Pradeepta Adhikari ( ne, प्रदीप्ता अधिकारी) (born January 25, 1996) is a Nepalese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Nepal Universe 2019. She has represented her country in international debate competitions held in the

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Life and career

Early life

Pradeepta Adhikari was born and raised in the capital city of

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. She is a third-year medical student currently studying in

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. She was also crowned Miss Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences 2018. Her father is a retired

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. Adhikari speaks 5 different 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. Adhikari was crowned Miss Nepal Universe, gaining the subtitles of Miss Athletic and Miss Talent. She thus gained the right to subsequently represent Nepal at the

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pageant in

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but did not place.

References

External links

Missuniverse.com
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