Miss Chitwan

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Miss Chitwan is a beauty pageant which began in 1994 for the girls of Central Development Region. [1] Miss Chitwan has been organized by Bright Nepal [2] since the start and has been paving the way to the field of professional modelling and direct entry to the national beauty pageants like Miss Nepal.

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History

The pageant has been run by Bright Nepal. Anupa Giri was crowned as the first Miss Chitwan 1994, and ended up as third runner-up in the Miss Chitwanl 1994 beauty pageant.

Only Shristi Shrestha has clinched the Miss Nepal crown in 2012, so far being the only Miss Chitwan to win the crown of Miss Nepal. [3] Miss Chitwan has the third highest number of placements after Miss Kathmandu and Miss Pokhara in Miss Nepal pageant and is ranked third-highest among regional contests in terms of placements.

Miss Chitwan 2070

After 12 years, the 3rd edition of Miss Chitwan 2070 was held on October 28, 2013, at the City hall. A total of 28 contestants were vying for the crown of Miss Chitwan 2071, Sitoshna Ban from Tandi won the title with Pooja Shrestha and Rakshya Thapa won the 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively. [4]

Results summary

Awards

Performance in Miss Nepal

From 1998 till 2013 there was no Miss Chitwan beauty pageant; however, one or two delegates were sent to Miss Nepal contest as the representative of Chitwan District.

YearMiss ChitwanPlacement at Miss NepalSpecial AwardsInternational
2017 Suman GurungTBATBA
2016 Asmi Shrestha Miss Nepal 2016 Miss Photogenic
Best in Evening Gown
Miss Personality
Competed in Miss World 2016 as Miss Nepal
2015 Sudipa PathakTop 10Miss Scholar
2014 Sitoshna Ban [9] [10] Top 10Miss Photogenic
2012 Shristi Shrestha Miss Nepal 2012 Miss ConfidenceCompeted in Miss World 2012 as Miss Nepal
2011 Anupama Aura Gurung [11] 1st Runner Up (2011)Miss Best HairCompeted in Miss Earth 2011 as Miss Nepal
Sarina Maskey 2nd Runner Up (2011)Competed in Miss International 2011 as Miss Nepal
2002 Anupa BhandariUnplaced
1997Chandani Shrestha2nd Runner Up (1997)Miss Personality
1994Bindu KC3rd Runner Up (1994)

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