| Miss Grand Nepal | |
| Type: | Franchise |
| Purpose: | Beauty pageant |
| Founder: | Sazum Katwal |
| Headquarters: | Kathmandu |
| Location: | Nepal |
| Affiliations: | Miss Grand International |
| Language: | English, Nepali |
| Owner: | Umanga Creation Pvt. Ltd |
| Parent Organization: | Miss Vibhaa |
| Leader Title: | National Director |
| Leader Name: | Uddhab Adhikari |
Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्र्यान्ड नेपाल) is an annual female beauty pageant in Nepal, that selects representatives to compete at Miss Grand International.[1] The contest is organized as Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creations,[2] that owned the license since 2023.[3] The reigning Miss Grand Nepal is Garima Ghimire of Kathmandu, who was appointed to the position by the Umanga Creations after she became 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Nepal 2023.[4]
The pageant was founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment,. Nepal's first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any national pageant.[5] 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,[5] [6] the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner. Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues,[7] Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.[8]
Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017–2018, audition events were held across Nepal to find contestants for the pageant.[9] [10] In 2019 the RK group lost its Miss Grand Nepal franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group.[11] [12] [10] [13] [14] [15] The contest was only held twice, in 2020 and 2022, in other years, representatives were appointed.[11] [16]
The Miss Grand Nepal Beauty Pageant is now under Umanga Creations led by Uddhab Adhikari.[17] The contest is now organized under a greater umbrella pageant called Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creation which also selects delegate of Miss Cosmo Nepal.
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016. Presently, Umanga Creations is the official organization of Miss Grand Nepal as assigned by Miss Grand International. There was direct appointment of titleholders from 2013 to 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023, hence no competitions held.
| Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Organizer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1st | 23 August | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taragaon, Kathmandu | 10 | Looks Entertainment | [18] [19] | |
| 2018 | 2nd | 4 August | Hotel Gurkha Heritage, Kathmandu | 10 | RK Entertainment Group | [20] | |
| 2020 | 3rd | 13 December | Mojo Boutique Hotel, Baneshwor, Kathmandu | 10 | Bolly Club Group- Nepal | ||
| 2022 | 4th | 15 September | Hotel Shanker, Kathmandu |
| Year | Miss Grand Nepal | Runners-up | Organizers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | |||||
| 2013 | Ashmita Sitoula | No runners up | Looks Entertainment | [21] | ||
| 2014 | Srijana Regmi | [22] | ||||
| 2015 | Jenita Basnet | |||||
| 2016 | Zeenus Lama | Pooja Shrestha | Jyotsana Maharjan | |||
| 2018 | Urussa Joshi | Sireng Eksha Maden | Riya Gaihre | RK Entertainment | [23] | |
| 2019 | Nisha Pathak | No runners up | Bolly Group Nepal | |||
| 2020 | Ambika Rana | Sujina Shahi | Sujata Gurung | [24] | ||
| 2021 | Ronali Amatya | No runners up | [25] | |||
| 2022 | Aishworya Shrestha | Barsha Bhandari | Rakchya Upreti | [26] [27] | ||
| 2023 | Garima Ghimire | No runners up | Miss Vibhaa(Umanga Creation) | [28] | ||
| Year | Miss Grand Nepal | District | National Title | Placement | Special Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miss Vibhaa 2024 – Miss Grand Nepal | ||||||
| 2023 | Garima Ghimire | align=left | Biratnagar | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Aishworya Shrestha | align=left | Kathmandu | Miss Grand Nepal 2022 | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | Ronali Amatya | align=left | Kathmandu | Miss Grand Nepal 2021 | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | Ambika Rana | align=left | Pokhara | Miss Grand Nepal 2020 | Unplaced | ||
| 2019 | Nisha Pathak | align=left | Kathmandu | Top 14 at Miss Nepal 2019 | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Urussa Joshi | align=left | Kathmandu | Miss Grand Nepal 2018 | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Zeenus Lama | Rampur | Miss Grand Nepal 2016 | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | colspan="2" | ||||||
| 2015 | Jenita Basnet | align=left | Kathmandu | Miss Grand Nepal 2015 | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Srijana Regmi | align=left | Kathmandu | Miss Grand Nepal 2014 | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Ashmita Sitoula | align=left | Jhapa | Top 10 of Miss Nepal 2013 | Unplaced |