Yes the hoardings are up. The sponsors are in. The
girls have already sent in their forms. Oh well I heard the final contestants
are also selected. I am talking about Miss Nepal 2014. I know with all these
other contests mushrooming up every day in Nepal, it’s difficult to keep track
of who won which one and when.
The other day, I came across a lady, who has
apparently won Miss Nurse. OKK!!! Now what next? Miss Cleaner, Mr. Police…..No
offence but this is really getting out of hands. The funny part is there is no
concerned authority that monitors these businesses in Nepal. I don’t know about
other countries but here, there is no such provision.
Now coming back to Miss Nepal, which is still the
most talked and respected beauty pageant, few days ago some ex Miss Nepal
posted few pictures of the 2014 participants. I agree that the participants are
becoming very competitive when it comes to the appearances, very good height
and good maintained figure. I won’t bet a dime on the intellect part. Honestly
I somewhere still feel they need to work on it a lot more.
I saw a posting couple of days back in Sajha, that
Aastha Pokharel is also participating this year. I thought it was just a rumor.
But yesterday I stalked her Facebook page and it is confirmed. Now from here my
amusement starts.
First it was Malina Joshi. When all the attention
gone down for her after she completed her reign as Miss Nepal, she participated
for Miss Asia Pacific. She stated that she wanted to get an international
title, which she was unable to get while participating in Miss World. There were
a lot of scandals and controversies that she snapped at the Chairman of Hidden
Treasures, when he tried to stop her from using the crown of Miss Nepal for her
promotion at Miss Asia Pacific. The worse was the statement by Miss Joshi on
his facebook wall. For me it was extremely immature and dim-witted.
Now it is Miss Asian’s Next Top Model, Aastha
Pokharel. After such fame she got after being on international contest and all
the media coverage, and of course her dramatic break up with her then pilot bf,
why Miss Nepal?? I think this is a platform for newbie and amateurs. She has
been on the scene for so long and has established herself as a professionally
successful model. I guess it is very important for these girls to have the
attention on them all the time and when they lose it, they panic and they feel
insecure. They are more vulnerable than any normal girl. I could be wrong but
that is what I feel when I come across them.
Let us see where she will land, when the pageant happens.
The funny part is, if she wins, her experience of so many years will be blamed
to over shadow the other girls, and if she loses, she will be embarrassed to
get beaten by the rookies. The hindi proverb should sum up everything“ Ek taraf
khai, toh dusri taraf kuwa”
