Ganesh Agrawal, a 29-year-old Kritipur resident, Kathmandu, bagged the title of World Touch Mister Nepal 2016 pageant at the finale, held at the Tribhuvan Army Officer’s Club in Bhadrakali, Kathmandu, on Sunday evening.

Agrawal beat 45 contestants to claim the title. Along with the title, Agrawal also won cash  of Rs 300,000, a chance to feature in two films, and a trip to Malaysia.

Agrawal will also be representing Nepal in the Mister World 2016.

Similarly, Dipson Bhattarai and Shashank Pokharel were awarded the first runner up and second runner up titles respectively.

The pageant was judged by an adjudicating panel that included Arjun Karki, Mohan Basnet, Dipak Rimal, Araniko Singh, Karishma Kumar Basnet, Bhisma pande and Deepak Ghimire, among others. 

Notables present at the event were politician Agni Kharel, actors Dhiren Shakya, and Saroj Khanal and Rekha Thapa, Aaryan Sigdel and Jeewan Luitel, among others.