The Yakthum Youth Association is organizing the Miss Limbu pageant to give a platform to girls of the Limbu Nation and to highlight the Limbu culture.[break]
Some 30 contestants will be selected from all over Nepal as well as from the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia.
Entry forms for the pageant will be made available by the end of May. Interested applicants can download the form online or can get them from various outlets and also from Anam Nagar in Kathmandu where the Yakthum Youth Association is based.
The candidate has to be between 16 and 25 years of age, unmarried, and should be a highschool graduate to meet the criteria for the pageant. Overseas candidates will be short-listed by the members of the Yakthum Youth Association in the respective country. Participants will then be interviewed by the committee in Kathmandu before their participation will be processed further.
Kala Subba, who will be choreographing the pageant, says, “Through this pageant, we’re trying to bring Limbu girls with talents to the forefront.”
Subba is also involved in the conceptualizing of the event.
The winner of the title will win a prize money of Rs 50,000 as well as a crown worth approximately Rs 100,000. The first runner-up will be awarded Rs 25, 000 while Rs 15,000 will go to the second runner-up.
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