Hidden Treasures Dabur Vatika Shampoo Miss Nepal 2022, the 26th Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 18 June 2022 in Lalitpur, Nepal. During the coronation night, three winners were crowned by Miss World Nepal 2020 Namrata Shrestha, Miss Earth Nepal 2020 Supriya Shrestha and Miss International Nepal 2020 Sandhya Sharma.
In addition, the winners received Rs 250,000 as prize money for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal will be held from 22 April to 10 May in 7 Provinces of Nepal including Birgunj, Dhangadhi, Dharan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Surkhet and Kathmandu.
Kantipur Television broadcast the pageant live for the Nepalese at home and abroad.
The Top 3 winners of 2022 crowned their successors: Miss Nepal World 2020 Namrata Shrestha crowned Priyanka Rani Joshi as Miss Nepal World 2022, Miss Nepal Earth 2020 Supriya Shrestha crowned Sareesha Shrestha as Miss Nepal Earth 2022 and Miss Nepal International 2020 Sandhya Sharma crowned Nancy Khadka as Miss Nepal International 2022.
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The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant. The contestant did not place but won a Special Award in the pageant. The contestant did not place.
Placement Contestant International placement Miss Nepal 2022 – Priyanka Rani Joshi Top 25- Head to Head
Top 32- Sports Challenge
Asia & Oceania Winner- Beauty with a Purpose 1st Runner-Up – Sareesha Shrestha 2nd Runner-Up – Nancy Khadka (●) Top 6 – Susmita Bogati – Rose Kandel – Smarika Sharma Top 12 – Sriyansu Piya – Merika Baskota – Anoushka Poudel – Sophia Shrestha – Sriya Gajurel – Yashaswi Shrestha
(●): The candidate is the winner of Miss Popular Choice (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 12 semi-Finalists.
Judges
Ms Anushka Shrestha - Winner of Miss Nepal 2019 and Top 12 Finalist in Miss World 2019 Mr Bhushan Chand - Former Lieutenant General Ms Niti Shah - Miss International Nepal 2017 Dr. Balram Pathak - Chairman of Rastriya Banijya Bank Mrs Poonam Ghimire - Winner of Miss Nepal 1996 Mr Kishor Maharjan - Chairman of Star Hospital Limited Ms Lakpa Wangmo Tamang - Miss Tamang 2013 and Miss Talent Winner in Miss Nepal 2014 Mr Deepak Thapa - Nepal's Sports Personality 2017 and Secretary General of Kathmandu Badminton Academy Mrs Ayasha Shrestha - Three-time Gold Medallist for Taekwondo at the South Asian Games Mr Nischal Basnet - Nepali film director Ms Lemi Tamang - Make-up Artist
Contestants # Contestants Age Height Home Town Education 1 Anoushka Poudel 25 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province English literature 2 Sriyansu Piya 23 Bandipur, Gandaki Province Public health 3 Dr. Dilasha Dotel 25 Butwal, Lumbini Province MBBS 4 Ashra Shrestha 23 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Management 5 Aayushnova Dhungana 23 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Medical 6 Aakriti Shah 19 Sunsari, Province No. 1 Nursing 7 Merika Baskota 20 Dharan, Province No. 1 Dentistry 8 Manashi Chand TBA Nepalgunj, Lumbini Province Agriculture 9 Smarika Sharma 25 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province BBA 10 Sriya Gajurel 26 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Health science and biology 11 Susmita Bogati TBA Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province BSC nursing 12 Mamata Dhakal TBA Gorkha, Gandaki Province Health science 13 Aishwarya Shahi Thakuri 24 Sindhuli, Bagmati Province Biomedical engineering 14 Sareesha Shrestha 25 Lalitpur, Bagmati Province MBBS 15 Anusurya Dangee TBA Sankhuwasabha, Province No. 1 16 Hritual Paudel TBA Chitwan, Bagmati Province Applied science 17 Priyanka Rani Joshi TBA Kathmandu, Bagmati Province 18 Yashaswi Shrestha TBA Lalitpur, Bagmati Province MBBS 19 Rose Kandel 22 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Economics 20 Nancy Khadka 24 Biratnagar, Province No. 1 Communication and Psychology 21 Sophia Shrestha 23 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Business administration 22 Aasruti Subedi 19 Kathmandu, Bagmati Province Tourism management 23 Ganga Gurung 26 Tanahun, Gandaki Province Occupational therapy 24 Ashmita Dhungana TBA Dhulikhel, Bagmati Province TBA
Previous pageants Ashra Shrestha competed in Miss Asia Pacific International Nepal 2019. Sriya Gajurel was the winner of Miss Nepal North America 2019. Sareesha Shrestha was winner of Nepal's Fashion Icon 2017, Miss Rotaract 2019 and Miss Newa 2018. Susmita Bogati was the 1st Runner-Up of Miss Nepal Peace 2074. Nancy Khadka was the 4th Runner-Up of Miss Universe Nepal 2020. Ashmita Dhungana was the winner of Miss Landscapes Nepal 2019. Ashmita Dhungana competed in Miss Grand Nepal 2019.
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