# Miss Grand Sri Lanka

Miss Grand Sri Lanka is a national beauty pageant in Sri Lanka, founded in 2016 by Colombo-based designer and event organizer Brian Kerkoven, aiming to select the country's representative to compete in its parent contest Miss Grand International. The contest was held twice in 2016 and 2018, after that the Sri Lankan candidates at Miss Grand International were appointed instead.
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, and the top 20 finalists in 2014 and 2018.

## History

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. 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, the following edition of the contest was held in 2018, both editions were broadcast on the Sri Lankan state governed television channel Independent Television Network (ITN). However, due to a newly established national pageant, Miss & Mister Sri Lanka was founded in 2019 by Brian Kerkoven as the replacement contest, and no Miss Grand national contest has additionally been held, the country representatives at Miss Grand International were instead appointed since then.
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.

## 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 | Ref. |
| 2016 | 1th | 25 September | Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo | 10 | Harshani Ruman | |
| 2018 | 2nd | 16 September | Waters Edge, Colombo | 14 | Pawani Vithanage | |

## 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.

### 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

### Miss Grand International

| Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | Competition performance | National director | Ref. |
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Placements | Other award | National director | Ref. |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | Rukmal Senanayake | |
| 2024 | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative |
| 2023 | Sayuri Bhagyawi | Appointed | Withdrew | Withdrew | Dannielle Kerkoven | |
| 2022 | Nihari Perera | Miss Teen Sri Lanka 2021 | Unplaced | | Dannielle Kerkoven | |
| 2021 | Anna-Marie Ondaatje | Appointed | Unplaced | | Dannielle Kerkoven | |
| 2020 | Prathibha Liyanaarchchi | Appointed | Unplaced | | Dannielle Kerkoven | |
| 2019 | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative |
| 2018 | Pawani Vithanage | Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 | Top 20 | | Brian Kerkoven | |
| 2017 | Visna Fernando | Top Model of the World Sri Lanka 2016 | Unplaced | | Brian Kerkoven | |
| 2016 | Harshani Ruman | Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 | Unplaced | | Brian Kerkoven | |
| 2015 | Ornella Gunesekere [tr] | Appointed | Top 10 | Miss Popular Vote | Brian Kerkoven | |
| 2014 | Iresha Asanki | Miss World Sri Lanka 2013 | Top 20 | | Brian Kerkoven | |
| 2013 | Dannielle Kerkoven | Miss World Sri Lanka 2006 | Top 10 | | Brian Kerkoven | |

#### Gallery

* Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2022 Nihari Perera
* Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2021 Anna-Marie Ondaatje
* Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2015 Ornella Gunesekere [tr]
* Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2014 Iresha Asanki

### Other international pageants

| Year | Representative | Original national title | International contest | International contest | Ref. |
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Pageant | Placement | Ref. |
| 2019 | Visna Fernando | Top Model of the World Sri Lanka 2016 | Face of Asia 2019 | 2nd runner-up | |
| 2018 | Harini Silva | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 | Top Model of the World 2018 | 1st runner-up | |
| 2018 | Prisca Rathnasingham | Contestant of Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2018 | Supermodel International 2018 [id] | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Nilusha Madhuwanthi | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 | Supermodel International 2017 [id] | Unplaced | |
| 2016 | Ishanka Jayani de Alwis | Supermodel Sri Lanka 2016 | Supermodel International 2016 [id] | Top 15 | |
| 2016 | Visna Fernando | Top Model of the World Sri Lanka 2016 | Top Model of the World 2016 | 2nd runner-up | |

#### Note

* 1 2 3 4 Special title at the Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 pageant.