2016" Lagatar.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
External links Miss Nepal Website Miss Nepal Official Website