The Nepal Weekly 
April 19, 2022
The search and hunt for the most deserving Nepali male having charm, confidence, calibre, character, and capacity to represent Nepal on the international arena, Mr. Nepal World 2022 have been exclusively performed.
In the spectacular event during the grand finale of the event hosted at Hyatt Regency, Boudha Kathmandu, 26 year old Nutan Shrestha from Morang was picked up as Mr. Nepal World 2022. Nutan, who earned Rs. 5 lakh cash cash prize would represent Nepal at Mr. World. Nutan was handed over the title by the previous winner of Mr. Nepal World, Dr. Santosh Upadhyaya.
The competition saw 23 year old Abhishek Chudal as the first runner-up while 29 year old Alish Giri Kathmandu completed as second runner-up. Similarly, 21 yearold Samip Shahi from Kailali finished with third runner-up position while 27 years of age Bishal Katwal finished the event as fourth runner-up. They received a cash prize of rupees fifty thousand, thirty thousand, twenty thousand, and fifteen thousand respectively.
The battle among thirty-six handsome hunks took off with the entertaining opening performance where they performed showcasing their physique wearing the colorful trunks designed by Jwala Raj Pokharel from Shuvashree Suvarang outlets. Then the contestants were introduced to wearing the designer wear designed by the graduates from IIFT, the school of fashion. The elimination came shortlisting the top twelve contestants after all the contesting gentlemen performed in the tuxedo.
The top twelve participated in the question-answer session where the panel jury members comprising former Mr. Nepal duo Sandeep Pokharel and Dr. Aayushman Ghimire, former Miss Nepal World Ishani Shrestha, actress Reecha Sharma, Media Person, and actor Suraj Singh Thakuri and commercial/glamour photographer Raj Bhai Suwal put the questions.
Finally, the event saw the top five finalists and thus faced the judges for the final round of the event, where the finalists wrote answers. All finalist answers were better, but the answers given by Nutan reflected the best.
The event showcased under the banner of Next Models Nepal was been directed by Ravi Dhamala and Yaetna Pandey. Expose Nepal dot com got involved as the Initiator of the competition. The event choreography part was been handled by Prashant Tamrakar as the official Choreographer while the team of mentors majorly included Malvika Subba, Rojin Shakya, Suman Shrestha, and others.
The event hosted by Rojin Shakya saw Kushal Naharki was been awarded as Mr. Popular and Mr. Active while the best Personality award went to Jiwan Giri. Likewise, Bikas Gamal bagged Mr. Talented, Bishal Katwal earned Mr. Photogenic while Rupesh Mahato earned Mr. Friendly whereas Manash Ghale lifted the best physique category and Prashanna Rai earned Mr. Stlye Icon.
