Nepali Model Varsha Thapa on VOGUE Magazine Cover

Nepali Model Varsha Thapa is featured on the cover of VOGUE India Magazine, 2016 October issue.

New York based Model Varsha is the first Nepali model to be on the cover of the VOGUE magazine. 22 years old Varsha is on the cover alongside with five other dazzling models from India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

She shared her excitement on Instagram “I’m literally over the moon to announce my cover with @vogueindia I am SO grateful and humbled to have work with the most amazing team! Thank you so much for conveying such a powerful message to the world about empowering #beauty of #diversity! I stand by this message strongly, especially because I’m an #ethnicmodel and it’s truly harder for ethnic models to make it big! Thank you so much…”.

From The Vogue Magazine VARSHA THAPA, 22, NEPAL | Check Out More Here
In a bottle: Five years ago, Thapa reached out to agencies in New York on a whim while still pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in hotel management at IHM-Aurangabad. So when Wilhelmina Models responded, Thapa found herself living the dream in the fashion capital. Her first gig, the New York Fashion Week, saw her walk the ramp for mentor and close friend Prabal Gurung as well as A-listers like Phillip Lim and the late L’Wren Scott. Soon enough, campaigns for Missoni and BCBGMaxAzria followed. Off the ramp, Thapa is busy raising funds for victims of the earthquake that shook Nepal last year. “I believe in the concept of giving back, as we continue to receive from the world,” says the Kathmandu-based model, who is also the first model from Nepal to be signed by a leading international agency. She wants more. “Campaigns for Chanel and Emilio Pucci,” she says. “The former truly understands a woman’s body and the latter has this ’70s rock’n’roll vibe that I love.”

Career highlight: The swimwears shoot for Missoni. “We shot on South Beach in Miami… The weather was amazing—it felt like a mini vacation,” she recalls.
What’s next: A book chronicling her experiences as a model.

Check out the entire fashion spread in Vogue India’s October 2016 issue.