The Nepal Weekly 
February 17, 2025
Pralisha Shakya of Lalitpur Metropolitan City has been crowned as Nepal Telecom Miss Newaa 1145 (2025) amidst a function organized in Kathmandu. The pageant was organized by Nepalese Fashion Home on Sunday.
Pralisha won this title with an attractive crown beating her 19 competitors in a grand function organized by Napalese Fashion Home at Pragya Bhavan in Kamaladi. With the title of Miss Neva: 1145, Pralisha received one lakh rupees in cash and various other gifts. With the title of Miss Neva: 1145, Pralisha received one lakh rupees in cash and various other gifts. In this competition, Pralisha has also won the title award of Best Nepal Bhasa.
Interestingly Shakya was the winner of Little Miss Newaa 12 years back also which was organized by Naples Fashion Home in 2013.
In this competition among 20 contestants from different municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley, Looniva Manandhar of Chandragiri Municipality, Naikap won the title of first runner-up, while Lumana Maharjan of Chamati, Kathmandu won the title of second runner-up.They received various gifts including Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
Among the other winners of the competition, Shraddha Maharjan won the social welfare second runner-up title along with Miss Talent, while Anushree Shakya won the Miss Talent first runner-up title and Shreya Manandhar won the Miss Talent second runner-up title. In the competition, Prashanti Shakya won the Miss Discipline title and Alpa Maharjan won the Miss Public Choice Award.
Among the other awards of the competition, Prashna Shrestha won the best dress, Ritisha Bajracharya won the Miss Culture, Sanskriti Shrestha won the Miss Confident, Subheksha Shrestha won the Miss Personality, Rimsha Shrestha won the Best Hair. Similarly, Ramuna Bajracharya won the title of Best Skin, Kunta Shrestha won the title of Miss Photogenic, Anusha Bajracharya won the title of Best Smile, Shuvasna Shrestha won the title of Miss Charming and Ruji Shakya won the title of Miss Friendship.
