Miss Grand Nepal 2018

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Miss Grand Nepal 2018
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Kathmandu, the host city of the contest
Date4 August 2018
VenueHotel Gurkha Heritage, Kathmandu
Broadcaster YouTube
Entrants10
Placements5
WinnerUrussa Joshi
Flag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu
PhotogenicRiya Gaihre
Flag of Nepal.svg Chitwan
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External video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Miss Grand Nepal 2018 Grand Finale, on 24 June 2019, YouTube video on Internet Archive

Miss Grand Nepal 2018 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Nepal beauty pageant, held on August 4, 2018, at the Hotel Gurkha Heritage in Kathmandu. [1] [2] Ten contestants, who qualified through the audions held countrywide, competed for the title, [2] of whom a 26-year-old media personality from Kathmandu, Urussa Joshi, was named the winner, [1] [3] [4] and received रु50,000 rupee cash and a Suzuki scooter as the prize, [1] while the first and the second runners-up, Eksha Maden of Dhangadhi and Riya Gaihre of Lalitpur, obtained cash of रु30,000 and रु20,000 rupee, respectively. [1] Urussa Joshi then represented Nepal at Miss Grand International 2018 held later that year on October 25 in Myanmar, [1] [5] [6] but she got a non-placement. [7]

Contents

The event was showcased under the direction of the RK Entertainment Group. [1] [2] [8]

Background

After the RK Entertainment Group took over the competition license of the Miss Grand Nepal beauty pageant from Looks Entertainment in late 2017, the organization announced the launch of the 2018 edition in mid-2018, with the first phase auditions happening in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Nawalparasi, and Dharan, [2] [9] and then all qualified candidates were finalized to ten in the final audition round in Kathmandu. [9] [10] The whole process of the audition was conducted from May 12 to June 9. [11] A press conference was held on May 10, 2018, at the Royal Empire Hotel in Kathmandu, wherein the organizer revealed the details related to the contest. [11]

The auditions started on May 12 in Pokhara, then moved to Chitwan on May 14, to Butwal on May 16, and then to Dharan on May 18, [9] [11] while an online application was given a June 8 deadline. All qualified candidates were additionally narrowed to ten in the final audition held on June 9 in Kathmandu, [9] [11] and the national final is scheduled for August 4, at the Hotel Gurkha Heritage. [11] [1]

Result

Color keys
Final resultsContestantInternational pageantInternational Results
Miss Grand Nepal 2018
(Winner)		Miss Grand International 2018Unplaced
Top 20 - Best in National Costume
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5

Sub-Titles

AwardContestant
Miss Catwalk
Miss Personality
Miss Talent
Miss Photogenic
Miss Best Figure
Miss Multimedia
Miss Best Speech
Miss Best Report

Contestants

10 contestants competed for the title of Miss Grand Nepal 2018. [2]

No.ContestantsProvincePlacement
1Sushmita TamangFlag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu Top 5
Miss Best Speech
Miss Best Figure
2Sara KapaliFlag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu Miss Best Report
3Prapti Laxmi SenFlag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu Top 5
4Sanjita Ranabhat Flag of Nepal.svg Pokhara Miss Multimedia
5Mala Thapa Magar Flag of Nepal.svg Nawalparasi
6Sweckshya Rai Flag of Nepal.svg Pokhara
7Siwani LamichhaneFlag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu
8Riya Gaihre Flag of Nepal.svg Chitwan 2nd runner-up
Miss Photogenic
Miss Talent
9Sireng Eksha Maden Flag of Nepal.svg Dharan 1st runner-up
Miss Personality
10Urussa JoshiFlag of Kathmandu.svg  Kathmandu Miss Grand Nepal 2018
Miss Catwalk

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