Miss Grand Sri Lanka

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Miss Grand Sri Lanka
FormationSeptember 25, 2016;8 years ago (2016-09-25)
FounderBrian Kerkoven
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Colombo
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 a national 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]

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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]

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]

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
YearEditionDateVenueEntrantsWinnerRunners-upRef.
1st runner-up2nd runner-up
20161th25 SeptemberTaj Samudra Hotel, Colombo 10Harshani RumanNilusha MadhuwanthiChalani Shehani [1]
2018 2nd16 SeptemberWaters Edge, Colombo14Pawani VithanageHarini SilvaTasla Senadeera [2] [3]

International competition

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.

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleInternational contestRef.
PageantPlacement
2013 Dannielle Kerkoven Miss World Sri Lanka 2006
(Appointed)		 Miss Grand International 2013 Top 10 [6] [11]
2014Iresha AsankiMiss World Sri Lanka 2013 Miss Grand International 2014 Top 20 [8] [12]
2015 Ornella Gunesekere  [ tr ]— Miss Grand International 2015 Top 10 [1] [7] [13]
2016Harshani RumanMiss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 winner Miss Grand International 2016 Unplaced [1] [14]
Ishanka Jayani de AlwisSupermodel 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 20162nd runner-up [16]
2017 Visna Fernando Miss Grand International 2017 Unplaced [17] [18]
Nilusha Madhuwanthi1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 Supermodel International 2017  [ id ]Unplaced [19]
2018Pawani VithanageMiss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 winner Miss Grand International 2018 Top 20 [2] [9]
Harini Silva1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018Top Model of the World 20181st runner-up [20]
Prisca RathnasinghamContestant 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 20192nd runner-up [22]
2020Prathibha Liyanaarchchi— Miss Grand International 2020 Unplaced [4] [23]
2021 Anna-Marie Ondaatje Miss Grand International 2021 Unplaced [5] [24]
2022Nihari PereraMiss Teen Sri Lanka 2021 Miss Grand International 2022 Unplaced [25] [26]
2023Sayuri Bhagyawi— Miss Grand International 2023 Withdrew [27]
2024No representatives
2025Soon will be returning on Miss Grand International 2025
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
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