Paththage Visna Kaumini Fernando ( si, පත්තගේ විස්නා කවිමිනි ප්‍රනාන්දු) (born on 18 June 1991) is a Sri Lankan

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titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2015 and

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's representative in

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Biography

Education

Visna studies via

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program of Kelaniya University while following her CBF at

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Pageantry

Miss World Sri Lanka 2014

Visna joined the

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pageant in 2014. The pageant was won by

Chulakshi Ranathunga Chulakshi Saubhaya Ranathunga ( si, චූලක්ෂි සෞභාග්‍යා රණතුංග) (born 13 February 1989) is a Sri Lankan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. she was the winner of the Miss Sri Lanka title in 20 ...

who represented Sri Lanka in

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in London but declared unplaced.

Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2015

Visna once again competed in a national pageant this time through

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. The pageant concentrates on the environmental awareness. The pageant was held at Citrus Waskaduwa Hotel in

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on 3 June 2015. She was declared as the winner. Sathma Nugera was proclaimed as first runner up while Harshani Ruman as second runner up. Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2014, Imaya Liyanage and

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of the Philippines crowned Fernando at the end of the event.

Miss Earth 2015

Winning Miss Earth Sri Lanka for 2015, Visna is

's representative to be

held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in

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.And would try to succeed

as the next Miss Earth.

Top Model of the World 2016

Sri Lanka’s representative Visna Fernando won the 2nd runner up in the Top Model of the World 2016 contest held in

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References

External links

Visna Fernando at Miss Earth Sri Lanka's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando, Visna Miss Earth 2015 contestants Sri Lankan beauty pageant winners Living people 1991 births