KATHMANDU: A total of 25 contestants will vie for the title of Miss Nepal 2019 at the grand finale of the beauty pageant to be held at Laboratory School, Kirtipur on Thursday.

The competing contestants are Nisha Pathak, Alisha Joshi, Sofiya Bhujel, Riya Basnet, Sanskriti Ghimire, Anushka Shrestha, Joni Maharjan, Ashmita Maharjan, Kiran Thapa, Pradipta Adhikari, Nitika Sarah Karmachayra, Rose Lama, Sara Bajiyam, Laxmi Raut, Rakshya Upreti, Mira Kashyapati, Jenisha Thapaliya, Puja Shrestha, Bipana Subedi, Subhekshya Adhikari, Prakriti Katawal, Nyansi Bogati, Shivani Ghimire, Santwana Malakar and Pratha Adhikari.

The ceremony will kick off at around 7:15 NST this evening.