Khusbu Oli (1990-) is a Nepali model and a social worker, living half of her time in Nepal and half in the UK.
Oli came to the media limelight after winning the Miss Teen competition in 2006, and also after the death of Nepali don Dinesh Adhikari ‘Chari’ in 2014, as his girlfriend. Oli also runs a shelter home for street children in Kathmandu.
In March 2016, Khusbu got married to a London-based non-Nepali resident (NRN) entrepreneur. In 2022, Oli was once again in the media as she entered politics by becoming a member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). In a party-entry programme organised in Kathmandu, RPP’s Chairman, Rajendra Lingden, welcomed Mrs Oli into RPP.
Early life, Education & Miss Teen
Khusbu Oli was born in 1990 into a Brahmin family in eastern Nepal. At the age of 10, she won the Little Lady title, a beauty pageant for kids, in Kathmandu. While accepting the crown she said that she would one day become like Mother Teresa and serve the needy. She has said in one interview that her father wanted to see her become like Indira Gandhi or Benazir Bhutto.
 | |
| Personal details: | |
| Born | Khusbu Oli Native name: खुस्बु ओली 15 September 1990 |
| Education | BA (Anthropology & Religion) |
| Profession |
|
| Notable work (s)/Famous for |
|
| Spouse(s) | Santosh Karki (2016-) |
| Residence(s) |
|
| Alma mater | |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Ethnicity | Brahmin |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Sexual orientation | Straight |
| Awards | AFC Dream Asia Award (2018) |
| Political Party | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website & Social Media links | |
(Khusbu Oli answering questions in a Nepali TV talk show.) | |
Oli completed the School Leaving Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams in 2005 from the Kathmandu University High School and went on to pursue higher secondary education in management at Xavier Academy, Kathmandu. In 2006, she competed and won the Miss Teen Competition, a popular beauty pageant competition for teenage girls in Nepal.
Education Abroad & Social Work Initiatives
Khusbu Oli was involved in a few philanthropical activities after she became Miss Teen. She also acted in a few music videos and did some commercials. However, she later discontinued her modelling career and decided to go to the United Kingdom for further studies.
In 2012, Oli completed an undergraduate advanced diploma in British & European studies from the University of Oxford. Between 2012-2013, Oli attended Kingston University in southwest London and graduated with an MSc in International Conflict.
Oli runs a shelter home for street children in Kathmandu. The organization is named simply Shelter. From 2011 to 2013, she also worked as President of the Human Welfare Group.
Personal Life & Media Limelight
In March 2016, Oli got married to Santosh Karki, a London-based Nepali entrepreneur. The wedding ceremony was organized in Kathmandu’s Yak & Yeti Hotel, a five-star hotel, and was attended by some of Nepal’s high-profile figures.
On 6 August 2014, Nepal’s notorious don Dinesh Adhikari Chari was killed in a police encounter at Bhimdhunga in Kathmandu. After the event, it emerged that Khusbu Oli was his girlfriend and the couple was going to get married within months. Oli came out and spoke publicly about her relationship with Chari and accused the Nepal police of killing him intentionally. She said in press conferences that Chari’s death was a meticulous plan devised by her former boyfriend Arpan Raj Koirala and Kumod Dhungel, a Nepal police official, who secretly loved her. Both Koirala and Dhungel denied the accusation.
While speaking of Dinesh Adhikari Chari, in August 2014, Oli said:
“I have known Dinesh for about 1.5 years. I first met him when he came with a street kid to my children shelter home. When I first met him, he didn’t seem like a don or a bad person at all. Since then we started meeting regularly.
I liked Dinesh. I didn’t see him as a criminal in any way. He was a most-wanted because of the criminal activities that he committed as a youngster. For many, our relationship was bizarre. But we wanted to be an exemplary couple. I wanted to make him a better person, a completely different person. In fact, I wanted to do a new experiment.”
After Chari’s death, for months, different Nepali tabloids kept on publishing triangular love stories between Oli, Koirala and Chari. Oli has given different statements about Arpan Koirala. At times she has said that they were in a relationship. But she has also refused him as a boyfriend. On one occasion she said: ”Arpan is my friend. I had helped him to get out of his drug addiction.” She has even accused Arpan Koirala of having Daud Ibrahim connections. Oli has also made it clear that she first met Arpan Koirala when she was volunteering in a drug-rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu. Reportedly, Koirala was trying to recover from his drug addiction in the same centre.
In addition, Oli was subjected to yet another media scrutiny in relation to a property investigation case. The investigation focused on finding out whether she had received any assets from Chari.
