Auditions for Miss Nepal have begun. The pageant’s organiser, The Hidden Treasure (THT), has already wrapped up regional auditions in Itahari and Birgunj for Province 1 and Madhesh Province, respectively. The next regional audition, for Gandaki Province, will take place on February 22 at Waterfront Resort, Pokhara.

THT held a press conference in Pokhara on Monday to announce the details of the Gandaki Province audition. The organisation will hold an orientation session where the auditionees will get more details about the auditions and participate in an interactive session and a Q&A session. The auditions at every province are preceded by a press meet and an orientation.

Miss Nepal World Priyanka Rani Joshi, Miss Nepal Earth Sareesha Shrestha and Miss Nepal International Nancy Khadka are the judges for the Pokhara audition alongside THT Directors, Pramod Kansakar and Subarna Chhetri.

After Pokhara, THT is holding auditions at Dhangadi in the Sudur Paschim Province, Nepalgunj in the Lumbini Province and Surkhet in the Karnali Province on March 4, March 11 and March 13, respectively.

The participants who get selected in the regional auditions will be called for the Kathmandu audition that will take place on March 18. The finalists will be selected during the Kathmandu auditions. Preeti Manandhar, an administrator at THT says, “This year, we will take around 24 finalists. The final number of participants has yet to be decided.”

The applications for Miss Nepal 2023 will close on March 15. THT reveals that the orientation for the finalists will happen on March 22 and the training is scheduled to start on March 26.