Sampada Ghimire

Sampada Ghimire (, born: May 30, 2001) is a Nepalese model, marketing manager and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Nepal 2024 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2024.

Life and career Sampada Ghimire was born on May 30, 2001, in Bhaktapur, Nepal. At the age of 17, she started tutoring the children of industrial laborers. She is also a holistic health and wellness coach and serves as certified children's yoga teacher. On professional front, she works as a content marketing manager and a runway model. She has participated in different modelling shows.

She participated in Miss Supranational Nepal 2023 and emerged as the second runner up. After an year, she joined Miss Universe Nepal 2024 and won the pageant. Her advocacy project called Playful Learnings, Limitless Dreams; is focused on building libraries and providing sport equipments to the areas like refugee camps, slums in order to ensure all-round academic and personal development of underprivileged children. She also revealed her intetest in working for animal welfare and climate awareness.

In 2026, she acted in a music video titled 'Gajale Sunchari'.

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