Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018

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Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018
Sunset from Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo.jpg
Colombo, the host city of the contest
Date16 September 2018
PresentersAnuj Ranasinghe
Entertainment Stephanie Siriwardhana
VenueWater's Edge Hotel, Colombo
Broadcaster Independent Television Network
Entrants14
Placements5
WinnerPawani Vithanage
(Colombo)
←  2016

Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Sri Lanka pageant, held on 16 September 2018, at Water's Edge Hotel, Colombo, [1] [2] [3] where a 23-year-old accounting and business management student from University of Kelaniya, Pawani Vithanage, was announced the winner, while Harini Silva and Tasla Senadeera were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. [1] Pawani later represented the country at the Miss Grand International 2018 held in Myanmar on 25 October 2018, and she was placed among the top twenty finalists. [4]

Contents

The contest featured fourteen candidates who qualified for the national pageant via an audition held earlier in mid-year. [3] and was organised in parallel with a male pageant, Mister International Sri Lanka 2018. [1] [2] [3] No live-transmitted was performed, but the grand final round of the contest was later aired to an audience nationwide on 4 November 2018, via a Sri Lankan state-governed television channel, Independent Television Network (ITN). [2]

Pageant

An application for the Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 pageant was officially opened on 4 June, [5] with a deadline on July 3. [6] An initial profile screening was then done by the organiser to select the qualified applicants to attend the audion round held later on 12 July at Cinnamon Grand Colombo, [7] where the number of finalists was reduced to 14. [3]

In the grand final round of the contest, which was held on 16 September 16, the competition began with the traditional costume parade followed by the swimsuit and evening gown rounds, [1] the judges then select the final five candidates to face a question and answer round to determine the winner and her two runners-up. [1] [3]

The following lists are judges for the audition and finale rounds of the contest.

Audition round [2]
Final round [1]

Candidates

Fourteen delegates competed for the title of Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018. [8]

No.CandidateAgeHeight
01Sanduni Kirthisinghe
20
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
02Sandunika Bandara
26
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
03Chathuni Senanayake
22
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
04Melissa Nanayakkara
22
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
05Sachini Suraweera
26
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
06Chalani Nisansala
24
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
07Southamini Shanthakumar
25
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
08Ofelya Kariyawasam
26
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
09Pawani Vithanage
23
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
10Harini Silva
23
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
11Tasla Senadeera
20
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
12Kathy Ferdinanz
21
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
13Menushi Bandara
20
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
14Rajini Thilakarathne
25
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

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