Hidden Treasures Fanta Miss Nepal 2016, the 21st annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 8 April 2016 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2015 Evana Manandhar crowned her successor Asmi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2016 to represent Nepal in the Miss World 2016.^{[citation needed]}

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Miss Nepal 2016
Date	April 8, 2016
Venue	Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal
Broadcaster	NTV & NTV PLUS, M&S VMagazine
Entrants	19
Winner	Asmi Shrestha Chitwan
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At the same event, Roshni Khatri was crowned as Miss Earth Nepal 2016^{[citation needed]} and Barsha Lekhi was crowned as Miss International Nepal 2016.^{[citation needed]}

The winner of Miss Nepal 2016 served as the brand ambassador of popular drink Fanta and WWF Nepal for a one year. In addition, she received Rs. 100,000 as prize for winning the title. The auditions of Miss Nepal were held in Biratnagar, Birgunj, Chitwan, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Butwal and Kathmandu.

NTV and NTV PLUS broadcast the pageant live and for all the Nepalese abroad Miss Nepal 2016 was live streamed on M&S V Magazine's official website.

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Final results	Contestant	International pageant	International Results
Miss Nepal 2016 (Winner)	Chitwan - Asmi Shrestha (●)	Miss World 2016	Unplaced Top 5 - Beauty with a Purpose
1st runner-up (Miss Earth Nepal 2016)	Lalitpur - Roshni Khatri	Miss Earth 2016	Unplaced Best in Resort Wear
2nd runner-up (Miss International Nepal 2016)	Saptari - Barsha Lekhi	Miss International 2016	Unplaced People's Choice Award by Missosology
Top 5	Kathmandu – Namrata Shrestha
	Sankhuwasabha - Srijana Regmi
Top 11	Lalitpur - Anshu KC	Miss Asia Pacific International 2016	Unplaced
	Dharan – Sandipa Limbu
	Kathmandu – Prerana Adhikari
	Kathmandu – Soniya Sharma
	Kirtipur – Ashma KC
	Taplejung – Aayushma Shrestha (●)

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(●): The candidates won the Miss Popular Choice Award (online voting) and got direct entry into Top 11 semi-Finalists.

• (#1) Asmi Shrestha was the winner of Face of Classic Diamond 2014.^[1]
• (#2) Paramita Rana was the 1st runner up in Face of Classic Diamond 2014.^[2]
• (#3) Anjana Das was the winner of Miss Pokhara Queen 2015 title.
• (#4) Priyanka Shrestha was the winner of Miss Purwanchal 2015 which gave her a direct entry to Miss Nepal 2016's Top 19 finalists.^[3]
• (#5) Priyashi Thapa was Miss Nepalgunj 2015 title holder.^[4]
• (#6) Pooja Shrestha was 1st runner up at Miss Chitwan 2014 pageant.^[5]
• (#7) Anu Rai was 1st runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2015.
• (#8) Sheelpa Maskey was an actress and singer in the UK before coming to compete in Miss Nepal 2016.^{[citation needed]}
• (#9) Sabina Rana Bhujel won the title of Miss Pokhara 2015 which gave her a wild card entry to Miss Nepal 2016's Top 19 finalists.
• (#10) Mangeeta Khannal was the 1st runner up at Miss Pokhara 2015 pageant.
• (#11) Pramisha Bajracharya is 2nd runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2015.^[6]
• (#13) Zenisha Tamang was placed 8th at Mega Model Season 3.^[7]
• (#14) Samragyee Shah is the 2nd runner up at Face of Classic Diamond 2014.^[8]
• (#15) Nitika Sarah Karmacharya has previous won the title of Miss ECollege 2015.^[9]
• (#16) Varsha Rai was the 2nd runner up at Miss Purwanchal 2013.
• (#17) Aastha Pokharel is the winner of Kingfisher Calendar Super Model Season 2 and placed 5th at Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 1.
• (#18) Sitoshna Ban was the winner of Miss Chitwan 2014 and previously she competed in Miss Nepal 2014.^[5]
• (#19) Lochan Basel is the 2nd runner up at Miss Pokhara 2015.