Miss Nepal 2022 Explained

Hidden Treasures Dabur Vatika Shampoo Miss Nepal 2022, the 27th 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.^[1]

Winner:	Priyanka Rani Joshi Kathmandu
Date:	18 June 2022
Venue:	Godavari Sunrise Convention Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
Entrants:	24
Before:	2020
Next:	2023
Placements:	12

In addition, the winners received Rs 250,000 as prize money for winning the title.^[2] 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.^{[3] [4]}

Kantipur Television broadcast the pageant live for the Nepalese at home and abroad.^{[5] [6]}

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.^[7]

Results

Placements

Color keys

• 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 Challange 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

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• 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			MBBS
4	Ashra Shrestha	23			Management
5	Aayushnova Dhungana	23		Kathmandu, Bagmati Province	Medical
6	Aakriti Shah	19			Nursing
7	Merika Baskota	20		Dharan, Province No. 1	Dentistry
8	Manashi Chand	TBA			Agriculture
9	Smarika Sharma	25		Kathmandu, Bagmati Province	BBA
10	Sriya Gajurel	26			Health science and biology
11	Susmita Bogati	TBA			BSC nursing
12	Mamata Dhakal	TBA			Health science
13	Aishwarya Shahi Thakuri	24			Biomedical engineering
14	Sareesha Shrestha	25			MBBS
15	Anusurya Dangee	TBA
16	Hritual Paudel	TBA			Applied science
17		TBA
18	Yashaswi Shrestha	TBA			MBBS
19	Rose Kandel	22			Economics
20	Nancy Khadka	24		Biratnagar, Province No. 1	Communication and Psychology
21	Sophia Shrestha	23			Business administration
22	Aasruti Subedi	19			Tourism management
23	Ganga Gurung	26		Tanahun, Gandaki Province	Occupational therapy
24	Ashmita Dhungana	TBA			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.^[9]
• Nancy Khadka was the 4th Runner-Up of Miss Universe Nepal 2020.^[10]
• Ashmita Dhungana was the winner of Miss Landscapes Nepal 2019.
• Ashmita Dhungana competed in Miss Grand Nepal 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Hidden Treasure's hunt for the next Miss Nepal 2022 starts. The Kathmandu Post. 18 April 2022.
2. Web site: The Hidden Treasure's hunt for the next Miss Nepal 2022 starts. Hamro Patro. 19 April 2022.
3. Web site: Application for Miss Nepal opened. The Rising Daily. 19 April 2022.
4. Web site: Application open for Miss Nepal, Height and Age Criteria Revision. 18 April 2022. Himal Sanchar.
5. Web site: Hidden Treasure Calls for New Faces of Miss Nepal 2022. 18 April 2022. Nepalilifestyle. 18 April 2022.
6. Web site: Call Kantipur. Kantipurtv. 19 April 2022.
7. Web site: Priyanka Rani Joshi crowned Miss Nepal. 19 April 2022.
8. Web site: Priyanka Rani Joshi Grabs Miss Nepal World 2022 Title. 19 June 2022. Nepalilifestyle. 24 June 2022.
9. Web site: Shriya Rajak Crowned Miss Nepal Peace. March 28, 2018. Neo.
10. Web site: Anshika Sharma crowned Miss Universe Nepal 2020. December 31, 2021. Himalayan News Service.