Miss Himalaya Pageant

Miss Himalaya Pageant
Formation 2012
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Dharamshala
Location
Official language
 English
Director
 Lobsang Wangyal
Parent organization
 Lobsang Wangyal Productions
Website www.misshimalaya.com
Miss Himalaya 2012 Rinchen Dolma
Miss Himalaya 2012 winners

Miss Himalaya Pageant is an annual pageant having headquarters in India. The pageant is open to young women from Himalayan Region between the ages of 17 to 25 years in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh including recent arrivals Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, as well as the hilly regions of two states Assam and West Bengal in India and Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet outside India

History

The pageant is produced and directed by Lobsang Wangyal of Lobsang Wangyal Productions, which has also been producing the Miss Tibet Pageant since 2002. Lobsang Wangyal has been producing events since 2000 "to promote art, culture, and understanding."[1][2]

The idea of "Miss Himalaya" was conceived by Lobsang Wangyal a few years ago. Work for the event has been going on since early 2010. The domain misshimalaya.com was registered in February 2010, and the event was publicly announced on 5 June 2011.[3]

The Pageant will bring on one stage women from the entire Himalayan region from ten Indian states including: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, as well as the hill regions of two states: Assam and West Bengal. And, young women from Bhutan and Nepal as well, according to the misshimalaya.com website.

The inaugural Miss Himalaya Pageant was held in Dharamshala, India, on 12–13 October 2012.[4][5]

The purpose of the annual event is "to bring women from the entire Himalayan region onto one platform to celebrate the beautiful cultures, people, and nature of the Himalayan region."[6][7]

Winners

Year Miss Himalaya 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up Date Location
2014  India - Jyoti Dogra  India - Shikha Sharma  Bhutan - Dawa Dema October 5, 2014 McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh,
 India
2012/13  India - Richen Dolma  India - Rachna Dhiman  India - Thinley Yangchen October 13, 2012 Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts,
McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh,
 India

Miss Himalaya 2014

The second edition of Miss Himalaya Pageant 2014 was concluded in McLeod Ganj on Sunday night, 5 October 2014. Twenty-two-year-old environmental science student Jyoti Dogra won the Pageant from among four other contestants. Shikha Sharma, a twenty-year-old BA student was declared First Runner-up, and twenty-two-year-old Dawa Dema, a management student was the Second Runner-up.

Jyoti won one lakh (100,000) rupees with the title, while Shikha and Dawa won rupees 50,000 and 25,000 respectively.

Three of the five contestants—Jyoti Dogra, Shikha Sharma and Priyanka Dogra—were from Himachal Pradesh, while the other two—Dawa Dema and Kuenzang Chodon—were from Bhutan.

Contestants 2014

Country/Territory Name Age Education Hometown
 Bhutan Dawa Dema 22 Management Thimphu, Bhutan
 India Jyoti Dogra 22 M.Sc (Environmental Science) Bhagsu Nag, India
 Bhutan Kunezang Choden 23 Management Thimphu, Bhutan
 India Priyanka Dogra 24 M.Sc (Information Technology) Bilaspur, India
 India Shikha Sharma 20 Bachelor of Arts Dharamshala, India

Miss Himalaya 2013

The Miss Himalaya Pageant 2013 was not conducted due to lack of funds.

Miss Himalaya 2012

Twenty-three-year-old Rinchen Dolma from Sikkim was crowned the Miss Himalaya 2012 at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in McLeod Ganj on 13 October 2012. Dolma was determined the winner among the five contestants by a panel of three judges.

List of Contestants

Name Age Education Hometown
Kunga Tseten Sikkim, India
Rachna Dhiman Kangra, India
Rinchen Dolma Sikkim, India
Thinley Yangchen Spiti, India

Awards

The winner will receive India rupees: 100,000.00; the first runner-up rupees: 50,000.00; and the second runner-up rupees: 25,000.00.[8]

Official website

Photo galleries

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Lobsang Wangyal Productions". Lobsang Wangyal Productions. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Part 4: Tibetan Culture in the 21st Century". Michael Dunham. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Tenzin Yangkyi Crowned Miss Tibet". 6 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "About the Miss Himalaya Pageant". 5 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "First Miss Himalaya pageant in October at McLeodganj". Daily Post India. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Miss Himalaya Pageant to be held in 2012". 5 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tibetan Culture Remains Strong". Buddhist Art News. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Terms and conditions to enter Miss Himalaya Pageant 2012". December 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

References

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