Who would you like to see as Miss Nepal World 2014?
In a Facebook poll of 1,451 respondents, 19.1% chose “16. Sonie Rajbhandari from Pokhara”. How we count
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Sonie Rajbhandari from Pokhara finished first with 19.1%, just 1.8 percentage points ahead of Prinsha Shrestha from Kathmandu at 17.3%. With 20 candidates, the result was a plurality rather than a mandate.
The geographic split was clear: Nepal’s largest voting bloc leaned toward Prinsha, while voters from the United States, United Kingdom and Kuwait leaned toward Sonie.
- Photo finish · Sonie led Prinsha by 26 votes.
- Fragmented field · The winner took only 19.1% across 20 candidates.
- Geographic dissent · Nepal’s largest bloc backed Prinsha instead of the winner.