Miss Purwanchal Explained

The Miss Purwanchal pageant (also known as The Miss Eastern pageant) is a beauty pageant that started in 2010, for several eastern developmentmental regions in Nepal. The regions are Sagarmatha, Koshi and Mechi.^[1] The pageant was formed to bring the communities together to reflect on the culture, beauty, and traditions of rural Nepal.

The winner of the Miss Purwanchal pageant receives a direct entry into the national pageant, Miss Nepal, as a semi-finalist. The 2019 title holder for Miss Purwanachal is Riju Bhattarai of Pathari Shanischare, Morang District.^[2]

Year	Miss Purwanchal	Hometown	Notes
2010	Sabina Subba	Birtamod,Jhapa
2011	Pratibha Shrestha	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 10
2012	Asmita Gurung^[3]	Dharan, Sunsari District
2013	Neha Bajaj	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 10
2014	Nemita Aangbuhang Limbu	Biratnagar, Morang District
2015	Priyanka Shrestha	Biratnagar, Morang District
2016	Kritika Giri	Bhadrapur, Jhapa District
2017	Ruby Limbu	Dharan, Sunsari District
2018	Pooja Shrestha^[4]	Bhadrapur, Jhapa District
2019	Riju Bhattarai	Pathari Sanischare, Morang District

Representative to Miss Nepal from Eastern Nepal

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• Declared as Winner
• Ended as Runner-up
• Ended as one of the top Semi-Finalists

Before 2010, Miss Eastanchal used to send one or two delegates representing eastern Nepal.

Year	Representative	Hometown	Placement in Miss Nepal	Notes
1999	Sunny Leone	Dharan,Sunsari District	Bottom (least) -1 Quarter-Top 5 Finalist
2002	Anushka Subedi	Biratnagar, Morang District	Unplaced
2005	Soniya Giri	Lahan, Siraha District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist Miss Best Hair
2010	Priya Rani Lama	Dharan, Sunsari District	Miss Best Complexion
2011	Pratibha Shrestha^[5]	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist Miss Beautiful Smile
	Bishnu Chemjong	Dhankuta, Dhankuta District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist Miss Talent
	Malina Joshi	Dharan, Sunsari District	Miss Nepal 2011	Miss Nepal for Miss World 2011
2012	Heena Shrestha	Birtamode, Jhapa District
2013	Riju Shrestha	Birtamode, Jhapa District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist Miss Beautiful Smile
2014	Neha Bajaj	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist
	Varsha Rai	Damak, Jhapa District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist
	Subin Limbu	Dharan, Sunsari District	Miss Nepal 2014	Miss Nepal for Miss World 2014
2015	Priya Rani Lama	Lahan, Siraha District	Unplaced
	Nishma Chaudhary	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 5 Finalist Miss Bubbly Miss Best Complexion
2016	Barsha Lekhi	Rajbiraj, Saptari District	2nd Runner Up Miss Popular
	Srijana Regmi	Khandbari, Sankhuwasabha District	Top 5 Finalist Miss Talent
	Sandipa Limbu	Dharan, Sunsari District	Top 10 Semi-Finalist
2017	Nikita Chandak	Urlabari, Morang District	Miss Nepal 2017	Miss Nepal for Miss World 2017
2019	Pooja Shrestha	Bhadrapur, Jhapa District	Unplaced
2020	Riju Bhattarai	Pathari Shanishchare, Morang District	TBA

Miss Purwanchal 2017

	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft)	Hometown	Placement	Notes
1	Simran Shrestha	17	158	5'2"			1st Runner Up
2	Joyna Limbu	17	158	5'2"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
4	Simran Rai	18	158	5'2"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
5	Aishwarya Roy	23	159	5'2"
6	Satabdeeca Giri	19	160	5'3"			Top 7 Finalists
7	Sanchita Tamang	17	163	5'4"
9	Pema Gurung	19	163	5'4"
10	Ruby Limbu	20	163	5'4"			Miss Purwanchal 2017
11	Ajeena Sitaula	21	164	5'4.5"
12	Sandhya Bhetwal	18	166	5'5.5"			Top 7 Finalists
13	Anu Dhungana	20	167	5'5.5"			2nd Runner Up
14	Pramita Tiwari	20	165	5'5"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
15	Pramita Tiwari	18	170	5'7"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
16	Sabina Acharya	17	166	5'5"			Top 7 Finalists
17	Samina Khatiwada	18	167	5'5.5"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
18	Aster Tamang	18	165	5'5"			Top 14 Semi Finalists
20	Bipana Shrestha	18	172	5'7.5"			Top 7 Finalists
21	Sabina Shrestha	24	175	5'9"			Top 14 Semi Finalists

Miss Purwanchal 2016

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Purwanchal 2016	Jhapa - Kritika Giri
1st runner-up	Dharan - Mamata Karki
2nd runner-up	Dharan - Eksha Maden
3rd runner-up	Lahan - Apekshya Dhungana
4th runner-up	Biratnagar - Deepika KC

Special Awards

Final Results	Representing	Contestant
Miss Personality	Jhapa	Kritika Giri
Miss Charming	Dharan	Eksha Maden
Miss Public Choice	Inaruwa	Anu Shrestha
Miss Talent	Dharan	Shristy Acharya
Miss Photogenic	Dharan	Asmita Khadgi
Miss Healthy Home	Rabi	Mira Dumi Rai
Miss Friendship	Lahan	Apekshya Dhungana
Miss Catwalk	Dharan	Srijana Rana Magar

	Contestants	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement
1	Eksha Maden	19				2nd Runner Up Miss Charming
2	Apekshya Dhungana	19				3rd Runner Up Miss Friendship
3	Mira Dumi Rai	21				Top 10 Miss Healthy Home
4	Gunjan Adhikari	19				Top 10
5	Roshmita Shrestha	20
6	Chanda Kumari Rai	24
7	Sudiksha Shrestha	16
8	Sabnam Thapa	19
9	Shrijana Thapa	18
10	Deepika KC	22				4th Runner Up
11	Nisha Rai	23				Top 10
12	Sujana Poudel	20				Top 10
13	Kritika Giri	19				Winner Miss Personality
14	Mamata Karki	23				1st Runner Up
15	Shristi Acharya	17				Miss Talent
16	Anu Shrestha	19				Top 10 Miss Public Choice
17	Asmita Khadgi	21				Miss Photogenic
18	Ruksha Acharya	22
19	Srijana Rana Magar	21				Miss Catwalk

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss Purwanchal 2013 . Misspurwanchal.com . 2013-09-05 . dead . https://archive.today/20130629214025/http://misspurwanchal.com/ . 2013-06-29 .
2. Web site: Miss Purwanchal 2013 title goes to Neha Bajaj | Nepali Movies, Nepali Films . Xnepali.net . 2013-09-05 .
3. Web site: Miss Purwanchal 2012 | Events | GlamourNepal.com : Nepal's No.1 Glamour Entertainment Portal . GlamourNepal.com . 2013-09-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921005130/http://www.glamournepal.com/events/miss-purwanchal-2012 . 2013-09-21 .
4. Web site: Miss Nepal 2019, First Contestant from Purbanchal is Pooja Shrestha, Miss Purwanchal 2018 .
5. Web site: Pratibha Shrestha – Miss Nepal 2011 Participant » Nepali Models A - Z . hawamodel.com . 2013-09-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005095550/http://models.hawamodel.com/pratibha-shrestha-miss-nepal-2011-participant/ . 2013-10-05 .