Miss Nepal

• Miss Nepal 2007 beauty pageant was organised in the capital amid protests by women rights groups and some political parties. Nepalnews asked general people for their views on the beauty pagean

• Miss Nepal 07--Sitashma Chand

Bandana Sharma--1st Runner-up

Sweta Shah--2nd Runner-up

Winners of Miss Nepal 2007

Winner	Sitashma Chand
1st Runnerup	Bandana Sharma
2nd Runnerup	Shweta Shah

Title Winners

Best Smile	Reecha Sharma
Best Walk	Sitashma Chand
Miss Personality	Sitashma Chand
Best Hair	Nani Maya Khadka
Miss Talent	Sabitra Shrestha
Beautiful Complexion	Rashmi KC

The Hidden Treasure in association with Kathmandu Jaycees is organizing Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal 2007. The application for the participation was called from January 14, 2007 and the deadline for the submission was lasted for February 07, 2007. Out of all the applications received from different district across the country, only 75 were short-listed for first round of interview selection. After the first preliminary round, 25 were selected on the basis of the minimum criteria fulfilled and their personality, confidence level, general knowledge, intelligence etc. during their training session on the basis of their commitment, dedication, performance and capacity 20 contestants will be finalized in the second week of training.

This year's preliminary selection process was held on the basis of minimum criteria i.e. height 5'4", academic qualification minimum +2 passed, age between 19 – 25 years and should be a Nepali citizen.

The training session will be given higher priority in this year's contest so that there will be improvement in their overall personality and confidence level. The selected contestants will be undergoing extensive training for 6 weeks by eminent personalities and experts on subjects such as history, geography, culture and self management. The New Era, Career Development Institute will be primarily focusing on training the contestants for personality development. The panel of judges comprising of eminent personalities will be selecting the winners on the final day. Besides the training mentioned above, the 20 selected contestants will be kept in a 6 days closed camp in order to provide them the opportunity to be in a proper mindset and be more focused for the final day.

In the 21st Century definition of beauty is being defined and re- defined again and again. Not beauty alone, or for that matter brain only, or perhaps the combination of both, or is there something else that makes a complete personality? Through Miss Nepal Pageants, The Hidden Treasure seeks to move closer towards finding that complete personality.
This pageant also aims to prove that it is inherent in developing equal rights and opportunities to youth and women of today, contributing to the invention of new Nepal.

The winner of Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal 2007 will receive a cash prize of Rs. 1 Lakh and an attractive scooter from Kinetic Nova, the first runner up gets Rs. 60 thousands and the second runner up Rs. 40 thousands. Amongst the different sub-titles like Miss Photogenic, Miss Talent, Miss Best Hair, Miss Best Complexion, Miss personality, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Best Dress in the contest every title holder will receive a cash prize of Rs. 10 thousands each. In addition to these titles, a special award " Vatika My Choice" contest is also scheduled, in which the general public will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite contestant.

The Pageant is scheduled to be held on April 07, 2007 at Birendra International Convention Center and will be telecasted live by Nepal Television. The winners of the pageant will have the opportunity to represent Nepal at various International Pageants ( Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss Asia Pacific Int'l ).