Miss World Sri Lanka is a beauty contest held in Sri Lanka to select the country's representative to the Miss World. History Miss Ceylon The first national beauty pageant in Sri Lanka, initially titled Miss Ceylon, began in 1953 with Manel Illangakoon of Colombo as its first titleholder, who subsequently represented the nation at the Miss World 1953 pageant, finishing as 3rd Runner-up. The contest is considered the oldest national pageant in Sri Lanka.
The national pageant winner was typically crowned to represent the country at Miss World, with runners-up historically delegated to pageants like Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Asia Pacific International. Sri Lanka has one international winner from Miss Asia Pacific International, Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanyake in 1981, she was crowned the official winner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Miss Sri Lanka Ceylon was officially renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, and the national title was concurrently changed to Miss Sri Lanka.
Miss World Sri Lanka Following the Miss Sri Lanka pageant in 1995, which was the last year of the original combined national competition, the process for selecting representatives changed. From 1997 onward, the national beauty pageants generally began to exist as separate, independent events to secure specific international franchises. Notably, Sri Lanka was not represented at the Miss Universe pageant for an eight-year period, from 1997 to 2004, due to the absence of a national franchise holder. The country resumed sending a delegate to Miss Universe in 2005.Sri Lanka did, however, continue to send delegates to the Miss World pageant during most of these years, with a new separate organization being responsible for that title.
From 2003, the new national pageant was established as the Miss World Sri Lanka pageant, with the winner representing the country at the Miss World competition. While this new, separate pageant format began in 2003, TV Derana was generally noted to have taken over the official hosting and organizing of the event from 2007 onwards. The current license holder is Siyatha TV
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YearMiss World Sri LankaPlacementNotable Achievements 2026 Prathibha Liyaanarachchi Unplaced Top 24 Miss World Talent Top 24 Miss World Sports Top 24 Miss World Beauty With A Purpose Top 60 Miss World Top Model 2025 Anudi Gunasekara Unplaced Top 24 Miss World Talent Top 20 Miss World Head to Head Runners up Asia Miss World Multimedia Challenge 2023 Kavindi Nethmini Unplaced 2022 colspan=5 2021 Sadé Greenwood Top 40 Top 10 Beauty with a Purpose 2020 colspan=4 2019 Dewmini Thathsarani Unplaced 2018 Nadia Gyi Unplaced Top 32 Miss World Top Model 2017 Dusheni Silva Unplaced 2016 Amritaa De Silva Unplaced Top 24 Beauty with a Purpose 2015 Thilini Amarasooriya Unplaced 2014 Chulakshi Ranathunga Unplaced Top 50 People's Choice Award 2013 Iresha Asanki de Silva Unplaced Top 40 Beach Fashion 2012 Sumudu Prasadini Unplaced Top 46 Top Model 2011 Pushpika Sandamali Unplaced Top 30 Beauty with a Purpose 2010 Fallon Ranasinghe Unplaced Top 40 Beach Beauty 2009 Gamya Wijayadasa Unplaced 2008 Rochelle Correa Unplaced 2007 Maria Colombage Unplaced 2006 Dannielle Kerkoven Unplaced 2005 Nadeeka Perera Unplaced 2004 Anarkalli Jay Aakarsha Unplaced 2003 Sachini Stanley Unplaced 2002 Nilusha Gamage Did not compete Sri Lanka Boycotted due to the Miss World riots 2000 Ganga Gunasekera Unplaced 1999 Dilumini de Alwis Jayasinghe Unplaced 1994 Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando Unplaced Competed in Miss Universe 1994 1993 Chamila Wickremesinghe Unplaced 1992 Ishara Abelashini Makolange Unplaced 1991 Jackie Emelda Bennett Unplaced 1990 Angela Mary Jane Gunasekera Unplaced 1989 Serena Danvers Unplaced 1988 Michelle Koelmeyer Unplaced 1987 Priyanjali Marina Frances de Alwis Unplaced 1986 Indira Gunaratne Unplaced 1985 Natalie Gunewardene Unplaced 1984 Bhagya Udeshinka Gunasinghe Unplaced 1983 Fiona Wickremesinghe Did not compete Due to personal reasons 1982 Tania Colleen Anne Pereira Unplaced 1981 Sonya Elizabeth Tucker Unplaced 1980 Bernadine Ramanyake Unplaced Miss Asia Pacific 1981, Mrs. World 1985 1979 Shamila Weerasooriya Unplaced 1978 Manohari Vanigasooriya Top 15 1977 Sharmini Senaratna Unplaced 1976 Tamara Ingrid Subramanian Did not compete Protest against South Africa's race policies 1975 Angela Seneviratne Unplaced 1974 Vinodini Roshanara Jayskera Unplaced 1973 Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Unplaced Competed in Miss Universe 1973 1971 Gail Abayasinghe Unplaced 1970 Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip Top 15 1968 Nilanthie Wijesinghe Unplaced 1967 Therese Fernando Unplaced 1966 Priscilla Martensyn Unplaced 1965 Shirlene Minerva de Silva Unplaced Competed in Miss Universe 1965 1964 Marina Dellerene Swan Unplaced 1963 Jennifer Anne Fonseka Top 15 1961 Sushila Perera Unplaced 1955 Viola Sita Gunarate Unplaced 1954 Jeannette de Jonk Unplaced 1953 Manel Illangakoon 3rd runner-up
See also Miss Earth Sri Lanka Miss Universe Sri Lanka Miss Sri Lanka Online Miss Grand Sri Lanka
References
External links Official website of Miss World