Maddog: Thanks for your support.

abc_n_xyz: The winner can do whatever with the money: send it to Nepal or pay tuition. We want to encourage contestent participation and for that reason we leave the choice to them.
and  ya there are lot of talented people out there who are not rich. Not an opinion - a fact! talanted != rich

Im sure we have lots of talented nepalese students here struggling to pay college tuition. CAN I GET A HELL YEA HERE??? anyone?

Miss Spring: Not a protfolio with lots of modeling pictures. Just one pic and a profile. We are more interested in the personality of participants - thier ideaz and important undertakings in life - than their poses. And yes participants will have to post thier pic and profile by themselves. Judges can only vote 1-10 n thats it. The profile will not accept comments from anyone.

Males are welcome to post a profile but the idea here is to promote women empowerment and help boost confidence of aspiring and talented Nepalese women.

I know a lot of ladies are thinking "Hey why would I want to be judged by god knows how many people in public?" Quite frankly I dont know. Why do people do modeling/acting/singing/radio-tv anchors etc? Why do people create facebook/hi5 profiles? There are a lot of ladies whose profile are public. Wouldnt it be nice to get an $500 check instead of a e-beer/e-margarita or what have you?

Finally, if it is only a picture keeping you from posting a profile - do so without one. Some people might not want to display thier real name - which is perfectly fine. We would still like to know everything else about you! Life is not always about winning.