Sujita Basnet

Sujita Basnet (Nepali: सुजिता बस्नेत) (born May, 1993) is a beauty pageant veteran, title holder and social worker who was crowned as Miss Universe Nepal 2021. She represented Nepal at Miss Universe 2021. She worked at many social organisations in USA and became a well known social worker. She has participated in many beauty pageants throughout 2011 to 2021. She was also first runner up to Miss Universe Nepal 2020.

Life and career[]

Early life[]

Sujita Basnet was born in Maryland to single mother Reena Karki and raised in the capital city of Kathmandu by her grandparents until the age of 5 because her mother was completing her studies in the United States.^[1] She completed her education in North Point High School. After her high school education in Maryland, she moved to Washington D.C., USA for her university education. She successfully completed her bachelor's degree in Biomedical / Medical Engineering from George Washington University.

Job career[]

2013 - 2015[]

From January 2013 to April 2013, Sujita was a congressional intern at the office of Ami Bera at the United States House of Representatives in Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., USA. From May 2013 to September 2013, she served as a 2013 Peace Fellow in Dang, Nepal. From January 2014 to January 2015, she was an undergraduate research assistant at the Center for Neuroscience Research in Washington D.C. In May 2015, she joined Privatin Consulting in Baltimore, Maryland as a business analyst.

2016 - 2019[]

In May 2016, she was promoted to senior business analyst of Privatin Consulting. In November 2016, she founded the LiberatED Scholarship Program, which provides young Nepali women from lower castes a voice, particularly tertiary level education combined with leadership training and a full-time job placement. She was promoted to management consultant in May 2017, and she was promoted further to senior lead consultant of Privatin Consulting in May 2018. She officially left the company in February 2019. In April 2019, she joined Accenture Federal Services as a management consultant.

Pageantry[]

On 20 August 2011, Sujita entered the very first Miss Nepal USA pageant at the age of 18. She won the competition and was awarded the subtitle of Miss Best Catwalk during the coronation night held at the Sheraton Hotel in Flushing, New York.^[2] She competed again in Miss Maryland World 2016 where she was one of the winners of the pageant. 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. She participated again in Miss Maryland World 2019 where she ended up as 1st runner up of the pageant. 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. ON 30 December 2020, she competed in Miss Universe Nepal 2020 and she ended up as 1st runner up and she also won the subtitle of Miss Lifestyle. She participated again in Miss Universe Nepal 2021 where she won on her final year of pageant eligibility and she won the subtitles of Miss Fabulous and Miss Fierce during the pageant. In an interview she said that she participated again to achieve her dreams as Miss Universe Nepal, she says that what sets her apart from the past Miss Universe Nepal winners is that she is very resilient and she never gives up and she had an amazing journey last time in 2020 and that she is ready to achieve her dreams. Her social advocacy is BASE (Backward Education Society) where it 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".^[3] She represented Nepal at Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel.^[4]

References[]

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External links[]

• Miss Nepal Website
• Missuniverse.com
• Miss Universe Nepal Website
• Miss Universe Nepal Official - Instagram
• Miss Universe Nepal Official | Facebook