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. 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
YearFace of Nepal Face of Nepal 1st Runner Up 1st Runner Up PlacementSpecial awards
2016Ritesh Raj GurungAl Hang RaiParamita RL RanaBhaskar Baniya
2017Praveen Rana MagarSandipa LimbuArick Bir Bikram ThapaAruni Waiba
2018Bikram Aditya MahasethPooja Shrestha
2019Ashish KCNirmala Neupane
2020Bibek KhadkaSmriti NepalNafisha Shrestha
2021Kritagya Raj ShresthaNiti ShahSriyanshu Piya
2022Kunsang BomjanSoniya BistaAditi Adhikari
2023Siddharth GautamKashish SubbaSmriti ShresthaBiyush Gupta
2024Himanchal Raj KCSimran Chand ThakuriTeena PariyarAryan Soni Chaudhary
2025Saugat PradhanSadikshya ShresthaDibyashwori AcharyaYogesh SharmaTBATBA