Barsha Lekhi

{{Short description|Miss Nepal 2016}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Barsha Lekhi | image = | image_size = | caption = Barsha Lekhi | alt = | birth_name = Barsha Lekhi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|05|05}} | birth_place = Gangajali, [[Saptari District]], Nepal | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Environment activist | years_active = 2016-present | education = Environmental science | alma_mater = [[Patan Multiple Campus]]<br /> [[Kendriya Vidyalaya|Kendriya Vidyalaya, Embassy of India, Kathmandu]] | competitions = [[Miss Nepal 2016]]<br /> [[Miss International 2016]] | height = {{height|m=1.68|precision=0}} | title = [[Miss Nepal 2016|Miss Nepal International 2016]]<br /> Miss Popular | hair_color = Dark brown | eye_color = Brown }}

'''Barsha Lekhi''' ({{langx|ne|बर्षा लेखी}}, born 5 May 1993) is a [[Nepal|Nepalese]] beauty pageant titleholder.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kathmandu-girl-asmi-shrestha-wins-miss-nepal-crown-116040900106_1.html|title=Kathmandu girl Asmi Shrestha wins Miss Nepal crown|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=9 April 2016|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> She was crowned [[Miss Nepal 2016]] won the Missiology People's Choice award in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/40208/miss-nepal-pageant-2016-gets-underway.html|title= Barsha Lekhi is crowned as Miss Nepal International 2016|publisher= MyRepublica|website= www.myrepublica.com|date=8 Apr 2016 }}</ref> and represented [[Nepal]] at the [[Miss International 2016|Miss International]] contest held in [[Japan]] on October 27, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://badmasi.com/barsha-lekhi-wins-missiology-public-choice-awards-at-miss-international-2016/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161115144403/http://badmasi.com/barsha-lekhi-wins-missiology-public-choice-awards-at-miss-international-2016/|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 15, 2016|title= Barsha Lekhi wins Missiology People's Choice Awards at Miss International 2016|publisher= Badmasi|website= badmasi.com|date= 30 Oct 2016}}</ref> Lekhi completed her [[Environmental science|Environmental Science]] education at [[Patan Multiple Campus]] and has worked at the [[Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities|NEFIN]]-REDD/CC Partnership Program. She pursued a [[Master's degree|Master's Degree]] in environmental science<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Masters of Science (MScs) in Environmental Sciences 2022 |url=https://www.masterstudies.com/MSc/Environmental-Sciences/#:~:text=What%20is%20an%20MSc%20in,,%20ecology,%20biology%20and%20chemistry. |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.masterstudies.com}}</ref> at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://patancampus.edu.np/our-campus.php |title=Patan Multiple Campus |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404170847/http://patancampus.edu.np/our-campus.php |archive-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indigenousclimate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177%3Anefin-climate-change-redd-partnership-program&catid=87%3Amultimedia&Itemid=104&lang=es |title=NEFIN Climate Change REDD Partnership Program |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510170321/http://www.indigenousclimate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177%3Anefin-climate-change-redd-partnership-program&catid=87%3Amultimedia&Itemid=104&lang=es |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=jnu.ac.in}}</ref>

==Career== Lekhi entered the [[Miss Nepal 2016]] pageant as competitor number 14 and was subsequently crowned Miss Nepal International 2016. She also earned the Miss Popular title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/asmi-shrestha-crowned-miss-nepal-world-2016/|title = Asmi Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2016|date = 8 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/38872/who-will-be-miss-nepal-2016.html |title=My Republica - Who will be Miss Nepal 2016? (Photo feature) |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2016-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411145833/http://www.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/38872/who-will-be-miss-nepal-2016.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Miss Nepal 2016=== Lekhi is the first [[Miss Nepal]] from the indigenous [[Tharu people|Tharu]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tharuwan.com/?p=110947 |title=मिस नेपाल २०१६ मा वर्षा लेखी ::Tharuwan |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2016-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509163230/http://www.tharuwan.com/?p=110947 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mychautari.com/en/photo/79/Cultural |title=Mychautari |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510130152/http://www.mychautari.com/en/photo/79/Cultural |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Miss International 2016=== Barsha Lekhi competed in the [[Miss International 2016]] pageant held on October 27, 2016, in [[Tokyo Dome City Hall]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].

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==External links== * [http://missnepal.com.np/ Official Website]

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{{Nepalese Beauty Pageant Representatives |Year =2016 |World =[[Asmi Shrestha]] |Earth=Roshni Khatri |International='''Barsha Lekhi''' |Supranational=Pooja Shrestha |Grand International=Zeenus Lama |World Miss University =[[Nagma Shrestha]] }} {{Miss International 2016 delegates}} {{Authority control}}

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