Education
During her time in Sri Lanka she attended Ladies College in Colombo and in the United Kingdom, Cyfarthfa High School in Merthyr Tydfil.
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During her time in Sri Lanka she attended Ladies College in Colombo and in the United Kingdom, Cyfarthfa High School in Merthyr Tydfil.
Shivanthini migrated to the United Kingdom in 1976 with her family and has had the opportunity to experience cultures of both the East and West. She was one of only three Asian students in the school and was proud to be elected as head-girl in 1987 by both staff and fellow pupils. Shivanthini comes from a family of doctors, her father, uncle, brother and sister-in-law all being in the medical profession.
Shivanthini was 18 when she entered her first beauty pageant.
She was placed first runner up at the 1989 Kumari (Queen of) Sri-Lanka Contest held in London. Further to her success she modeled for top Sri-Lankan fashion designers under the tutelage of Seneka De Silva and Lou Ching Wong.
In May 1996 she represented her country at the Mission Universe Pageant, Las Vegas. She introduced herself: "Ayubowan (Ayu = Life, bo = Long, wan = May you have " May you Have a Long Life"), from Sri-Lanka where the spirit of the people builds a brighter future I am Shivanthini Dharmasiri " alluding to the tenacious spirit of the people of Sri-Lanka determined to succeed despite the difficult period of civil unrest at that time.
Upon her return Shivanthini headlined at the Shades of Sri-Lanka cultural show in Abu Dhabi and more recently she was a judge at the 2010 Mission Sri-Lanka World Pageant.
Shivanthini enjoyed 10 years in the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry working in sales as a healthcare development manager. Shivanthini no longer works. She was previously a marketing manager for Numark Limited - a company representing 2500 independent pharmacies in the United Kingdom.
She chose science subjects for her A Levels and went on to specialize in microbiology at the University of Wales where she achieved a Bachelor of Science Honours degree. In 1996 Shivanthini competed in and won the prestigious Mission Sri-Lanka title in addition to the mini titles Mission Personality and Mission Internet.
