Miss Grand Sri Lanka
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| Formation | September 25, 2016 |
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| Founder | Brian Kerkoven |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Colombo |
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| Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
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Miss Grand Sri Lanka is a national beauty pageant in Sri Lanka,[1][2] founded in 2016 by Colombo-based designer Brian Kerkoven,[3] aiming to select the country's representative to compete in its parent contest Miss Grand International.[1][2] The competition was held twice; in 2016 and 2018,[1][2] after that the Sri Lankan candidates to Miss Grand International were appointed instead.[4][5]
Since their first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, Sri Lanka representatives have never won the contest but got placements four times including being the top 10 finalists in 2013 and 2015,[6][7] and the top 20 finalists in 2014 and 2018.[8][9]
Sri Lanka made its debut at Miss Grand International in 2013 with the top 10 finalists placement by 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 the 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 four placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the top 10 finalists, obtained by Dannielle Kerkoven and Ornella Gunesekere 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.
| Year | Edition | Date | Venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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| 2016 | 1th | 25 Sep | Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo | 10 | Harshani Ruman | [1] |
| 2018 | 2nd | 16 Sep | Waters Edge, Colombo | 14 | Pawani Vithanage | [2][3] |
| 2025 | 3rd | 24 Sep | Mount Lavinia General Hotel, Colombo | 16 | Tishani Perera | [11][12] |
![Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2015Ornella Gunesekere [tr]](#/media/File:Ornella_Gunesekere.png)
