Barsha Lekhi ( Nepali:) (born May 5, 1993) is a

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and an

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. She was crowned Miss Nepal in 2016, won Missiology People's Choice award in 2016, and represented

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

at the

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contest held in

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on October 27, 2016. Barsha completed her

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education from

Patan Multiple Campus Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

and has worked at the NEFIN-REDD/CC Partnership Program. Currently, she is pursuing her Master's Degree in Environmental Science at

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Career

Barsha entered the

Miss Nepal 2016 Hidden Treasures Fanta Miss Nepal 2016, the 21st annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 8 April 2016 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2015 Evana Manandhar crowned her successor Asmi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2016 to represe ...

pageant as competitor number 14 in 2016. She won the competition and was subsequently crowned Miss Nepal International 2016. She also earned the Miss Popular title.

Miss Nepal 2016

Barsha is the first

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from a Tharu community.

Miss International 2016

Barsha Lekhi competed in

Miss International 2016 Miss International 2016, the 56th Miss International pageant, was held on October 27, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Edymar Martínez from Venezuela crowned her successor Kylie Verzosa from the Philippines at the end of the ev ...

pageant held on October 27, 2016, in

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References

External links

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