Miss Bhutan
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Miss Bhutan is a national beauty pageant held annually in the Kingdom of Bhutan
. Miss Bhutan is organized and produced by MPC Bhutan Entertainment, a film production company based in Thimphu
, the capital city of Bhutan.
The first winner of Miss Bhutan, Tsokye Tsomo Karchung
, participated in Miss Earth 2008
beauty pageant, an annual international beauty contest
promoting environmental awareness.
The selection of the Miss Bhutan finalists and eventually the winner of the pageant is based on the decision of a panel of judges on the performance and physical attributes of the candidates and not by public voting system. The winner of Miss Bhutan receives a cash prize of Nu 100 ,000. The Miss Bhutan crown, designed in India
, is worth another Nu 100,000.
The reigning Miss Bhutan represents the country in the international Miss Earth beauty pageant. Although there was no swimsuit round in the actual Miss Bhutan contest, the winner is trained in an enclosed area for the swimsuit competition in preparation for the international Miss Earth competition.
In the first edition of the pageant, 77 contestants from across Bhutan registered for the Miss Bhutan 2008, but only 20 contestants were short listed in the main event after the preliminary round.
On November 9, 2008, Miss Bhutan 2008 Tsoki Tsomo Karchung participated in the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was held at the Clark Expo Amphitheater
in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines
. The pageant was won by Karla Henry from the Philippines.
The pageant was judged by seven distinguished personalities including two international judges, Kelly Dorji
, actor
/model
popular in Bollywood Film Industry
and Charm Osathanond, Miss Thailand 2006
.
Miss Tshoki Tshomo Karchung, 24, was crowned as the first ever Miss Bhutan 2008. She also took the title of Miss Photogenic and Miss Talent. Shelkar Choden took the 1st runners up prize and Tshering Pem took the 2nd runner up prize.
Miss Bhutan represented Bhutan in Miss Earth 2008
, Miss Young International in Taiwan
, and Miss Safari 2008 in Kenya
. The finals had five rounds - traditional dress round, evening gown round using Bhutanese textiles, express yourself round, talent round and Q A round, but there was no swimsuit round.
The Bhutan Information Communication and Media Authority (BICMA), Bhutan's media regulatory body did not allow the contest to use the Gross National Happiness
tag, as they believed its use didn't correspond with beauty contests.
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. Miss Bhutan is organized and produced by MPC Bhutan Entertainment, a film production company based in Thimphu
Thimphu
Thimphu also spelt Thimpu, is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District. The city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961...
, the capital city of Bhutan.
The first winner of Miss Bhutan, Tsokye Tsomo Karchung
Tsokye Tsomo Karchung
Tsokye Karchung is a Bhutanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Bhutan 2008 and competed in Miss Earth 2008. As an actress, she had roles in two Bhutanese films, Shh... Galuya Malap and Sem Gawai Tasha.-Miss Bhutan 2008:Karchung won Miss Bhutan 2008, beating nineteen other...
, participated in Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...
beauty pageant, an annual international beauty contest
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
promoting environmental awareness.
History
On October 10, 2008, the Miss Bhutan Organization, also known as MPC Bhutan Entertainment, organized and launched the first Miss Bhutan beauty pageant. The Founding President of Miss Bhutan Organization is Karma Tshering.The selection of the Miss Bhutan finalists and eventually the winner of the pageant is based on the decision of a panel of judges on the performance and physical attributes of the candidates and not by public voting system. The winner of Miss Bhutan receives a cash prize of Nu 100 ,000. The Miss Bhutan crown, designed in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is worth another Nu 100,000.
The reigning Miss Bhutan represents the country in the international Miss Earth beauty pageant. Although there was no swimsuit round in the actual Miss Bhutan contest, the winner is trained in an enclosed area for the swimsuit competition in preparation for the international Miss Earth competition.
In the first edition of the pageant, 77 contestants from across Bhutan registered for the Miss Bhutan 2008, but only 20 contestants were short listed in the main event after the preliminary round.
On November 9, 2008, Miss Bhutan 2008 Tsoki Tsomo Karchung participated in the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was held at the Clark Expo Amphitheater
Expo Pilipino
Expo Pilipino was the Philippine National Centennial Exposition and centerpiece of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898...
in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The pageant was won by Karla Henry from the Philippines.
List of winners
| Year | Winner | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tsokye Tsomo Karchung | Shelkar Choden | Tshering Pem |
| 2010 | Sonam Choden Retty | Kinley Yangden Dorji | Tenzin Norden |
Miss Bhutan 2008
The grand finale of Miss Bhutan 2008 was held on 10 October 2008 in the YDF Auditorium, the nations’s biggest auditorium hall.The pageant was judged by seven distinguished personalities including two international judges, Kelly Dorji
Kelly Dorji
Kelly Dorji is a Bhutanese actor and model based in Mumbai, India. He studied at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and later St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Dorji got his break into the mainstream through the Gladrags Manhunt Contest....
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
/model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
popular in Bollywood Film Industry
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
and Charm Osathanond, Miss Thailand 2006
Miss Thailand Universe 2006
Miss Thailand Universe 2006, the 7th Miss Thailand Universe pageant held at Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, in Bangkok, Thailand on March 25, 2006...
.
Miss Tshoki Tshomo Karchung, 24, was crowned as the first ever Miss Bhutan 2008. She also took the title of Miss Photogenic and Miss Talent. Shelkar Choden took the 1st runners up prize and Tshering Pem took the 2nd runner up prize.
Miss Bhutan represented Bhutan in Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...
, Miss Young International in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and Miss Safari 2008 in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. The finals had five rounds - traditional dress round, evening gown round using Bhutanese textiles, express yourself round, talent round and Q A round, but there was no swimsuit round.
The Bhutan Information Communication and Media Authority (BICMA), Bhutan's media regulatory body did not allow the contest to use the Gross National Happiness
Gross national happiness
The assessment of gross national happiness was designed in an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life or social progress in more holistic and psychological terms than only the economic indicator of gross domestic product .-Origins and meaning:The term...
tag, as they believed its use didn't correspond with beauty contests.
Miss Bhutan 2008 contestants list
| Name | Age | Height (cm) | Height (ft) | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wangchuk Dema | 18 | 171.5 | 5' 7.5" | Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar District is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan... |
| Ugyen Dema | 19 | 180.5 | 5' 11" | Thimpu |
| Tsokye Tsomo Karchung | 24 | 173 | 5' 8" | Thimpu |
| Tshering Zangmo | 22 | 169.5 | 5' 6.5" | Mongar Mongar Mongar is a town and seat of Mongar District in Bhutan. As of 2005 it has a population of 3502.... |
| Tshering Yangzom | 20 | 170.5 | 5' 7" | Trashigang Trashigang Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:... |
| Tshering Pem | 19 | 175.5 | 5' 9" | Trashigang Trashigang Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:... |
| Tashi Pelden | 20 | 175 | 5' 9" | Wangdue |
| Shelkar Choden | 24 | 178 | 5' 10" | Trongsa Trongsa Trongsa, previously Tongsa , is a town and capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa Kagyu lama, Ngagi Wangchuk, who was the great-grandfather of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the person who unified... |
| Nima Sangay | 23 | 167 | 5' 5.5" | Thimpu |
| Pema Yeshi | 21 | 171 | 5' 7.5" | Bumthang Bumthang District Bumthang District is one of the 20 dzongkhag comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred sites is counted... |
| Ngawang Choden | 23 | 175 | 5' 9" | Wangdue |
| Neljor Wangmo | 18 | 164.5 | 5' 4.5" | Lhuntse Lhuntse Lhuntse District , is one of the 20 dzongkhag comprising Bhutan. It consists of 2506 households . Located in the northeast, Lhuntse is one of the least developed dzhongkhags of Bhutan... |
| Kinga Wangmo | 19 | 181 | 5' 11.5" | Paro Paro District Paro District is the name of a district , valley, river and town in Bhutan. It is one of the most historic valleys in Bhutan. Both trade goods and invading Tibetans came over the pass at the head of the valley, giving Paro the closest cultural connection with Tibet of any Bhutanese district... |
| Kinga Om | 18 | 163.5 | 5' 4" | Thimpu |
| Kezang Chhoden | 18 | 167.5 | 5' 5.5" | Thimpu |
| Karma Zam | 22 | 176 | 5' 9.5" | Paro Paro District Paro District is the name of a district , valley, river and town in Bhutan. It is one of the most historic valleys in Bhutan. Both trade goods and invading Tibetans came over the pass at the head of the valley, giving Paro the closest cultural connection with Tibet of any Bhutanese district... |
| Karma Choki | 19 | 166.5 | 5' 5.5" | Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar District is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan... |
| Jamyang Zangmo | 26 | 167.5 | 5' 5.5" | Trashigang Trashigang Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:... |
| Deki Choden Namgyel | 25 | 164 | 5' 4.5" | Trashigang Trashigang Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:... |
Results
| Final result | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Bhutan 2008 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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Special Awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Personality |
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| Miss Talented |
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| Miss Beautiful Smile |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Best Model |
|
| Best Model in Traditional Dress | Paro Paro District Paro District is the name of a district , valley, river and town in Bhutan. It is one of the most historic valleys in Bhutan. Both trade goods and invading Tibetans came over the pass at the head of the valley, giving Paro the closest cultural connection with Tibet of any Bhutanese district... - Karma Zam |