Mega Model (often abbreviated as Image 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.

Mega Model
Created byTyra Banks
Presented byMalvika Subba (2015 - present)(3-)
Former
Sahana Bajracharya (2010)
Pallavi Dhakal (2008)
Judges
  • Current
  • Malvika Subba (3-)
  • Kishor Kayastha (3-)
  • Prasant Tamrakar (3-)
  • Former
  • Sijan Bhattachan (1-2)
  • Raj Bhai Suwal(1-2)
  • Sneha Rana (2)
  • Ruby Rana (1)[1]
Country of originNepal
Original languageNepali
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes74
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesMultimedia JSC
Image Channel
Original release
NetworkImage Channel
ReleaseJune 12, 2008 (2008-06-12) –
present

The show's format was originally created by Indian's reality modelling show Get Gorgeous.

Mega Model has had 2 Model hosts to date. For Season 1, Pallavi Dhakal[2] 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.

In 2015, Nagma Shrestha posted in her Facebook page that she will be the new host for the third season of Image Mega Model but later on, Malvika Subba replaced her from Episode 10.

Cycles

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Cycle Premiere date Winner Runner-up Other contestants in order of elimination Number of contestants
1 June 12, 2008[3] Swastika Rajbhandari
Kathmandu, Nepal[4]
Ekta Rana
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nandita Thapa Magar, Saraswati Lama, Sweta Shrestha, Binuna Chaudhary, Linda Maharjan, Shanti Lama, Renuka Suwal, Ruchi Rajkarnikar, Sabina Maharjan, Prajusha Shrestha, Zunu Gurung, Summi Mishra, Sonam La Sherpa, Lina Poudel 16
2 September 25, 2010 Rashmita Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal[5]
Prakreeti Shrestha
Dolakha District, Nepal
Dristee Shakya, Pradika Shrestha, Priyanka Thapa & Pratija, Nitika Gurung, Krisha Bajracharya, Jasmine, Ayesha Shakya, Pratima, Seela Gurung, Amita Joshi, Ashmita Bhandari, Rozie Gurung,Pragati Gurung 16
3 October 11, 2015 Anugya Chand
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nitika Mahat
Kathmandu, Nepal
Saina Shrestha (quit),Maya Roka Magar & Sneha Dhakal, Anu Maharjan & Chandrika Mote, Bhumika Chaudhry & Zenisha Tamang, Meera Kachhepati & Rekha Singh, Rajiya Maharjan (returned), Prarthana Thapa, Salina Gurung, Shailee Manandhar, Sikshya Shakya 16
4 March 15, 2020 Pooja Baral
Pokhara, Nepal
Sugandha Adhikari
Kathmandu, Nepal
Anjana Niroula, Ikrina Balla, Parina Pradhan, Shreeshna Bajracharya, Albina Upreti, Anisha Waiba, Archana Khare, Bipasha Rajbanshi, Ishika Rai, Tara Basnet, Aayusha Maharjan & Anjali Thapal & Rajita Parajuli, Ashim Ranabhat 16

Season 1

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Season 1 begin on June 12, 2008. The host is Pallavi Dhakal. The other judges are Ruby Rana and Sijan Bhattachan. The cast consist of 16 girls who will compete for the title of Image Mega Model.

Prizes

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The winner of Mega Model wins a contract to appear in a music video, a 6-page fashion editorial spread as well as the front cover in Wave Magazine and many other prize from the sponsor.

Contestants

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(ages stated are at time of contest)[6]

Contestant Age Height Hometown Rank
Nandita Thapa Magar 15 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) Morang Top 16
Saraswati Lama 20 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Hetauda Top 15
Shweta Shrestha 19 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Kathmandu Top 14
Binuna Chaudhary 18 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) Kathmandu Top 13
Linda Maharjan 20 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Lalitpur Top 12
Shanti Lama 21 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Kathmandu Top 11
Renuka Suwal 18 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Bhaktapur Top 10
Ruchie Rajkarnikar 17 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kathmandu Top 9
Sabina Maharjan 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lalitpur Top 8
Prajusha Shrestha 17 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Kathmandu Top 7
Zunu Gurung 19 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Kathmandu Top 6
Summi Mishra 16 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Kathmandu
Sonam La Sherpa 19 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Lalitpur
Lina Poudel 20 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Bhaktapur 2nd Runner Up
Ekta Rana 18 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Kathmandu Runner-Up
Swastika Rajbhandari 19 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Kathmandu Winner

Season 2

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New host Sahana Bajracharya, with Sijan Bhattachan,[7] 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 interims 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

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(ages stated are at time of contest)[8]

Contestant Age Height Rank
Priyanka Thapa 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Top 14
Pratija Shakya 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Top 13
Nitika Gurung 18 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Top 12
Krisha Bajracharya 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Top 11
Jasmine Dangol 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Top 10
Ayesha Shakya 18 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Top 9
Pratima Khatiwada 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Top 8
Seela Gurung 17 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Top 7
Amita Joshi 18 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in) Top 6
Ashmita Bhandari 21 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Rozie Gurung 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Pragati Gurung 19 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in) 2nd Runner Up
Prakreeti Shrestha 19 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Runner-Up
Rashmita Maharjan 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Winner

Call-out order

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Sijan's call-out order
Order Episodes
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Ayesha Pragati Rashmita Amita Ashmita Pragati Pragati Pragati Rashmita Rashmita
2 Pragati Ashmita Rozie Pragati Rozie Rashmita Rashmita Amita Prakriti Prakriti
3 Ashmita Krisha Pragati Seela Ayesha Prakiti Amita Rozie Pragati Pragati
4 Amita Rozie Prakiti Ashmita Rashmita Seela Rozie Rashmita Rozie
5 Rozie Nitika Ashmita Rashmita Prakiti Ayesha Prakiti Ashmita Amita
6 Rashmita Amita Amita Rozie Pragati Amita Ashmita Prakiti Ashmita
7 Jasmine Rashmita Ayesha Pratima Seela Ashmita Seela Seela
8 Pratija Prakiti Krisha Prakiti Amita Rozie Ayesha
9 Nitika Pratima Seela Jasmine Pratima Pratima
10 Pratima Ayesha Jasmine Ayesha Jasmine
11 Krisha Jasmine Pratima Krisha
12 Priyanka Seela Nitika
13 Prakiti Pratija
14 Seela Priyanka
  The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom three
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant won the competition
  • Episode 1-3, featured the auditions. The top fifty girls were reduced to final fourteen who moved on to the main competition.
  • In episode 4, Priyanka, Prakiti and Seela landed in the bottom three. None of them were eliminated.
  • In episode 5, Pratija and Priyanka landed in the bottom two. Both of them were eliminated

Photo shoot guide

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  • Episode 3 Photo shoot: Casting
  • Episode 4 Photo shoot: Victorian Era
  • Episode 5 Photo shoot: Zodiac Signs
  • Episode 6 Photo shoot: Pose with male model
  • Episode 7 Catwalk: In Saree
  • Episode 8 Catwalk: Designers Catwalk Show
  • Episode 9 Commercial: Image Soap commercial
  • Episode 11 Photo shoot: Tenzin Bhutia Designs
  • Episode 12 Photo shoot: Living Magazine

Season 3

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After a hiatus of 5 years it was announced that Mega Model would return in 2015. The new host/head judge is the Nepalese beauty queen Malvika Subba. The other new judges will be Nepalese photographer Kishor Kayastha and male supermodel Prasant Tamrakar. The cast consist of 16 girls who will compete for the title of Image Mega Model Season 3.

Auditions

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The auditions for the third season of Mega Model has started from Dharan Audition, Pokhara Audition and the final Kathmandu Audition. Because of the recent earthquake in Nepal the auditions have been postponed to later this year. On June 29 it was announced on their official Facebook page that the postponed auditions will take place on August 5 in Pokhara and August 8, 9 and 10 in Kathmandu.[9]

Prizes

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The winner will receive NPR 200,000 prize money as well as a trip to Bangkok.

Contestants

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(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Rank
Saina Shrestha 20 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Patan Top 16 (Quit)
Maya Roka Magar 19 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Pokhara Top 15
Sneha Dhakal 20 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Butwal
Anu Maharjan 21 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Naxal Top 13
Chandrika Mote 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Dharan
Bhumika Chaudhry 21 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) New Baneshwor Top 11
Zenisha Tamang 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Nuwakot
Meera Kachhepati 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Bhaktapur Top 9
Rekha Singh 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Gyaneshwor
Rajiya Maharjan 19 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Kathmandu Top 7
Prarthana Thapa 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Balaju
Shailee Manandhar 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Dallu
Salina Gurung 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Pokhara
Sikshya Shakya 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Balaju 2nd Runner Up
Nitika Mahat 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Samakhushi Runner Up
Anugya Chand 19 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Dhapasi Winner
  • Sneha was the Migme Wild Card Entry who made it to Top 16.

Call-out order

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Malvika's call-out order
Order Episodes
7 13 15 19 22 23 25
1 Salina Prarthana Zenisha Salina Sikshya Anugya Sikshya Anugya
2 Zenisha Nikita Shailee Sikshya Nikita Sikshya Anugya Nikita
3 Anu Chandrika Anugya Nikita Anugya Nikita Nikita Sikshya
4 Prarthana Anugya Salina Prarthana Salina Salina Salina
5 Maya Anu Nikita Anugya Prarthana Shailee Shailee
6 Shailee Sikshya Prarthana Zenisha Shailee Prarthana Prarthana
7 Sneha Salina Sikshya Rekha Meera Rekha Rajiya
8 Rajiya Bhumika Rekha Meera Rekha Meera
9 Shailee Rekha Meera Bhumika
10 Chandrika Zenisha Shailee Zenisha
11 Anugya Meera Anu
12 Rekha Shailee Chandrika
13 Nikita Maya
14 Sikshy Rajiya
15 Meera Sneha
16 Bhumika Saina
  The contestant was nominated for the best photo of that week.
  The contestant was in the bottom, but was not eliminated.
  The contestant was voted back by the viewers but was eliminated again in the same episode.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant quit the competition.
  The contestant won the competition.
  • In episode 13, Saina had to quit the competition for personal reasons.
  • In episode 224, nobody was eliminated.
  • In the finale, Rajiya was voted back by the viewers

Photo shoot guide

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  • Episode 7 Photo shoot: Casting
  • Episode 8 Catwalk: Walking in Cocktail dress
  • Episode 14 Photo shoot: Moving Bus
  • Episode 17 Photo shoot: Makeover Madness
  • Episode 21, 22 Photo shoot: TVC for Healthy lifestyle
  • Episode 24 Catwalk: Walking in Saree

Season 4

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After a hiatus of 5 years it was announced that Mega Model would return in 2020. The new host/head judge is the Nepalese beauty queen Niti Shah. Nepalese photographer Kishor Kayastha returned as a judge along with fashion designer Bina Ghale. The cast consist of 16 girls who will compete for the title of Image Mega Model Season 4.

Auditions

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The auditions for the fourth season of Mega Model has started from Dharan Audition, Pokhara Audition and the final Kathmandu Audition.

Prizes

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The winner will receive NPR 500,000 prize money as well as other prizes from the sponsor.

Contestants

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(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Rank
Anjana Niroula 19 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Jhapa Top 16
Ikrina Balla 24 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Bhaktapur
Parina Pradhan 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kathmandu
Shreesha Bajracharya 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Lalitpur
Albina Upreti 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Hetauda Top 12
Anisha Waiba 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Bhaktapur
Archana Kharel 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Itahari
Tara Basnet 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Sindhuli
Bipasha Rajbanshi 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Biratnagar
Ishika Rai 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kathmandu
Aayusha Maharjan 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kritipur Top 6
Anjali Thapa 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lalitpur
Rajita Parajuli 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Itahari
Ashim Ranahat 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Pokhara 2nd Runner Up
Sugandha Adhikari 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kathmandu Runner Up
Pooja Baral 23 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Pokhara Winner

Call-out order

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Bina's call-out order
Order Episodes
10 13 20 23
1 Pooja WIN WIN SAFE WINNER
2 Sugandha SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM
3 Ashim SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM
4 Anjali SAFE SAFE ELIM
5 Rajita LOW SAFE ELIM
6 Aayusha HIGH SAFE ELIM
7 Tara LOW ELIM
8 Albina SAFE ELIM
9 Anisha LOW ELIM
10 Ishika SAFE ELIM
11 Archana LOW ELIM
12 Bipasha HIGH ELIM
13 Parina ELIM
14 Ikrina ELIM
15 Anjana ELIM
16 Shreesha ELIM
  The contestant won Mega Model.
  The contestant was a runner-up.
  The contestant won the challenge.
  The contestant received positive critiques and was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received negative critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant was voted back by the viewers but was eliminated again in the same episode.
  The contestant quit the competition.

Photo shoot guide

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  • Episode 9 Photo shoot: Personal style (casting)
  • Episode 13, 14, 15 Video shoot: Introduction teaser
  • Episode 16, 17 Catwalk: Harajuku-style in the market
  • Episode 18, 19 Photo shoot: Wall climbing
  • Episode 21 Commercial: TVC for various sponsor's product
  • Episode 22 Photo shoot: Luxury in golden

References

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  1. ^ "Image Channel Presents Marico?s Hair and Care Mega Model Season 2 | Living". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  2. ^ http://www.enasha.com/article.php?id=2248
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Swastika is Active Mega Model". Kathmandu Tribune. The Himalayan Times. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "The Himalayan Times : Nepal picks its mega model in Rashmita - Detail News : Nepal News Portal". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  6. ^ "Contestant". Missosology. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Sijan Bhattachan : A Survivor Story". Wave Mag Nepal. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Episode 4".
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/image.megamodel?fref=ts [user-generated source]
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