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Madura Peiris wins title at MANHUNT INTERNATIONAL 2012

Oct 15 2012.

Madura Peiris - winner, Manhunt

The Finals of Manhunt International 2012 was worked out at the Hilton Residencies in Colombo on Sunday, 14 October.

Fifteen finalists, who entered this stage after a tough competition of nearly one hundred and thirty applicants, battled it out at the event to win the title that will enable them to represent Sri Lanka at the Manhunt International Pageant later on this year.

The models took to the ramp to exhibit their glam and physique in order to qualify for the top five to be chosen halfway through and then the winner to be adjudged from there onwards.

The runway was set in such a way that that the models were walking on almost 3 sides of the audience, so they could have a good look, up and close at all of them. The event was compered by Ross and Danu.

The finalists, then the top five and ultimately the winner were to be selected along the lines of Intelligence Quotient, personality, physique and so on.

In order to test their eligibility along this criterion these aspects were brought out firstly by a series of ramp walks and then by questions that require personality-revealing answers. The parades were versatile, like swimwear, oriental suit and formal menswear.

Models Lasitha Gunesekera, Dushan Richard, Amila Perera, Vimukthi Lakmal and Madura Peiris qualified for the Top Five.

The champion at the event was Madura Peiris, while Lasitha Gunasekera and Amila Perera were first and second runners up respectively.

The winner being congratulated by his fellow competitors

Lasitha Gunasekera - 1st Runner up

Amila Perera - 2nd Runner up

Amila Perera, Madura Peiris & Lasitha Gunasekera

The judges for the evening were gurus in the world of modelling and fashion; Ramani Fernando, actor Roshan Ranawana, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Lee Alexander and Nayana Karunaratne.

GUEST COMMENTS

Danu – “It’s an opportunity for personality development. It’s a great platform for these models. This means we have fifteen more people who will go on from here to various industries, be it entertainment, fashion or modelling.”

Dimithri Dolapihilla, Mr. Sri Lanka 2012 – “These guys are all pretty good and I believe they all have an equal opportunity. My favourite model on the ramp today is number 3: Vimukthi Lakmal.”

Brian – “It’s a good thing. Young models can go abroad to compete. When we were young models there was no such opportunity for young models, so I think this is just great.”

COMMENTS FROM JUDGES

Nayana – “Of course the physical aspect is there to it. There’s a lot of talent. We just need to create more awareness. You need to prepare a lot for things like these.”

Roshan Ranawana – “I was placed 7th in the International edition of this in 2002 at Shanghai. Even that time, we did not have enough of sponsors. That’s always the case for male pageants in Sri Lanka. This is also because there’s no clear picture of male modelling in our country – they think it’s all about body building. In countries like India the government supports such endeavours and maybe ours should too.”

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reeza says:
Oct 15, 2012 at 06:43 pm

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Handsome hunks.
AZ says:
Oct 16, 2012 at 03:48 am

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They've got the ideal guy to compere - Danu :-))
hiran rathnayake says:
Oct 16, 2012 at 04:18 am

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congratz to winners
podi sadu says:
Oct 16, 2012 at 07:22 am

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non of them got hair in their chests...
Faqi says:
Oct 16, 2012 at 06:36 pm

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Good Show. The winners and all the participants needs to be congratulated. Well done boys!

[There seem to be some jealous/envious types giving thumbs down to some valid comments, Pity}
Ramani F says:
Oct 20, 2012 at 02:31 pm

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Podi Sadu.. Grow up !! the Rule no 1 is to shave the chest Hair before the competition so you learn the rules before commenting Mate,,,