Shristi Shrestha
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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Shristi Shrestha after being crowned as Miss Nepal World 2012 | |
| Born |
Shristi Shrestha |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Chitwan 2012 Miss Nepal World 2012 Miss World 2012 Quarter Finalist (20th Place) Top 10 Beach Beauty Miss World 2012 Top 10 Multimedia Award Miss World 2012 Top 10 Dancers Miss World 2012 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Nepal 2012 (Winner) Miss World 2012 (Top 20) |
Shristi Shrestha (Nepali: सृष्टी श्रेष्ठ
Listen born in Narayangarh, Chitwan is a Nepali actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was the winner of Miss Nepal 2012.[1] Shrestha won the coveted title, beating 16 other contestants.[2] She represented Nepal in Miss World 2012 which was held on August 18, 2012 in Inner Mongolia, China.
Miss Nepal
Shristi represented her hometown of Chitwan during Miss Nepal 2012 beauty pageant as Miss Chitwan 2012. She went on to win the main title of Miss Nepal World 2012 alongside, Miss Confidence title.
She is the first Miss Nepal to reach to the quarter finals (20th Place) of the Miss World. Although she finished 20th in the entire Miss World pageant, she was able to achieve the 8th position in Beach Beauty and was one of the top 10 contestants for the Multimedia Award. She also won the 'Public Choice award' during the Miss world pageant.[3] She has been placed as Top 10 Dancers in Miss World 2012.
Career
Shristi Shrestha also has played in a music video of unplugged version of song 'Kabhi jo baadal barse' from 2013 Bollywood movie Jackpot. This was her first debut to her career in Bollywood. Besides that, she has appeared in several other Nepali songs, one of her very recent songs is Sadhai Sadhai by Devika Bandana.
She is debuting to Nepali film industry with Gajalu opposite Anmol K.C. She debuted her theatre career with the role of 'Ophelia' in Shakespeare 'Hamlet', which ran for a month in the 'Theatre Village' in Kathmandu. The play was organised by the British council and was directed by Gregory Thomson, a well known name in the theatre scene of Shakespear plays in London.
Controversy
During an interview on the promotion of her movie, Gajalu, in Chitwan, Shristi Shrestha refused to answer a question raised by a journalist.[4] Shristi told that she didn't like the way the journalist asked her the question and told, "I don't want to answer the question."
Filmography
Music Video
| Year | Song title | Artist | Notes | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Unplugged) | Arijit Singh | Bollywood debut | Jackpot |
| 2015 | Sadhai Sadhai | Devika Bandhana | Nepali Music Video | |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Co-star(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gajalu | Sujata Shakya | Anmol K.C. | as a Kumari |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 / 2016 | Hamlet | Ophelia | Gregory Thompson and Bimal Subedi | |
References
- ↑ Shristi Shrestha gets crowned as Miss Nepal 2012. Globalbeauties.com (May 2012). Retrieved on 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Shristi Shrestha is Miss Nepal 2012!. Nepaliblogger.com (2012-05-07). Retrieved on 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Miss World 2012 is Miss China, Shristi top 10 in Beach Beauty". 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "Actress – Journalist controversies, Who, What, Where and When?". 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
External links
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| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Malina Joshi (  Nepal) |
Miss Nepal World 2012 |
Succeeded by Ishani Shrestha ( Nepal) |