Thirty-year-old Alaiza Maharjan has bagged the title of Mrs Nepal Glam 2018, an annual beauty pageant for married women only. Maharjan topped 34 other contestants to win the award. Along with the title, Maharjan also won Mrs Congeniality and Most Positive Attitude subtitles. Maharjan won various gift hampers and opportunity for a modeling project.

After winning the title, Maharjan informed of her plan to work towards women empowerment.

The finale, which took place at Rastriya Nachghar in Jamal, saw Bandana KC crowned the first runner-up, also bagged the Best Speech subtitle and Facebook Choice award. Shanti Pakhrin, Mona Bhattarai, and Sujata Rai were crowned second runner-up, third runner-up and fourth runner-up, respectively.

Pakhrin won the Most Talented contestant award, while Bhattarai bagged the Mrs Beautiful title, and Rai won the two awards for Viewer’s Choice and Most Stylish contestant.

Ashish Mishra of the organisers Glam World Entertainment said that the pageant was organised to help the married women discover their talents and then to work towards some cause.

The winners were judged by a panel comprising director Ramesh Budhathoki, Mrs Nepal International Sabita Lamichhane, singer Yash Kumar, actor Gajit Bista, and musician Saroj Pyakurel.