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.[2]
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.[3][1][4]