Miss Grand Nepal

Miss Grand Nepal (मिस ग्राण्ड नेपाल) is an annual female beauty pageant in Nepal, founded in 2016 by a Kathmandu-based businessperson Sazum Katwal of Looks Entertainment, aiming to select the country representative to compete at its parent international pageant Miss Grand International. The contest's license was later transferred to RK Entertainment Group and Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

In 2024, the Miss Grand Nepal titleholder will be determined through a newly established, Miss Vibhaa, organized by Uddhab Adhikari of Umanga Creation, who owned the license since 2023.

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, to date, Nepali representatives have never won the contest. The reigning Miss Grand Nepal is Garima Ghimire of Kathmandu, who was appointed to the position by the Umanga Creations after she became 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Nepal 2023. Currently it is organized under the name Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creation.

History
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Nepal has always sent its representatives to participate, however, its first three representatives were appointed to the position without taking part in any respective national pageant. 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, the contest was held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu on 23 August, where Zeenus Lama was named the winner. Despite being unable to join the 2016 international pageant due to document issues, Zeenus was instead appointed to compete internationally at the 2017 pageant in Vietnam.

Under the management of RK Entertainment Group from 2017–2018, several audition events were held in many cities countrywide, such as Nepalgunj, Butwal, Pokhara, Chitwan, Birganj, Biratnagar, Jhapa, and Kathmandu, to determine the finalists for the national contest. However, the RK group later lost the franchise to Bollywood Showdown Nepal Pvt. Ltd. of Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group in 2019, but the former licesee organ still held the Miss Grand Nepal contest annually to select the country representatives for other several international pageants such as Miss Aura International, Miss Global International, Face of Beauty International, and Miss Landscape International. Meanwhile, the new licensee held the contest only twice in 2020 and 2022, the rest of their representatives were appointed. The Miss Grand Nepal Beauty Pageant is now under Umanga Creations led by Uddhab Adhikari. The contest is now organized under a greater umbrella pageant called Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creation which also selects delegate of Miss Cosmo Nepal.

Date and venue
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nepal contest, since its inception in 2016. Presently, Umanga Creations is the official organization of Miss Grand Nepal as assigned by Miss Grand International.

By RK Entertainment Group
In 2019, RK Entertainment Group lost the license of Miss Grand International in Nepal to Bolly Club Group- Nepal. So Bolly Club Group- Nepal became the authority to send Miss Grand Nepal to Miss Grand International; however, the former licensee still holds the Miss Grand national pageant annually to select country representatives for other international pageants such as Miss Grand World, Miss Landscape International, Face of Beauty International, Miss Aura International, etc.

By Izodom Nepal and Cosmo Group: 2019–2022
The Izodom Nepal & Cosmo Group acquired the Miss Grand International license for Nepal in 2019, and held the national contest twice in 2020 and 2022,   the rest of the country representatives at the international stage were appointed.

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Miss Vibhaa by Umanga Creation: 2023–present ===== Umanga Creation Pvt. Ltd. led by Uddhab Adhikari acquired the license of Miss Grand Nepal in 2023, and the first runner-up Miss Universe Nepal 2023, Garima Ghimire, was designated to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 contest in Vietnam. Later Umanga Creation terminated Garima based on discipline. On 17 July 2024, Umanga Creation announced that Miss Grand Nepal title will be a part of a newly created pageant called "Miss Vibhaa".

International pageants