Ronali Amatya is a Nepali model and beauty pageant title holder. She won the Miss Nepal International 2018 crown on 18 December 1995.

Early life and education

Amatya was involved in sports as a child, including

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. She graduated with a bachelor's degree at the age of 20.

Career

Modeling

Amatya began her modeling career after winning Model Hunt Nepal 2016, organized by The Next Models Nepal. During the competition, she won the title of "Miss Personality." Amatya modeled in a graduation fashion show at Namuna College of Fashion Technology in 2016 and at The Mount Everest Fashion Runway in January 2020.

Pageantry

Amatya won Miss Eco International Nepal 2017. At Miss Eco International 2017 in Egypt, she received the title of "Miss Congeniality." She represented Nepal in "Miss International 2018", held at

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in Tokyo, Japan. She would again represent Nepal at Miss Grand International 2021 in Thailand.

Personal life

Amatya struggled with self-image issues (and subsequent mental health issues) after entering the modeling and pageant industries. She began addressing these issues in 2020 during the quarantine imposed by the

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. She has also dealt with gastritis. She took up yoga in 2017.

References

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