Miss Grand Nepal (Nepali: मिस ग्र्यान्ड नेपाल) is an annual female beauty pageant in Nepal, that selects representatives to compete at Miss Grand International.[1][2] The contest is organized as Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creations,[3] that owned the license since 2023.[4] The reigning Miss Grand Nepal is Prema Lamgade of Bhairahawa, who was the winner of Miss Vibhaa 2024.
History
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.[5] 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,[5][6] the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner.[1][7] Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues,[8] Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.[9]
Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017–2018, audition events were held across Nepal to find contestants for the pageant.[10][11][12] In 2019 the RK group lost its Miss Grand Nepal franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group.[13][14][11][12][15][16] The contest was only held twice, in 2020 and 2022, in other years, representatives were appointed.[13][17][18]
The Miss Grand Nepal Beauty Pageant is now under Umanga Creations led by Uddhab Adhikari.[19] The contest is now organized under a greater umbrella pageant called Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creation.[3]
Editions
Date and venue
The following list is the edition detail 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.