Ronish Khadgi and Ayushma Paudel have won the title of ‘Model Hunt Nepal 2023’. Khadgi beat 15 contestants in Kathmandu, and Paudel from Parbat beat 21 contestants to win the female title.
In a grand ceremony held at Hotel Solti on Friday evening, Lucky Ranapaheli was declared the first runner-up for male and Saunak Malla was declared the second runner-up, while Rhea Mehta was declared the first runner-up and Monika Budhathoki the second runner-up for female.
This is the second edition of the competition. Prashant Tamrakar (actor and choreographer), Rajbhai Suwal (photographer), Namrata Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2020), Sophia Bhujel (Miss Universe 2022), Samarpan Karki (Mr. Nepal 2023), and Madan Rauniyar (Managing Director Joy Papaya) were the judges of this edition.
Skilled and experienced trainers participated in the competition finals with training on personality development, physical structure, ramp walk, body language, photo shoot, expression, grooming class, etc.
Among the winners of the competition, which has been organized regularly for the past 8 years with the aim of producing business models who can easily get opportunities on various platforms at home and abroad, Male Ronish will represent Nepal in the international modeling competition ‘Runway Model International’ held in Puerto Rico, and Female Ayushma will represent Nepal in the modeling competition held in Thailand. He will represent Nepal in ‘Super Model International’. Yatna Pandey, executive director of the organizer Next Models, informed that both winners got the opportunity to participate in national and international fashion shows, apart from advertising and music video acting opportunities.
Ravi Dhamala, president of Next Models Nepal, said that since the craze of the competition held in a fashionable environment with various musical trappings is growing among the youth, this competition will continue in the coming year as well.
