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Hong Kong’s Miss Nepal hopeful follows in mother’s pageant footsteps 32 years on

Hong Kong-born Deepmala Kharel Dhakal's national crown bid highlights pride and spirit of city's Nepalese community In 1994, Deepmala Kharel Dhakal's mother competed in the first Miss Nepal beauty ...
The Daily Telegraph

The first elephant beauty pageant is held in Nepal

Some of the contestants line up for the first elephant beauty pageant in Sauraha, Chitwan district, Nepal Credit: EPA A mahout decorates his elephant for the beauty pageant Credit: EPA A judge ...
Indiatimes

Now, beauty contest for gays in Nepal

At a time when Maoist affiliated women's rights activists have been opposing beauty contests in the country, a gays' beauty pageant was held in Western Nepal's tourist hub Pokhara. KATHMANDU: At a ...
The Straits Times

Nepal elephant festival scrutinised for beauty and bruises

SAURAHA, NEPAL (AFP) - Hundreds cheered as the three beauty contest finalists strolled out into the middle of the grounds and raised their painted trunks to the judges - symbols of all that is admired ...
The Free Press Journal

Nepal Gen Z Protest: Beauty Queen Shrinkhala Khatiwada Becomes Punching Bag For Lavish Lifestyle; Earns Title Of 'Nepo Kid'

Social media is currently abuzz with the rising #NepoKid trend amid the Gen-Z protest in Nepal, and former Miss Nepal World Shrinkhala Khatiwada has unexpectedly found herself at the centre of it. The ...
Asia One

First trans beauty pageant finalist makes history in Nepal

When Angel Lama sashays down the catwalk in the Miss Universe Nepal finals on Wednesday she will make history as the first transgender woman to be a finalist in the Himalayan nation's most glamorous ...