Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018
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| 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.
- Audition round[2]
- Ornella Gunesekere
- Dannielle Kerkoven
- Kamil Hewavitharana
- Charith Wijesekera
- Brian Kerkoven
- Kasun Gairika Weerasinghe
- Danushka Senadeera
- Final round[1]
- Ramani Fernando
- Kishu Gomes
- Jacquie Mei
- Stephanie Siriwardhana
- Daniel Rene Desilva
