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It was also an unexpected honour for Prashant's companions, finalists Ankita Mishra and Deepali Kishor, when all three were invited to the prime minister's official residence in Baluwatar Saturday morning.'The prime minister asked me how I felt after winning the contest,' a beaming Prashant said after the meeting.'Then he put the Nepali topi on my head and gave me his blessings.'Koirala, who was wearing the black cap that is an integral part of his public persona, put a traditional Nepali cap on the head of the 24-year-old rising star, watched by smiling family members and Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula.