Sonie Rajbhandari was selected as Miss Pokhara in 2014, which gave her the chance to represent her hometown, Pokhara at the Miss Nepal 2014 beauty pageant, where she finished as second runner-up. She also represented Nepal at the Miss International 2014 beauty pageant in Japan.[3][4]
On 5 April 2015, the Hidden Treasure company announced the withdrawal of the original first runner-up Miss Nepal Earth 2014 - Prinsha Shrestha for violating the rules of the competition. This led Rajbhandari to become the new Miss Nepal Earth 2014 just 2 weeks before the grand finale of Miss Nepal 2015.[5]
