Formation | September 25, 2016 |
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Founder | Brian 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]
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]
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 in 2013 and 2015, respectively. [6] [7]
The following list is the competition details of the Miss Grand Sri Lanka pageant since its inception in 2016.
Year | Edition | Date | Venue | Entrants | Regional pageant | Winner | Runners-up | Ref. | |
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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] | |
2024 | 3rd | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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. | |
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Pageant | Placement | ||||
2013 | Dannielle Kerkoven | Miss World Sri Lanka 2006 (Appointed) | Miss Grand International 2013 | Top 10 | [6] [11] |
2014 | Iresha Asanki | Miss World Sri Lanka 2013 | Miss Grand International 2014 | Top 20 | [8] [12] |
2015 | Ornella Gunesekere | — | Miss Grand International 2015 | 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 | 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 | Unplaced | [17] [18] | |
Nilusha Madhuwanthi | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 | Supermodel International 2017 | Unplaced | [19] | |
2018 | Pawani Vithanage | Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 winner | Miss Grand International 2018 | 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 | 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 | Unplaced | [4] [23] |
2021 | Anna-Marie Ondaatje | Miss Grand International 2021 | Unplaced | [5] [24] | |
2022 | Nihari Perera | Miss Teen Sri Lanka 2021 | Miss Grand International 2022 | Unplaced | [25] [26] |
2023 | Sayuri Bhagyawi | — | Miss Grand International 2023 | Withdrew | [27] |
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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