Nikita Chandak

Nikita Chandak Maheshwari
Nikita Chandak Maheshwari
	Miss Nepal 2017
Born	September 5, 1995 (age 29); Urlabari, Morang District, Nepal
Alma mater	JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore, India
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Nepal 2017
Hair color	Dark Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major; competition(s)	Miss Nepal 2017; (Winner); Miss World 2017; (Top 40 - Overall 31st); Head to Head Challenge Group 3 - Winner; Beauty with a Purpose - Top 10; Top Model - Top 30; Multimedia Award - 2nd Runner Up; People's Choice ; Top 10

Nikita Chandak (born September 5, 1995 Nepali: निकिता चाण्डक्) is a Nepali model, actor and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Miss Nepal 2017 World.^[1]^[2]^[3] She also won the Miss Popular Choice and Miss Confident titles.^[4] She represented Nepal at Miss World 2017 held in Sanya City Arena, Sanya, China. Chandak ventured into acting by playing the leading lady in the upcoming 2020 film Sanglo.

Early life

Nikita Chandak is a native of Urlabari, Morang. She was born on 5 September 1995 to Anil and Sushma Chandak. She is from the Marwari community, enriched with culture and practices. As a child, she was an introvert. In her school days, she was obedient, obeying all rules and regulations which made her one of her teachers' favourite students.

Education

Chandak completed her education from Pashupati Boarding Secondary School. She further went to complete her high school from LK Singhania education Center, Gotan.

She is also a student of fashion communication at the JD Institute of Fashion Technology India, Bengaluru.^[5]

Career

Miss Nepal World 2016 Asmi Shrestha wrote in her Facebook post about how Chandak blew her mind away when she debuted at the TGIF Fashion week.^[5]

Pageantry

Chandak won her first title at age 20, when she won the Miss Nepal 2017 competition in 2017.
In Miss World 2017, she was first Miss Nepal to find place in Top Model competition. She was placed in Top 30 in Top Model competition. She was 2nd-runner up in Multimedia award. She was in Top 10 in People's Choice Award. She was placed in Top 20 in her Beauty with a Purpose Project. She won head to head challenge from Group-3 which helped her to get place in Top 40 in the pageant.

Acting Debut

Chandak started her acting career by starring in a Nepali movie "Sanglo" alongside Biraj Bhatta who also has directed the film. The movie was released on 7 February, 2020.