Miss Grand Sri Lanka is a national
beauty pageant
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in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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[ founded in 2016 by a ]Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
-based designer
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In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...
and event organizer Brian Kerkoven,[ aiming to select the country representative to compete in its parent contest ]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 licen ...
.[ The contest was held twice in 2016 and 2018,][ after that the Sri Lankan candidates at Miss Grand International were appointed instead.][
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,][ and the top 20 finalists in 2014 and 2018.][
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History
Sri Lanka made its debutante at 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 licen ...
in 2013 with the top 10 finalists placement by a 24 years-old Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
-based model
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Dannielle Kerkoven.[ 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,][ the following edition of the contest was held in 2018,][ both editions were broadcast on a Sri Lankan state governed television channel ]Independent Television Network
Independent Television Network Ltd ( si, ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී මාධ්ය ජාලය; ta, சுயாதீன தொலைக்காட்சி ஊடக வளையமைப்பு) also known a ...
(ITN).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 licen ...
were instead appointed since then.[
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 in 2013 and 2015, respectively.][
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Editions
The following list is the competition details of the Miss Grand Sri Lanka pageant since its inception in 2016.
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.
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File:Nihari Perera.png, Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2022
Nihari Perera
File:Anna-Marie Ondaatje.png, Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2021
Anna-Marie Ondaatje
File:Ornella Gunesekere.png, Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2015
File:Iresha Asanki1.jpg, Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2014
Iresha Asanki
References
External links
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{{Miss Grand International titleholders, state=expanded
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Recurring events established in 2016
Grand Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...