Face of Nepal
Face of Nepal is Asia's largest model hunt platform where Nepalese models participate to be offered the chance to represent Nepal at the Asia New Star Model Contest.
Competition
Face of Nepal was started in 2016 by Badal Saboo, with the prize for the 4 top winners going to Suwon City, Korea to compete in the Asia New Model Contest, a contest partnered with the Korea Model Association (KMA). The KMA has organized the Asia Model Festival, Asia's largest, for the past 10 years.
The Face of Nepal 2016 pageant took place on April 29, 2016, at Kathmandu. The winners were Ritesh Raj Gurung and Al Hang Rae, who won the prize. First runner up went to Parmita RL Rana and Sameer Kunwar Rana who withdrew for personal reasons, resulting in Bhaskar Baniya being given the 1st runner up title. The Asia New Model Contest took place on 19 May 2016, with 25 countries taking place.
Titleholders
Color key
Declared as Winner
Ended as Runner-up
Ended as one of the top Semi-Finalists
Year |
Face of Nepal (Male) |
Face of Nepal (Female) |
1st Runner Up (Female) |
1st Runner Up (Male) |
Placement |
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2016 |
Ritesh Raj Gurung |
Al Hang Rai |
Paramita RL Rana |
Bhaskar Baniya |
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2017 |
Praveen Rana Magar |
Sandipa Limbu |
Arick Bir Bikram Thapa |
Aruni Waiba |
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2018 |
Bikram Aditya Mahaseth |
Pooja Shrestha |
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2019 |
Ashish KC |
Nirmala Neupane |
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2020 |
Bibek Khadka |
Smriti Nepal |
Nafisha Shrestha |
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2021 |
Kritagya Raj Shrestha |
Niti Shah |
Sriyanshu Piya |
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2022 |
Kunsang Bomjan |
Soniya Bista |
Aditi Adhikari |
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2023 |
Siddharth Gautam |
Kashish Subba |
Smriti Shrestha |
Biyush Gupta |
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2024 |
Himanchal Raj KC |
Simran Chand Thakuri |
Teena Pariyar |
Aryan Soni Chaudhary |
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2025 |
Saugat Pradhan |
Sadikshya Shrestha |
Dibyashwori Acharya |
Yogesh Sharma |
TBA |
TBA |