31/05/2025
With all the buzz around Miss World 2025, let’s take a moment to shine a spotlight on some of our incredible Sri Lankan women who’ve slayed the global pageants! 🇱🇰✨
Also, since many of you don’t know history and aren’t journalists, I want to remind you that Sri Lanka has bagged titles at several other international pageants! 🙏🏻👏🏻🥰
Maureen Neliya Hingert — Crowned Miss Ceylon in 1955, she went on to become the Second-Runner-up at Miss Universe 1955, making history as one of our first international queens!
Bernadine Rose Senanayake – The very first Mrs. World, crowned at the inaugural competition.
Caroline Jurie – Won the Mrs. World 2020 title.
Christina Peiris (2017) – Made it to the Top 16 at Miss Universe 2017.
Ishadi Amanda – First Runner-Up at 40th Mrs. World Pageant.
Julia Sonali Kaluarachchi - ‘Face of Asia 2024’ (Female) title at the ‘Asia Model Festival’.
My heartfelt congratulations to for her hard work and dedication and for bringing so much recognition to Sri Lanka on the global stage! 👏🏻🇱🇰🎉😁
Here’s the thing, women should always lift each other up, support one another, and celebrate every win together. Our little island is full of strong, smart, talented, and beautiful women—and beauty pageants are just one of many ways we’re showing the world what we’ve got! 💪👑Remember that it’s not just about looks; it’s also about your intelligence, knowledge, talent, education, courage, and determination. Our queens are proof of that.
Let’s keep supporting our queens and remember everyone who represented our beautiful island nation! 😁🇱🇰👏🏻🎉