Crowns, cause, and courage: meet Miss Nepals 2025

At the 30th edition of the pageant, four women walked away with crowns—but also with missions bigger than themselves.

At seventeen, Miss Nepal World 2025 Luna Luitel was about to leave for Australia when she noticed something striking at Tribhuvan International Airport: it was crowded with Nepalis preparing to migrate. The scene left her with the impression that Nepal was slowly emptying.