Sandya Ekneligoda among BBC’s top 100 Source:Island Sandya Ekneligoda is among BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022. Global music phenomenon Billie Eilish, Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, actresses Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Selma Blair, the ‘tsarina of Russian pop’ Alla Pugacheva, Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, record-breaking triple jump athlete Yulimar Rojas, and Ghanaian author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah are among others, according to the BBC list. The BBC described the Sri Lankan as a human rights activist and campaigner who helped thousands of mothers and wives who lost their loved ones during Sri Lanka’s civil war. BBC claimed her husband, Prageeth Ekneligoda, a prominent investigative journalist and cartoonist, went missing in January 2010. The new agency added that Prageeth was a strong critic of the government and investigated alleged abuses against Tamil Tiger separatists. ...

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DEVANGI WICKREMASINGHE IT SPECIALIST QUALIFIED IN BICT SYDNEY PHENOMINAL NATURAL DANCER BUDDING FILM STAR – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:sundayobserver.lk   Young Devangi Wickremasinghe a beauty who turns eyes wherever she goes is fair possessing a slim tall figure, radiant hair with glowing eyes. But with Devangi it is beauty and brains both combined. Devangi in school too has had focus on IT.At present, she has already completed a Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology Degree( BICT), which was  a gruelling IT course on Cyber Security, minoring and networking at the Western Sydney University ,Australia, After four years she had returned home delayed after travel restrictions owing to Covid-19 epidemic. She hopes to return to Sydney to pursue studies, for her Masters in the same field.She is the eldest child of King of Choreography Chandana Wickremasinghe who is in par with Sri Lanka’s choreographic stalwarts Channa Wijewardena and Ravibandu Vidyapathy as leaders ...

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  Embrace your difference, says Miss Universe Australia Priya Serrao Source:Indian Link The first things that strike you about her are her confidence, her winsome smile and her friendly nature. To us those could be winning traits in themselves, but clearly Priya Serrao has everything else that it takes to be crowned Australia’s most beautiful woman. Photographer Jarrad Seng c/- Miss Universe Australia Of course the newly crowned Miss Universe Australia never thought of herself in those terms, we know now. “I hadn’t done anything like this ever before,” Priya told Indian Link. “This is my first ever pageant, and I don’t model either!” In fact, she was so sure she wouldn’t make it to the top that she didn’t even invite her family to the event! It was a post on Instagram by last year’s Miss Universe Australia winner Francesca Hung that prompted Priya Serrao to take part in the ...

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Miss World 2017: Haryana girl Manushi Chhillar ends India’s dry spell at the International beauty pageant by reclaiming the crown 17 years after Priyanka Chopra’s epic win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8B1c3NpLpc Source: Yahoo Lifestyle Seventeen years ago, Priyanka Chopra made India proud by getting crowned Miss World 2000. And now, ending India’s dry spell at the international beauty pageant, Haryana Girl Manushi Chhillar has won the Miss World 2017 crown. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle passed on the coveted crown to the new queen. Manushi was earlier crowned this year’s Femina Miss India World 2017, which got her the ticket to the global competition. Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was announced the first runner up, while Miss England Stephanie Hill was declared the second runner up at an event held at Sanya City Area, China. Miss India Manushi Chillar, 21, was named one of the five winners of the Beauty ...

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