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Miss Grand Sri Lanka

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Miss Grand Sri Lanka
FormationSeptember 25, 2016; 6 years ago (2016-09-25)
FounderBrian Kerkoven
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersColombo
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Brian Kerkoven
Parent organization
Brian Kerkoven Model Agency (2013 – Present)

Miss Grand Sri Lanka is an annual female beauty pageant in Sri Lanka,[1][2] founded in 2016 by a Colombo-based designer and event organizer Brian Kerkoven,[3] aiming to select the country representative to compete in its parent contest Miss Grand International.[1][2] The contest was held twice in 2016 and 2018,[1][2] after that the Sri Lankan candidates at Miss Grand International were appointed instead.[4][5]

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, Sri Lanka representatives have never won the contest but got placements four times including the top 10 finalists in 2013 and 2015,[6][7] and the top 20 finalists in 2014 and 2018.[8][9]

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Beauty pageant

Beauty pageant

A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the south-west and India in the north-west.

Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments.

Designer

Designer

A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans.

Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries.

History

Sri Lanka made its debutante at Miss Grand International in 2013 with the top 10 finalists placement by a 24 years-old Colombo-based model Dannielle Kerkoven.[6] Under the directorship of Brian Kerkoven, who has served as the licensee of Miss Grand Sri Lanka since 2013, the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand national contest was held in 2016 at Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo, featuring ten national delegates, which a senior business student Harshani Ruman was named the winner,[1] the following edition of the contest was held in 2018,[2] both editions were broadcast on a Sri Lankan state governed television channel Independent Television Network (ITN).[3] However, due to a newly established national pageant, Miss & Mister Sri Lanka was founded in 2019 by Brian Kerkoven as the replacement contest,[10] and no Miss Grand national contest has additionally been held, the country representatives at Miss Grand International were instead appointed since then.[4][5]

Since the first participation in 2013, Sri Lanka representatives got placements at Miss Grand International 4 times, the highest position was the top 10 finalists, obtained by Dannielle Kerkoven and Ornella Gunesekere [tr] in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[6][7]

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Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries.

Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments.

Model (person)

Model (person)

A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though models are predominantly female, there are also male models, especially to model clothing. Models may work professionally or casually.

Dannielle Kerkoven

Dannielle Kerkoven

Rapthi Raffella Dannielle Kerkoven is a Sri Lankan model and former beauty pageant title-holder.

Independent Television Network

Independent Television Network

Independent Television Network Ltd also known as ITN Ltd or simply as ITN is a Sri Lankan state governed television and radio broadcaster located in Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. It is a Shrama Abhimani Award winner , broadcasts content to a wide demographic within Sri Lanka as well as the expatriate community. The programmes are broadcast in three languages: Sinhala, Tamil, and English. The ITN broadcast coverage extends to 99% of the island of Sri Lanka.

Editions

The following list is the competition details of the Miss Grand Sri Lanka pageant since its inception in 2016.

Miss Grand Sri Lanka edition details
Year Edition Date Venue Entrants Regional pageant Winner Runners-up Ref.
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up
2016 1th 25 September Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo 10 Harshani Ruman Nilusha Madhuwanthi Chalani Shehani [1]
2018 2nd 16 September Waters Edge, Colombo 14 Pawani Vithanage Harini Silva Tasla Senadeera [2][3]

International competition

Current Franchise
Membership Year
Miss Grand International 2013–present
Former Franchises
Membership Year
Top Model of the World 2016–2018
Supermodel International 2016–2018
Face of Asia 2019

The main finalists of the Miss Grand Sri Lanka pageant have been sent to represent the country in various international contests, the following is a list of international contests, with participants from Miss Grand Sri Lanka as contestants based on the year the pageant was held, the competition results included.

Year Representative Original national title International contest Ref.
Pageant Placement
2013 Dannielle Kerkoven Miss World Sri Lanka 2006
(Appointed)		 Miss Grand International 2013 [id] Top 10 [6][11]
2014 Iresha Asanki Miss World Sri Lanka 2013 Miss Grand International 2014 [id] Top 20 [8][12]
2015 Ornella Gunesekere [tr] — Miss Grand International 2015 [id] Top 10 [1][7][13]
2016 Harshani Ruman Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 winner Miss Grand International 2016 Unplaced [1][14]
Ishanka Jayani de Alwis Supermodel Sri Lanka 2016
(Special title at Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 contest)		 Supermodel International 2016 [id] Top 15 [15]
Visna Fernando Top Model of the World Sri Lanka 2016
(Special title at Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 contest)		 Top Model of the World 2016 2nd runner-up [16]
2017 Visna Fernando Miss Grand International 2017 [id] Unplaced [17][18]
Nilusha Madhuwanthi 1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 Supermodel International 2017 [id] Unplaced [19]
2018 Pawani Vithanage Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 winner Miss Grand International 2018 [id] Top 20 [2][9]
Harini Silva 1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 Top Model of the World 2018 1st runner-up [20]
Prisca Rathnasingham Contestant of Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 Supermodel International 2018 [id] Unplaced [21]
2019 Visna Fernando Top Model of the World Sri Lanka 2016
(Special title at Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 contest)		 Face of Asia 2019 2nd runner-up [22]
2020 Prathibha Liyanaarchchi — Miss Grand International 2020 [id] Unplaced [4][23]
2021 Anna-Marie Ondaatje Miss Grand International 2021 [id] Unplaced [5][24]
2022 Nihari Perera Miss Teen Sri Lanka 2021 Miss Grand International 2022 Unplaced [25][26]
Color keys for the placements at international contest
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
  Unplaced
  Did not compete
Gallery
  • Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2022 Nihari Perera

    Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2022
    Nihari Perera

  • Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2015 Ornella Gunesekere [tr]

    Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2015
    Ornella Gunesekere [tr]

  • Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2014 Iresha Asanki

    Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2014
    Iresha Asanki

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Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International

Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries.

Dannielle Kerkoven

Dannielle Kerkoven

Rapthi Raffella Dannielle Kerkoven is a Sri Lankan model and former beauty pageant title-holder.

Miss World Sri Lanka

Miss World Sri Lanka

Miss World Sri Lanka is a beauty contest held in Sri Lanka to select the country's representative to the Miss World. This is a list of women who have represented the Sri Lanka at the Miss World pageant.

Miss Grand International 2016

Miss Grand International 2016

Miss Grand International 2016 was the 4th Miss Grand International pageant, held at the Westgate International Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 25 October 2016. being the first occasion in the history of the contest that this moves to the American continent, and candidates from 74 countries and autonomous territories around the world competed for the title. At the end of the event Claire Elizabeth Parker, Miss Grand International 2015 of Australia crowned Ariska Putri Pertiwi of Indonesia as Miss Grand International 2016. It is Indonesian's first victory of the country in the pageant's history.

Visna Fernando

Visna Fernando

Paththage Visna Kaumini Fernando is a Sri Lankan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2015 and Sri Lanka's representative in Miss Earth 2015.

Anna-Marie Ondaatje

Anna-Marie Ondaatje

Anna-Marie Suzanne Quint Ondaatje also simply known as Anna-Marie Ondaatje is a Canadian born female rhythmic gymnast of Sri Lankan descent. She has competed in national level competitions in Canada and has represented both Canada and then switched to compete for Sri Lanka in international gymnastics events. She became the first rhythmic gymnast to represent Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games after creating history for the nation at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was also named as one of just four female gymnasts from Sri Lanka to represent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Miss Grand International 2022

Miss Grand International 2022

Miss Grand International 2022 was the 10th-anniversary edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor Regency of West Java province, Indonesia. The pageant featured contestants from sixty-eight countries and territories, of which, the Brazilian representative, Isabella Menin, was named the winner and crowned by Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên of Vietnam.

Source: "Miss Grand Sri Lanka", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 30th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Grand_Sri_Lanka.

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