Things got ugly after New York City's first-ever Miss Sri Lanka beauty pageant -- when a caught-on-video brawl erupted between well-heeled revelers at the post-party with contestants on Staten Island.

Maureen Nelia Ballardney Hingert, Sri Lanka's first beauty queen to break into Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 88.

Maureen Hingert, a Sri Lankan actress and former Miss Universe contestant who appeared in movies like 'The King and I' and ...

The first Miss Sri Lanka, New York beauty pageant open to contestants across the tri-state area between the ages of 16 to 26 took place at The Vanderbilt at South Beach Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.

The newly crowned Miss Sri Lanka New York lashed out at the rumors circulating about the chaotic brawl at the pageant’s after-party on Staten Island. Angelia Gunasekara aimed to quell the ...

Culture, beauty, sparkle had audience mesmerized STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 300 attendees came out to support 14 contestants who dazzled at the first-ever Miss Sri Lanka New York beauty pageant, ...

Miss Sri Lanka New York 2022 Committee member Sujani Fernando said Friday. “We thought, we have to do something for the community and the girls here. To bring their talent, ...

Melloney Dassanayaka represented Sri Lanka at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant held in Mexico … and, what’s so special about her (unlike most of our pageant winners who get involved in frivolous ...