Mega Model
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Mega Model is a Nepalese
reality television
show in which a number of young nepalese women compete against each other to win for the title of Mega Model and an opportunity to start their career in the modeling industry. The premiere is set to air on September 25, 2010 and the season finale in which the top 6 compete against each other on a stage is coming live on Image Channel
.
The winner of Mega Model wins a music video, a 6-page fashion editorial spread as well as the front cover in ECS Living Magazine and Rs100,000.
The show's format was originally created by American talk-show host and model Tyra Banks
.
Mega Model has had 2 Model hosts to date. For Season 1, Pallavi Dhakal and currently, for Mega Model Season 2 is hosted by former model & beauty queen Sahana Bajracharya
. Like its American version, Mega Model features a photographer and model on its judging panel, Raj Bhai Suwal, Sneh Rana and Sijan Bhattachan.
, with Sijan Bhattachan, Sneh Rana and returning judge Raj Bhai Suwal all join together as the second season introduces a new format. The show started with 3 weeks audition sessions and 1 week bootcamp where they reduced the 50 semi-finalists into top 14 finalists for the main competition. Every week the girls were groomed interms of posing, catwalk and communication; in the end of each week the judges evaluated the girls through their photo which they took part in a photoshoot that week. And one or more girls were eliminated every week until the top 6, who took part in a live finale show which declared the winner through the judges and the public vote.
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show in which a number of young nepalese women compete against each other to win for the title of Mega Model and an opportunity to start their career in the modeling industry. The premiere is set to air on September 25, 2010 and the season finale in which the top 6 compete against each other on a stage is coming live on Image Channel
Image Channel
The Image Channel is a privately owned television channel in Nepal. It is owned by Image Group of Companies which also run FM station and located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. It produces every kind of programs news, talkshows, entertainment shows, teleserials etc....
.
The winner of Mega Model wins a music video, a 6-page fashion editorial spread as well as the front cover in ECS Living Magazine and Rs100,000.
The show's format was originally created by American talk-show host and model Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...
.
Mega Model has had 2 Model hosts to date. For Season 1, Pallavi Dhakal and currently, for Mega Model Season 2 is hosted by former model & beauty queen Sahana Bajracharya
Sahana Bajracharya
Sahana Bajracharya is a Nepalese beauty queen, TV anchor, model & media personality. She was crowned as Miss Nepal 2010 1st Runner Up & Miss Nepal Earth 2010. She was also the host of Mega Model Season 2 the spin-off of America's Next Top Model.-Biography:...
. Like its American version, Mega Model features a photographer and model on its judging panel, Raj Bhai Suwal, Sneh Rana and Sijan Bhattachan.
Cycles
| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June, 2008 | Swastika Rajbhandari | Ekta Rana | Ekta Rana, Swastika Rajbhandari, Linda Maharjan, Zunu Gurung, Sonam La Sherpa, Sabrina Maharjan, Lina Paudel, Saraswoti Lama, Shewta Shrestha, Sumi Mishra, Prajusha Shrestha, Renuka Sunwal, Ruchie Rajkarnikar, Binuna Chaudhary, Shanti Lama, Nandita Thapa Magar | 16 | Pokhara Pokhara Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City is the second largest city of Nepal. Pokhara is city of close to 350,000 inhabitants in central Nepal located at 28.25°N, 83.99°E, which is the centre of the country from east to west or from north to south, 198 km west of Kathmandu or 90 km west of Mugling, and... |
| 2 | September 25, 2010 | Rashmita Maharjan | Pragati Gurung | Prakiti Shrestha, Rozie Gurung, Ayesha Shakya, Rashmita Maharjan, Pragati Gurung, Amita Joshi, Asmita Bhandari, Priyanka Thapa, Krisha Bajracharya, Jasmine, Nitika Gurung, Pratima, Seela | 14 | Chitwan |
Season 2
New host Sahana BajracharyaSahana Bajracharya
Sahana Bajracharya is a Nepalese beauty queen, TV anchor, model & media personality. She was crowned as Miss Nepal 2010 1st Runner Up & Miss Nepal Earth 2010. She was also the host of Mega Model Season 2 the spin-off of America's Next Top Model.-Biography:...
, with Sijan Bhattachan, Sneh Rana and returning judge Raj Bhai Suwal all join together as the second season introduces a new format. The show started with 3 weeks audition sessions and 1 week bootcamp where they reduced the 50 semi-finalists into top 14 finalists for the main competition. Every week the girls were groomed interms of posing, catwalk and communication; in the end of each week the judges evaluated the girls through their photo which they took part in a photoshoot that week. And one or more girls were eliminated every week until the top 6, who took part in a live finale show which declared the winner through the judges and the public vote.
In order of elimination
(ages stated are at time of contest)- Priyanka Thapa
- Pratija
- Nitika Gurung
- Krisha Bajracharya
- Jasmine
- Ayesha Shakya
- Pratima
- Seela Gurung
- Amita Joshi
- Asmita Bhandari
- Rozie Gurung
- Prakiti Shrestha (Runner Up)
- Pragati Gurung (Runner Up)
- Rashmita Maharjan (Winner)
Call-out order
| Order | |Episodes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |12 | ||||||
| 1 | Ayesha | Pragati | Rashmita | Amita | Ashmita | Pragati | Rozie | Pragati | Rashmita | Rashmita | ||||
| 2 | Pragati | Ashmita | Rozie | Pragati | Rozie | Rashmita | Rashmita | Amita | Prakiti | Pragati | ||||
| 3 | Ashmita | Krisha | Pragati | Seela | Ayesha | Prakiti | Amita | Rozie | Pragati | Prakiti | ||||
| 4 | Amita | Rozie | Prakiti | Ashmita | Rashmita | Seela | Rozie | Rashmita | Rozie | |||||
| 5 | Rozie | Nitika | Ashmita | Rashmita | Prakiti | Rashmita | Prakiti | Ashmita | Amita | |||||
| 6 | Rashmita | Amita | Amita | Rozie | Pragati | Amita | Ashmita | Prakiti | Ashmita | |||||
| 7 | Jasmine | Rashmita | Ayesha | Pratima | Seela | Pratima | Seela | Seela | ||||||
| 8 | Pratija | Prakiti | Krisha | Prakiti | Amita | Rozie | Pratima | |||||||
| 9 | Nitika | Pramita | Seela | Jasmine | Jasmine | Ayesha | ||||||||
| 10 | Pratima | Ayesha | Jasmine | Ayesha | Jasmine | |||||||||
| 11 | Krisha | Jasmine | Pratima | Krisha | ||||||||||
| 12 | Priyanka | Seela | Nitika | |||||||||||
| 13 | Prakiti | Pratija | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Seela | Priyanka | ||||||||||||
- The contestant won the reward challenge
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the reward challenge and was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- From episode 1-3 showed the auditions and the casting from 50 girls which was reduced to 14 who moved on to the main competition.
- In episode 4, three girls were on bottom 3 but none of them were eliminated
- Episode 2 featured a double elimination.
Photoshoot guide
- Week 4 Photoshoot: Casting
- Week 5 Photoshoot: Victorian Era
- Week 6 Photoshoot: Zodic Signs
- Week 7 Catwalk: Modern Saree
- Week 8 Catwalk: Desingers Show
- Week 9 Commerical: Image Soup Commerical
- Week 12 Photoshoot: Tenzin Bhutia Designs
- Week 12 Photoshoot: Living Magazine