Miss Kathmandu is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for the Kathmandu Valley in the Miss Nepal pageant. The current titleholder is Prinsha Shrestha, who is the reigning Miss Nepal Earth 2014.
Kathmandu Jaycess started the Miss Kathmandu pageant alongside Miss Nepal contest which was run by Girendra Man Rajbansi but after a year in 1995, he left the regional director position to Gopal Sundarlal Kakshapati[1] who is also the chairman for Miss Nepal contest.[2]
Kathmandu is the most successful city ever to compete at Miss Nepal. It has had ten winners, more than any other regional state. Kathmandu is best known for its three consecutive winners with a consistent top 5 placements. Before Kathmandu has won repetitively from 1998 to 1999 and recently from 2009 to 2010, no other regional city has ever won the Miss Nepal pageant more than twice in a row. Kathmandu also holds the most semi-finalists-5 and top 5 spots-5; and has received the most special awards.
Even though a lot of former Miss Teen Nepal titleholders have participated in Miss Kathmandu pageant, none has won the title so far.Although former Miss Teen Nepal finalists have manage to win Miss Kathmandu title; Zenisha Moktan (2009) who went on to win Miss Nepal 2009 and the same year Miss Kathmandu 2009 1st runner up Kunchhang Moktan Tamang ended as 2nd runner up.
Prior to former Miss Nepal Teen titleholders and finalists who have competed for Miss Kathmandu but did not win the title are:
| width=5% | Year | width=20% | Name | width=10% | Hometown | width=10% | Local Title | width=3% | Age1 | width=14% | Placement at Miss Nepal | width=17% | Special awards at Miss Nepal | width=21% | Notes |
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| 2017 | Rojina Shrestha | Hattiban | 23 | 1st Runner Up | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Namrata Shrestha | Dhapasi | 19 | Top 5 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Dibyata Vaidya | Ranipokhari | 23 | 1st Runner Up | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Prinsha Shrestha | Balaju | Miss ECollege 2009 1st runner up | 22 | 1st runner-up | Beauty with Purpose Miss Best Complexion | |||||||||
| 2013 | Ishani Shrestha | Kamaladi | 21 | WINNER | Miss Best Walk | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Nagma Shrestha | Lazimapat | Miss ECollege | 20 | 1st runner-up | Miss Best Smile | Top 8 in Miss Earth 2012 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Manisha Bista | Bhaktapur | Miss Bhaktapur | 22 | 3rd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |||||||||
| 2010 | Sadichha Shrestha | Kathmandu | 19 | WINNER | Miss Photogenic Miss Personality Miss Best Walk | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Zenisha Moktan | Kathmandu | Miss Tamang | 20 | WINNER | Miss Best Walk | |||||||||
| 2007 | Bandana Sharma | Lalitpur | 22 | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Shavona Shrestha | Lazimapat | 23 | 1st runner-up | Miss Personality | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Payal Shakya | Nayabazar | 18 | WINNER | Miss Photogenic | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Priti Sitoula | Kathmandu | 22 | WINNER | |||||||||||
| 2002 | Malvika Subba | Bansbari | 21 | WINNER | Miss Personality Miss Best Hair Miss Talent | She was unable to compete in Miss World 2002 due to having the national pageant scheduled at the same night as Miss World. | |||||||||
| 2000 | Biva Mata Ranjeet | Jaishidewal | 22 | 1st runner-up | Miss Best Walk | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Shweta Shah | Kalanki | 19 | WINNER | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Jyoti Pradhan | Nahikantole | Miss Nahikantole | 19 | WINNER | Miss Best Walk Miss Photogenic | Later she got dethroned for not fulfilling her duties as Miss Nepal. | ||||||||
| 1997 | Urmila Singh | Kathmandu | 20 | Top 10 Semi-Finalists | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Poonam Ghimire | Kathmandu | 23 | WINNER | Miss Personality | ||||||||||
| 1995 | Sumi Khadka | Kathmandu | 18 | WINNER | |||||||||||
| 1994 | Annuradha Pudasaini | Bansbari | Miss Bansbari | 22 | 1st runner-up | Miss Talent | |||||||||