Why Are Nepali Models Not Popular on the Internet?

Nepal has seen some fabulous beauties in the recent years. With the growing number of beauty pageants, the ever increasing TV channels and the internet, people are now more aware of Nepali models than they were in the past. Models like Namrata Shrestha, Zenisha Moktan are so popular that tons of searches on the internet are targeted towards them every month. Yet, there are only a handful of pages on the Internet about them. And that's certainly not helping to add to their popularity!

While models from other part of the world have thousands of pages dedicated to them on the internet, it's a pity that Nepalese models are lagging far behind with even the popular models not having their presence on the internet except for in a few news site. We needn't go far. Indian and Chinese female models have conquered the world. May be with their vast population, it's not a big deal for them to have tons of pages on the internet about their models, but there are some peculiar reasons behind Nepali models lagging behind on the Internet:

1) As being told earlier, the small Nepali population is the main cause. And out of that small population, only a handful uses the internet. Out of that handful, only a small portion writes about Nepali models or creates new pages on the internet about them, hence less number of pages on the internet.

2) The attitude of the online Nepalese users toward our female models is wrong. Majority of comments made on pages of Nepali female models are offensive. If you cannot respect your own fellow countrywomen, no one else will!

3) Laziness of the models to self-promote themselves. Models should also take initiatives in promoting themselves. Facebook is one popular medium to do so. Adding pictures and sending out messages to fans would keep the ball rolling.

4) Backward society which considers the slightest of skin-show a sin. It's a fact that modeling cannot be done without any skin show and this fact needs to be understood.

Having said all these, the future of the Nepali girls who are engaged in modeling on the internet should not be dark. More and more bloggers are writing about Nepali girls these days. More groups are being created in Facebook dedicated to our models. These are obviously positive signs. However, collective effort is required from everyone's side to make our female models more popular on the internet. 

All the 4 problems pointed out earlier need to be solved if we want to see our Nepali girls competing on the global arena.

The author is one of the few Nepali girls who have had success in the Nepalese modeling industry. She has nearly 3 years of experience in the Nepali modeling industry and being from the same field, she wants to make Nepali models more known on the internet through her Nepali Girls blog