Shrinkhala Khatiwada was born on November 3rd of 1995, in Hetauda. One of the most loved daughters of Nepal was once a simple girl with big dreams. She became the Miss Nepal winner in 2018 and also participated in Miss World 2018. She brought the title of Beauty with a Purpose and Multimedia Award back home.
Khatiwada is an architecture engineer and is naturally talented with writing poems. She presented her writing talent in Miss Nepal and won the title ‘Miss talent’. And as an architectural engineer, she was also a topper of her university.
Shrinkhala Khatiwada
Born: November 3, 1995
As a native of Hetauda, Shrinkhala Khatiwada reminisces the older days with her friends. She started her schooling at the age of 2, and her brother Bimba who was two years older than her. Her parents decided to send her to school early to build up a habit, but Khatiwada could fit in to the class with her brother.
Moreover, she had hobbies in writing poems and songs. She could come up with a song in about 15 minutes, and she would write poems and songs on the last page of her notebooks. Schools in Hetauda did not focus more on Extra Curriculum Activities, so she could not explore creative areas. She says she still can’t dance till this date.
Along with her brother, she grew up with Sabita didi. Her mom was a head member of an NGO federation in Makwanpur. Khatiwada grew up listening to Sabita and her stories about how she struggled as a girl, how she was a victim of harassment and other stories. People who were injured from the Maobadi Jana Yuddha would come to Khatiwada’s mother’s NGO.
Other transgender women used to come to the NGO federation. Khatiwada grew up with stories of sexual harassment and social injustice. Khatiwada says she became non-judgemental and accepting of people from those communities.
Even though her earlier life was not full of struggles, it was not lavish either. She has a simple background and knows the simplicity that is the part of Nepal.
After SLC, she came to Kathmandu and joined GoldenGate College as a science student. She got 82%, and somehow, it let it get to her. So, she did not prepare for her entrance exam at Pulchowk Engineering College. She was in the 1091st position, but luckily, she got into that college. Then, she promised she would keep the level of her efforts constant and became the thesis topper of her batch.
Khatiwada never planned to participate in a beauty pageant, but she always wanted to. It was only at the end of her college years that she felt confident enough to join finally. Since her bachelors ended and she was free, she decided to give it a shot.
During her participation, her father did not take it seriously. According to Khatiwada, her father did not make it thoughtfully because he thought it was free time for his daughter after college.
Before participating in Miss Nepal, she went on Bipashana meditation. Since she had a habit of writing down her ideas, she took a notebook and a pen with her. While meditating, she would have constant thoughts on the talent round in Miss Nepal. All she could think about was about the poem, and while on her 15 minutes break, she would hide in the bathroom and write her ideas.
Khatiwada joined Miss Nepal with no plan besides to win it. For the talent round, she recited a poem called “Colors”. Growing up with stories of women who were rape victims and faced harassment, she came up with the idea when she was at Bipashana meditation. Her poem won her the talent round.
During the last night before the finals, she visualized that next night she will have the Miss Nepal crown right on top of her nightstand. And the next night, it was the exact same sight.
Her best friend Chahana was with her every step of the way and helped Shrinkhala prepare for her beauty pageant journey as well. At the final question of the beauty pageant, Shrinkhala looks at her and smiles while answering her question. Khatiwada also says that her best friend helped her during her college days as well.
After she won Miss Nepal, she was in a celebratory mood for 15 days straight. But by the end of those 15 days, the pressure of Miss World slowly began to rise.
Khaiwada says that the competition got tougher because Nikita Chandak, Miss Nepal World 2018, brought a new change to the beauty pageant and how it is presented in the world. Khatiwada was inspired by Chandak and was preparing well to become better.
The main pressure lied in the introductory video and her beauty with a purpose title. Khatiwada wanted something that was big deal but also brought immediate benefit with her action.
She already knew the pain of women who were the victim of social injustice. Moreover, she also listed out things that might bring the biggest transformation. Khatiwada, along with Chahana went back to Hetauda. She knew Chhepang community of Makwanpur were still underserved and less developed. So, she knew she would use her powers to change that part of Nepal.
She visited the municipality and started collecting details. She went around the offices and with enough details she found out that the Chhepang community were suffering from health issues. She decided to build a health post there. The children there were malnourished and women were married at a young age. They knew child marriage was illegal so they used to lie when they were asked about their age.
Khatiwada learned about the Chhepang community through Pratap Bista with is a senior journalist and covered story on them. She went for site visit, selected a land area for the health post and designed the health post all by herself.
Her hard works got her the ‘Beauty with a Purpose’ title and also ‘Multimedia’ title. Khatiwada also managed to reach the Top 12 and made her country proud.
Post, Miss World journey, she got to be a part of many social events and also got to endorse different brands. The time went by so quickly that she didn’t even realize it.
Now, she aspires to become the first lady Prime Minister of Nepal.
Shrinkhala Khatiwada came to Kathmandu after SLC and did her high school in GoldenGate International College. She joined Pulchowk Engineering College and joined Miss Nepal after completing her bachelor’s education.
She is the daughter of Birodh Khatiwada and Munu Khatiwada. She has an elder brother Birodh.
After doing social works and winning the beauty pageant Miss Nepal 2018, she is now the brand ambassador of Agni Group. Moreover, she is also the founder of One Home Foundation
2018 – Miss Nepal
2018 – Miss World
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