Visna Fernando

Visna joined the Miss World Sri Lanka pageant in 2014.^[4] The pageant was won by Chulakshi Ranathunga who represented Sri Lanka in Miss World 2014 in London but was declared unplaced.

Visna once again competed in a national pageant, this time through Miss Earth Sri Lanka. The pageant concentrates on environmental awareness. In the pageant held at Citrus Waskaduwa Hotel in Colombo on 3 June 2015 she was declared the winner, Sathma Nugera the first runner up and Harshani Ruman the second runner up.^[3] Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2014, Imaya Liyanage and Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell of the Philippines crowned Fernando at the end of the event.^[5][6]

By virtue of winning Miss Earth Sri Lanka for 2015,^[7] Visna was Sri Lanka's representative^[8] to Miss Earth 2015 held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria. She was unplaced.^{[9][10][11][12]}

As Sri Lanka’s representative, Visna was the 2nd runner up in the Top Model of the World 2016 contest held in Bremen, Germany^[13][14]

• Visna Fernando at Miss Earth Sri Lanka's website