Pradeepta Adhikari () (born January 25, 1997) is a Nepalese model and beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Universe Nepal 2019. She has represented her country in international debate competitions held in the

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, and

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Life and career

Early life

Pradeepta Adhikari was born and raised in the Nepalese capital

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

. A medical student at Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, she was set to graduate in 2022 with an

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degree. In 2018, she was also crowned as Miss Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences. She speaks 5 languages.

Pageantry

On 9 May 2019, Adhikari entered the

Miss Nepal 2019 Hidden Treasures Ruslan FM 95.2 Miss Nepal 2019, the 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary of Miss Nepal beauty pageant, which was held on 9 May 2019 at Laboratory H.S. premises, Kirtipur, Nepal . During the coronation night, four major winners was crow ...

pageant as Candidate #10. She was crowned Miss Nepal with the subtitles of Miss Athletic and Miss Talent and later represented Nepal at the

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pageant in

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References

External links

Missuniverse.com
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