Miss Nepal 2012

Miss Nepal 2012
Miss Nepal 2012
Date	May 6, 2012
Venue	Hotel Del Annapurna, Kathmandu
Broadcaster	NTV
Entrants	16
Winner	Shristi Shrestha ; Cornwall
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Last updated February 11, 2023

Hidden Treasures Miss Nepal 2012, the 16th Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on May 6, 2012 at the Hotel Del Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2011 Malina Joshi crowned Shristi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2012, who represented Nepal at Miss World 2012 with Nagma Shrestha and Subekshya Khadka crowned as Miss Nepal Earth 2012 and Miss Nepal International 2012 who went to Miss Earth 2012 and Miss International 2012 respectively.

Results

Color keys

The contestant Won in an International pageant.
The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.
The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.

The contestant assumed another title.
The contestant was not able to compete in an International pageant.
The contestant did not place but won a Special Award in the pageant.
The contestant did not place.

Final results	Contestant	International pageant	International Results
Miss Nepal 2012 (Winner)	Cornwall - Shristi Shrestha	Miss World 2012	Top 30 Top 10 - Beach Beauty Top 10 - Miss Multimedia
1st runner-up (Miss Earth Nepal 2012)	Kathmandu - Nagma Shrestha	Miss Earth 2012	Top 8 Walk with M.E Dolphins Love Freedom Mural Painting Challenge
2nd runner-up (Miss International Nepal 2012)	Lalitpur - Subeksha Khadka	Miss International 2012	Unplaced
Top 5	Mahendranagar – Neelam Chand	Miss Globe 2012	Top 10
Top 5	Lalitpur - Bandana Tandukar
Top 10	Kathmandu – Akesha Bista
	Kathmandu – Prasansa Rana
	Kathmandu – Sabita Manandhar
	Kirtipur – Alisha Kunwar
	Sarlahi – Sonam Singh

Sub-titles

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Kathmandu – Akesha Bista
Miss Confidence	Chitwan - Shristi Shrestha
Miss Talent	Kathmandu – Akesha Bista
Miss Popular Choice	Mahendranagar - Neelam Chand
Miss Best Smile	Kathmandu - Nagma Shrestha

Contestants

Province No. 1 & Province No. 2 (Eastern & South-Eastern Regions)
No	Name	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement	Notes
1	Sonam Singh	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sarlahi	Sarlahi District	Top 10
7	Heena Shrestha	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Jhapa	Jhapa District		Miss Purwanchal 2012 2nd Runner Up

Bagmati Province (Central Regions)
No	Name	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement	Notes
2	Nirmita Subedi	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Chitwan	Chitwan District
4	Nagma Shrestha	23	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Kathmandu	Kathmandu District	1st Runner Up Miss Best Smile	Later Top 8 in Miss Earth 2012.
5	Subeksha Khadka	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lalitpur	Lalitpur District	2nd Runner Up
6	Bandana Tandukar	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lalitpur	Lalitpur District	Top 5
8	Prasansa Rana	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Kathmandu	Kathmandu District	Top 10
13	Pronika Sharma	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Birgunj	Parsa District
14	Akesha Bista	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kathmandu	Kathmandu District	Top 10 Miss Photogenic Miss Talent
15	Sabita Manandhar	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kathmandu	Kathmandu District	Top 10
16	Alisha Kunwar	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kirtipur	Kathmandu District	Top 10

Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province, Karnali Province & Sudurpashchim Province (Western, Southern & Far-Western Regions)
No	Name	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement	Notes
9	Neelam Chand	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mahendranagar	Kanchanpur District	3rd Runner Up Miss Public Choice	Later placed in Top 10 during Miss Globe International 2012.
10	Dilasha GC	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Pokhara	Kaski District
12	Anjali Pradhanang	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Butwal	Rupandehi District

International
No	Name	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement	Notes
3	Shristi Shrestha	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Cornwall	South West England	Winner Miss Confidence	Later Top 20 in Miss World 2012.

Disqualified and withdrawal
No	Name	Age	Height	Representing	District	Placement	Notes
11	Rashmita Maharjan	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lalitpur

Notes

Contestant #04, Nagma Shrestha was Miss College Ambassador 2008 & Miss Colleges 2009.^[1]
Contestant #05, Subeksya Khadka was top 5 finalists in Miss Ecollege 2010.
Contestant #06, Bandana Tandukar was 2nd runner-up in Miss Newa 2007.^[2]
Contestant #07, Heena Shrestha was the 2nd runner up of Miss Purwanchal 2012.^[3]
Contestant #08, Prasansha Rana competed in Miss Nepal 2011 and ended in top 10.
Contestant #12, Anjali Pradhanang was the 1st runner up of Miss Teen Nepal 2010.^[4]
Contestant #13, Akesha Bista has been awarded as Best Catwalk model at 2011 Nepal Fashion Week.^[5]
Contestant #16, Alisha Kunwar was the 2nd runner up of Miss Teen Nepal 2010.^[6]
Contestant #17, Indira Rai made it to top 10 semi finalists in Miss Purwanchal 2011.
Originally there have been 17 shortlisted finalists for the finale but due to personal problems (#11) Rashmita Maharjan winner of Mega Model Season 2.^[7] has left the competition remaining with 16 candidates left.

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