Miss Himalaya Pageant

[5] The Pageant accepts applications from women from the entire Himalayan region—the ten Indian states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura; the hill regions of Assam and West Bengal; and Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet.

Shrutika Sharma from Nainital, Uttrakhand, impressed the judges to win the crown of the Miss Himalaya Pageant 2019.

The 23-year-old winner from Shimla is a medical student, also working as a radiation therapist treating cancer patients.

The Miss Himalaya Pageant 2018 was held at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in McLeod Ganj, India, on 6 October 2018.

A cash prize of 1 lakh was awarded to the winner Miss Himalaya Preksha Rana while Tashi Lhamo and Palak Thakur took 50 and 25 thousand respectively.

Monika Negi from Rampur, Himachal Pradesh, took away the award for Miss Photogenic which was decided by public voting.

- Full 2014 contestant information The Miss Himalaya Pageant 2013 was not conducted due to lack of funds.

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.