Shristi Shrestha ( ne, श्रीस्टी श्रेष्ठ, ), is a Nepalese model, actress and the winner of the
Miss Nepal World 2012
Hidden Treasures Miss Nepal 2012, the 18th Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on May 6, 2012 at the Hotel Del Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2011 Malina Joshi crowned Shristi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2012, who represented Nepal at M ...
pageant. She works in
Nepali cinema
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.
Career
Miss Nepal
Shrestha represented her hometown of
Chitwan
Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579 ...
during
Miss Nepal 2012 beauty pageant as
Miss Chitwan
Miss Chitwan is a beauty pageant which began in 1994 for the girls of Central Development Region. Miss Chitwan has been organized by Bright Nepal since the start and has been paving the way to the field of professional modelling and direct entry t ...
2012. She went on to win the main title of
Miss Nepal World 2012 along with the Miss Confidence title.
She is the first
Miss Nepal
Miss Nepal ( ne, मिस नेपाल) is a national beauty pageant in Nepal. The winners are sent to Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supranational.
History
Ever since the pageant started from 1994, historically the wi ...
to reach the quarter-finals (20th Place) of the
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss I ...
. Although she finished 20th in the entire Miss World pageant, she was able to achieve the eighth position in Beach Beauty, and was one of the top 10 contestants for the Multimedia Award. She also won the ''
'Public Choice award during the Miss World pageant.
Acting
She debuted in the Nepali movie ''Gajalu'' opposite
Anmol K.C.
Anmol KC ( ne, अनमोल के.सी.) is a Nepalese actor. He is the son of Bhuwan K.C and Nepali actress Sushmita Bomjan (formerly Sushmita K.C.). He started acting in films at a young age, he is known for his romantic films, namely ...
She debuted her theater career with the role of Ophelia in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', which ran for a month in the Theater Village in Kathmandu. The play was organised by the British Council, and directed by Gregory Thomson.
Shrestha has received several awards including
National Film Award
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, Kamana Film Award, and D Cine Award.
Personal life
Shrestha is the seventh Young Conservation Ambassador in
WWF Nepal.
Shristi is involved with Snow Leopard conservation projects at WWF Nepal.
Since 2016, she has been in a relationship with
Saugat Malla
Saugat Malla (Nepali: सौगत मल्ल) is a Nepalese film actor and producer. He began acting professionally in 2008 and became known for his leading role as Haku Kale in ''Loot'' (2012). Other work includes '' Mukhauta'' (2014), Sada ...
.
Filmography
Music video
Films
References
External links
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Living people
Miss World 2012 delegates
Miss Nepal winners
Nepalese female models
Nepalese beauty pageant winners
People from Chitwan District
1989 births
Nepalese film actresses
Actresses in Nepali cinema
Nepalese web series actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Nepalese expatriate actresses in India
21st-century Nepalese actresses