Miss Grand Nepal
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| Formation | August 23, 2016 |
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| Type | Franchise |
| Purpose | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Kathmandu |
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Official language | English, Nepali |
| Owner | Umanga Creation Pvt. Ltd. Since 2023 |
National Director | Uddhab Adhikari |
Parent organization | Miss Vibhaa Since 2023 |
| Affiliations | Miss Grand International |
| Website | umangacreation |
Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्र्यान्ड नेपाल) is a title awarded to Nepali woman to represent at Miss Grand International.[1][2] The contest that chooses the Nepali delegate is Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creations,[3] that owned the license since 2023.[4] Jessica Singh Thakuri, who won Miss Vibhaa 2025 represented Nepal at Miss Grand International 2025[5], but later resigned from her position as Miss Vibhaa Grand 2025.[6]
The pageant was founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment,.[1] Nepal's first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any national pageant.[7] 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,[7][8] the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner.[1][9] Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues,[10] Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.[11]
Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017 to 2018, audition events were held across Nepal to find contestants for the pageant.[12][13][14] In 2019 the RK group lost its Miss Grand Nepal franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group.[15][16][13][14][17][18] The contest was only held twice, in 2020 and 2022, in other years, representatives were appointed.[15][19][20]
The Miss Grand Nepal Beauty Pageant is now under Umanga Creations led by Uddhab Adhikari.[21] The contest is now organized under a greater umbrella pageant called Miss Vibhaa.[3]
Editions
Date and venue
The following list is the edition details of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016. Presently, Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creations is the official licensee 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.
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 23 August 2016 | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taragaon, Kathmandu | 10 | [1][9] |
| 2nd | 4 August 2018 | Hotel Gurkha Heritage, Kathmandu | 10 | [22] |
| 3rd | 13 December 2020 | Mojo Boutique Hotel, Baneshwor, Kathmandu | 10 | [19] |
| 4th | 15 September 2022 | Hotel Shanker, Kathmandu | 14 |
Titleholders
| Year | Miss Grand Nepal | Runners-up | Organizers | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 2013 | Ashmita Sitoula | No runners up | Looks Entertainment | [25] | |
| 2014 | Srijana Regmi | [26] | |||
| 2015 | Jenita Basnet | ||||
| 2016 | Zeenus Lama | Pooja Shrestha | Jyotsana Maharjan | [1][9] | |
| 2018 | Urussa Joshi | Sireng Eksha Maden | Riya Gaihre | RK Entertainment | [27] |
| 2019 | Nisha Pathak | No runners up | Bolly Group Nepal | ||
| 2020 | Ambika Rana | Sujina Shahi | Sujata Gurung | [19] | |
| 2021 | Ronali Amatya | No runners up | [28] | ||
| 2022 | Aishworya Shrestha | Barsha Bhandari | Rakchya Upreti | [29][30] | |
| 2023 | Garima Ghimire
(Resigned) |
No runners up | Miss Vibhaa | [31] | |
| 2024 | Prema Lamgade
(Resigned)[32] |
[33] | |||
| 2025 | Jessica Singh Thakuri[5](Resigned)[34] | Nishita Joshi | Nisha Shrestha | ||
Winners' gallery
Jessica Singh Thakuri, 2025
Prema Lamgade, 2024
Aishworya Shrestha, 2022
Ronali Amatya, 2021
Jenita Basnet, 2015
Srijana Regmi, 2014
