Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 | |
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Date | 16 September 2018 |
Presenters | Anuj Ranasinghe |
Entertainment | Stephanie Siriwardhana |
Venue | Water's Edge Hotel, Colombo |
Broadcaster | Independent Television Network |
Entrants | 14 |
Placements | 5 |
Winner | Pawani Vithanage ( Colombo) |
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]
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]
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.
Fourteen delegates competed for the title of Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018. [8]
No. | Candidate | Age | Height |
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01 | Sanduni Kirthisinghe | 20 |
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
02 | Sandunika Bandara | 26 |
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
03 | Chathuni Senanayake | 22 |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
04 | Melissa Nanayakkara | 22 |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
05 | Sachini Suraweera | 26 |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
06 | Chalani Nisansala | 24 |
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
07 | Southamini Shanthakumar | 25 |
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
08 | Ofelya Kariyawasam | 26 |
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
09 | Pawani Vithanage | 23 |
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
10 | Harini Silva | 23 |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
11 | Tasla Senadeera | 20 |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
12 | Kathy Ferdinanz | 21 |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
13 | Menushi Bandara | 20 |
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
14 | Rajini Thilakarathne | 25 |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |