Stephanie Siriwardhana (; born 5 February 1988) is a Sri Lankan-Lebanese TV host,

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and beauty pageant titleholder who as the winner of 2011

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represented her country at the 2011

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pageant. She is also the main host of The Voice Teens Sri Lanka season 1 and 2.

Biography

She was born on 5 February 1988 in

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. Her father is Sri Lankan and her mother is Lebanese. She is the eldest of 4 children, and has 3 younger brothers. When she was 3 years old her family moved to Sri Lanka due to the escalation of

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. After finishing her primary education in Sri Lanka she moved to

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and then to

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where she graduated with a degree in Journalism, Communications and Political Science from

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. In July 2011 she won the title of

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'' and represented her country at

pageant which was held in

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on same year.(7 April 2016)
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''Sinhaya News'' In 2013, she was crowned as ''Miss Asia Pacific World Sri Lanka''. She is a member of Global Shapers Community, and has worked as a senator of the 2nd Sri Lankan Youth Parliament. Also she is the founder of ''Stephanie Siriwardhana Foundation'', which intends to support a transitional shelter for sexually abused young girls.(15 March 2015)
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''(25 March 201
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Filmography

In 2013 she appeared in a song of

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film '' Dirty Picture: Silk Sakkath Maga''.

References

External links

Miss Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan female models Living people Miss Universe 2011 contestants Sri Lankan beauty pageant winners Sinhalese people Sri Lankan models Sri Lankan people of Lebanese descent 1988 births {{SriLanka-bio-stub