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Aruni Rajapaksha

Aruni Rajapaksha
Sinhalese Girl Wearing A Traditional Kandyan Saree (Osaria)-1.jpg
Born Aruni Madusha Rajapaksha
(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 33)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Occupation Actress, Model
Height 5 7'
Awards Miss Sri Lanka (2007)

Aruni Madusha Rajapaksha (Sinhalese: අරුණි රාජපක්ෂ; born 5 January 1984) is a Sri Lankan film actress,model and a TV presenter. She was crowned Miss Sri Lanka in 2007 and had represented Sri Lanka at the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant. She also participated for Miss International 2007 and eligible to enter to top 15 list.

Aruni Rajapaksha was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Her father is a retired Police Inspector. She studied at the Swarnamali Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy. She was an active participant in several drug prevention activities during her school life. After the G.C E Advanced Level examination in the Arts stream, Aruni joined the Kandy Technical College to do a secretarial course. However, she involved in organizing fashion shows in Kandy which led her to do modelling.

In 2004 Aruni won Udarata Menike title and Capri Beauty queen 2005 crown. It was the first success step for her career as a model.

She was Miss Sri Lanka 2007 for the Miss Universe competition in 2008. She has also competed in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 (China) and Miss International 2007 (Japan) competitions.

In 2012 Aruni won the 3rd place at 2nd edition of Bride of the World 2012 competition held in Macau, China.

Aruni hosted TV show 'Niwaduwata travel ekak' on Hiru TV.


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