Selina Shakya

Age: 26 years
Height: 5 feet2 inch
Weight: 110 Lbs
Education : College
From: Portland , OR

Hobbies and Interests :
Dancing, drawing and painting, hiking, traveling, taekwondo, cooking, and volunteering in social and culture program.
Three words to describe yourself :
Compassionate, ambitious, and determined
Why do you want to participate in this pageant?
I want to participate in this pageant in order to involve myself more in promoting culture and art of Nepal. In addition, to improving my confidence level and public speaking skills.
If you are selected for this title, what platform or issue will you speak throughout the year ?
I will mainly speak about preserving our Nepalese curture and arts and how we must protect cultural heritage of Nepal strongly, effectively, and creatively because we can see it is diminishing day by day due to modernization.
Any information that was not captured in the application may be stated here:
I am very glad to have a chance to move to Portland, Oregon and got the opportunity to learn Charya dance (a sacred Buddhist dance)and involve in various cultural and social activities. I feel very lucky to get this opportunity and promote the culture that I love the most. Even when very busy in school and work I always find time to participate in cultural programs for the international and own communities. In this way, I showed my involvement to preserve Nepalese culture and art. Besides I followed the path to become a dental assistant that I love so much, and pursuing to obtain a degree in dental field.