Barsha Lekhi

{{Short description|Miss Nepal 2016}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Barsha Lekhi

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| birth_name = Barsha Lekhi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|05|05}}

| birth_place = Gangajali, Saptari District, Nepal

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| occupation = Environment activist

| years_active = 2016-present

| education = Environmental science

| alma_mater = Patan Multiple Campus
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Embassy of India, Kathmandu

| competitions = Miss Nepal 2016
Miss International 2016

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| title = Miss Nepal International 2016
Miss Popular

| hair_color = Dark brown

| eye_color = Brown

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Barsha Lekhi ({{langx|ne|बर्षा लेखी}}, born 5 May 1993) is a Nepalese beauty pageant titleholder.{{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}} She was crowned Miss Nepal 2016 won the Missiology People's Choice award in 2016,{{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 }} and represented Nepal at the Miss International contest held in Japan on October 27, 2016.{{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}}

Lekhi completed her Environmental Science education at Patan Multiple Campus and has worked at the NEFIN-REDD/CC Partnership Program. She pursued a Master's Degree in environmental science{{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}} at Jawaharlal Nehru University{{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 }}{{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 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=jnu.ac.in}}