Sujita Basnet

[1] Sujita completed her education at North Point High School in Bennsville, Maryland.

From January 2013 to April 2013, Sujita was a congressional intern in the office of U.S. representative Ami Bera at the United States Capitol, in Washington D.C. From May 2013 to September 2013, she served as a 2013 Peace Fellow in Dang, Nepal.

She won the competition and was awarded the title of Miss Best Catwalk during the coronation night held at the Sheraton Hotel in Flushing, New York.

She represented Maryland in Miss World America 2016 where she came in the top-12 semifinalists with extra achievements of Top-5 in both Beach Beauty and Top Model.

On November 11, 2019, she participated in Miss Maryland USA 2019 where she came 2nd runner up in the pageant and also won the People's Choice Award.

Her social advocacy is BASE (Backward Education Society) which is about educating the underprivileged children of Nepal where she said, "I feel privileged to have had this opportunity to give a voice for justice to those children who have dismissed the idea of a better life".