COVER STORY
Nerodha Sudershini de Silva who hails from Anuradhapura
was crowned as Miss University International Sri Lanka at the Mr.
and Miss University International Beauty Pageant held in Seoul South
Korea in July 2004.
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Nerodha Sudershini de Silva |
Forty Five countries participated in this pageant
and she was appointed Campus Ambassador for Sri Lanka by the Korean
pageant organizers.
She started her career to participate in shows
in 1999 in the Panchakalyani contest in 2001. She was crowned Miss
University in a fashion show. In the year 2000 in a pageant held
in June for universities, she was selected Miss Photogenic, Miss
Elegance, Miss Body Beautiful and Miss Creative that helped her
in her personal development.
‘I have to thank TV Times for the support
given. It gave me a boost to continue in modelling as a University
model’ she added. Nerodha obtained BSc in Agriculture and
Msc in Environment and Economics. She is currently working as a
teaching assistant at the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture
(PTIA) University of Peradeniya.
Story and Pix by Dunstan Wickremaratne.
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