Shrinkhala Khatiwada ( ne, शृङ्खला खतिवडा, ) is a Nepalese model and Miss Nepal World 2018. She represented Nepal in

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. She also became the second Nepali after Ishani Shrestha to win

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Award. She was in the Top 12 of Miss World 2018.

Early life and family background

Khatiwada was born on 3 November 1995 (17 Kartik 2052 BS) in Hetauda, Bagmati Province. Her father,

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, is a CPN (UML) leader who was elected as a member of central parliament from Makwanpur Constituency No. 2 in general elections of 2017 for the fourth time. Her mother, Munu Sigdel Khatiwada, is the President of CPN (UML),

Makwanpur District Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

and also a member of the state parliament of

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. She has an older brother Bimba, who is currently residing in Australia. Shrinkhala is a National Chancellor for the International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) and President of the One Home Foundation.

Education

Khatiwada completed SLC (Secondary Leaving Certificate) from Hetauda Academy, and junior college from Goldengate International College. She studied architecture at the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus and graduated as a 'Batch Topper' by scoring the first rank in semester 4, 9 and 10 i.e. Thesis. She is fond of writing and poetry. Her dream is to be the first female

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. She wants to continue pursuing her architecture expertise in the future for the well-being of humans in her homeland, Nepal.

Miss Nepal 2018

Shrinkhala won Miss Nepal World 2018 succeeding Nikita Chandak. She was the 23rd Miss Nepal. She also won the sub-titles of 'Miss Fascino' and 'Miss Beautiful Hair' in this competition among 24 other contestants. The event was held on 11 April 2018 in Nepal's capital city,

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Miss World 2018

Shrinkhala competed with 118 other contestants for the title of

. She placed in the top 12. Miss Thailand,

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, eventually became Miss World Asia and Oceania.

World Designer Competition

She encountered a problem during the ramp walk for the round of World Designer competition where the train of her gown got stuck with the embroidery and kept coming through the slit in her gown.

Head to Head Challenge

She was placed in group 13 along with contestants from

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, and

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for the Head to Head challenge. Shrinkhala won the first round of Head to Head challenge from group 13, however lost to Singapore in the second round.

Multimedia Award

On 3 December 2018, due to the highest number of votes among all of the contestants of Miss World, Shrinkhala was awarded Miss Multimedia Award, which placed her directly in Top 30 of Miss World 2018. The same evening, she became the second runner-up in Sanya tourism video award based on creative content, use of various editing software and displaying knowledge of Sanya.

Beauty With A Purpose Award

Following two rounds of careful deliberation; a panel of Miss World Judges, selected the project of Shrinkhala as the winner of the

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Award from among the 25 videos that were shortlisted. She expressed her happiness on her social media handles by writing "The reason why I joined Miss Nepal was for Miss World and its advocacy of Beauty with a purpose. I always said that this title meant more than the crown to me and now I feel the happiest!"

The Grand Finale

The Miss World 2018 Final was held on 8 December 2018 in Sanya, China. Shrinkhala made it to the Top 12, along with Miss Thailand 2018 - Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan and Miss New Zealand 2018 - Jessica Tyson, in the pageant among the other participants from Asia and Oceania Category.

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