Miss Universe Sri Lanka (formerly known as Miss Ceylon) is a national pageant in

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to choose ambassador for the

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pageant.

History

Miss Sri Lanka identified in 1953 with Manel Illangakoon of Colombo and became the oldest national pageant in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was previously named British Ceylon between 1902 and 1948, then gained independence in 1948 as Ceylon. In 1953 was the first beauty pageant era in Sri Lanka by its government in Colombo. The first Miss Ceylon went to Miss World and debuted at Miss Universe in 1955 with Maureen Neliya Hingert of Colombo. In 1973 Ceylon changed its name as Sri Lanka as permanent. Miss Sri Lanka crowned national winner to

and also runners-up to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Asia Pacific International. In 1997 beauty pageant in Sri Lanka had separated and did not exist at Miss Universe until 2004 where Sri Lanka had no national franchise holder in that period. Shivanthini Dharmasiri is the last Miss Sri Lanka between 1953 and 1996. In 2005 twelve finalists competed for the title. The pageant nowadays is in under Mrs. Rosita Wickramasinghe and sponsoring in different companies per year.Top Best National Costume
/ref> Beginning in 2024, Nirmal Bandara took over the Miss Universe license in Sri Lanka.

National franchise holders

Miss Sri Lanka has become national franchise holder for

and

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Titleholders

Titleholders under Miss Sri Lanka org.

Miss Universe Sri Lanka

Miss International Sri Lanka

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Official website of Miss Universe
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