| Miss Grand Nepal 2016 | |
|---|---|
 Kathmandu, the host city of the contest | |
| Date | 23 August 2016 |
| Venue | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taragaon, Kathmandu |
| Broadcaster | YouTube |
| Entrants | 10 |
| Placements | 5 |
| Debuts | |
| Winner | Zeenus Lama Chitwan |
| Photogenic | Anugya Chand Dhangadhi |
| External videos | |
|---|---|
 Miss Grand Nepal 2016 highlight, on 10 September 2016, YouTube video on Internet Archive |
Miss Grand Nepal 2016 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Nepal beauty pageant, [1] [2] held on August 23, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu, [2] [3] [4] organized by Mero Looks and Revolution Pvt. Ltd. [3] [5] [6] Ten national aspirants competed for the title, [2] [7] [8] of whom a 24-year-old Mass communication student from Kathmandu, Zeenus Lama, was named the winner, [3] [8] [9] and received रु50,000 Rupee cash as the prize while the first and second runners-up, Pooja Shrestha of Lalitpur and Jyotsana Maharjan of Bharatpur, obtained रु25,000 and रु10,000 Rupee, respectively. [7] The event was attended by Claire Elizabeth Parker, Miss Grand International 2015, [3] [9] [10] and the Ambassador of Thailand to Nepal, Vutti Vuttisant. [1]
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Zeenus Lama was supposed to represent Nepal at the international contest, Miss Grand International 2016, on October 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada, [3] [8] [9] but was not able to compete due to difficulties in obtaining a US visa [11] However, she was later invited by the Miss Grand International organizer, Miss Grand International, to represent Nepal in the Miss Grand International 2017 pageant in Vietnam [11]
