Shrinkhala Khatiwada

Biography

Shrinkhala Khatiwada (Nepali: शृङ्खला खतिवडा; pronounced [ˈsriŋkʰʌla ˈkʰʌt̪iwʌɽa]) is a Nepalese model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Nepal World 2018. She represented Nepal in Miss World 2018. She also became the second Nepali after Ishani Shrestha to win Beauty with a Purpose 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, Birodh Khatiwada, is a CPN (MC) 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, was the President of CPN (UML), Makwanpur District and also a member of the state parliament of Bagmati Province. Shrinkhala has an older brother, Bimba, who lives 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 High School from Goldengate International College (S3). She studied architecture at the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus and graduated at the top of her class. She went on to pursue a Master's in Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

== 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, Kathmandu.

== Miss World 2018 == Shrinkhala competed with 118 other contestants for the title of Miss World 2018. She placed in the top 12. Miss Thailand, Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan, 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 Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guam, and Moldova 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.