Miss Grand Sri Lanka

Miss Grand Sri Lanka
FormationSeptember 25, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-25)
FounderBrian Kerkoven
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersColombo
Location
MembershipMiss 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]

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
Year Edition Date Venue Entrants Winner Runners-up Ref.
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]

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.

Year Representative Original national title International contest Ref.
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 [tr] — 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 [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 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 [id] 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 [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 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 No representatives
2025 Soon 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
Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "The Finale Of Miss Grand International & Mister Sri Lanka International". Wijeya Newspapers. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Grand and beautiful memories". Daily News. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Microcitizen (15 September 2018). "Miss Grand Ari Lanka 2018". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Rhino Sung (25 March 2021). "อลังการงานดีไซน์ "ชุดประจำชาติ" เวที มิสแกรนด์ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล 2020 เปิดโหวตให้แฟนนางงามทั่วโลกมีส่วนร่วมตัดสิน". PMC Thailand (in Thai). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Selected contestants of Miss Grand International 2021". Time Trend Magazine. 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Danielle Kerkoven becomes Pond's Face of CFW Resort Wear 2014". Daily Financial Times. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Srinjan Bhowmick (25 October 2015). "Vartika Singh crowned 2nd runner-up at MGI 2015". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Miss Grand International 2014 ลีส์ กราเซีย สาวคิวบาคว้ามงกุฎไปครอง". Kapook.com [th] (in Thai). 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". The Times of India. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Miss and Mister Sri Lanka 2019". Lanka Women. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ^ Kshanika, Argent (10 September 2006). "Lankan duo in search of world fame". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2014 Iresha Asanki". Miss Grand International. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  13. ^ Ruwini Jayawardana (25 April 2016). "Beating the odds". Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Hot off the runway". Daily News. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Visna Fernando 2nd runner up at Top Model of World 2016". TV Derana. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  17. ^ "The beauty of Miss Grand 2017 contestants". VietNamNet. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Maria Jose Lora is Miss Grand International 2017 from Peru". Thetrendingfacts.com. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Supermodel International 2017 Contest". The Times of India. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  20. ^ Ruqyyaha Deane. "Taking on life's challenges, Harini realises her modelling dreams". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.
  21. ^ David Ryo (19 September 2018). "Supermodel International 2018 contestant in gown". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022 – via Behance.
  22. ^ "[BEMYTV] 2019 Face of Asia-Full version". BeMyTV. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2022 – via YouTube.
  23. ^ "Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!". GMA Network. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Introducing the Top 20 of Miss Grand International 2021". The Times of India. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  25. ^ María Fernanda Cedeño (24 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022: lista de nominadas, candidatas y favoritas al concurso de belleza". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  26. ^ María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Se retira candidata de Miss Grand International por muerte de familiar". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 6 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.