Gold in her heart trumps gold in hand BY ALLAAM OUSMAN Canada-born award winner Anna-Marie moves ahead of her peers as a budding sports entrepreneur unlike any other: Source:sundayobserver.lk Sri Lanka’s iconic rhythmic gymnast Canadian-born Anna-Marie Ondaatje wears many hats but the 21-year-old sports star is focussed on winning a medal for her motherland next year. Having made her debut at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Anna-Marie has shrugged off her disappointment of missing out on the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by steaming ahead with her ambitions to become Sri Lanka’s global sports ambassador. A multi-faceted personality, the stunningly beautiful Anna-Marie Suzanne Quint Ondaatje aims to follow the path of her great aunt Maureen Hingert, the only Sri Lankan to pose as Miss Universe runner-up in 1955. It was a heart-warming experience catching up with this talented teenager who returned to Sri Lanka after a two-year hiatus to receive ...
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“WOMEN MOST BEAUTIFUL” – By Des Kelly Every Country in the World has them, and are proud of them, as they should be. They say, and I quote, a thing of beauty is a joy forever. There is nothing more pleasing to the eye, than a beautiful woman. For instance, in Ceylon, (now Sri Lanka), one could lose count, there were so many. Among them was a girl I called Neliya (Maureen Hingert), who I met and immediately fell in love with, when we were both in our mid-teens (she was 14 and I had just turned 15) ...
