Romanthi Maria Colombage (born May 19, 1984) is a model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Sri Lanka[1] and represented Sri Lanka in Miss World 2007 in China, Colombage is one of the most successful model’s in Sri Lanka. She has done fashion shows in Europe and Asia.
Colombage was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has one sister, Rapthi in her family.[2] She was educated at Holy Family Convent Colombo 04 and completed a Diploma in Fashion Designing by the age of 18, followed by the Chartered Institute of Marketing qualification which she acquired by the age of 21. She has her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Wales in Cardiff.[3]
She was approached by a choreographer when she was just seventeen and was asked to model for a fashion show in Colombo and was trained to be a catwalk model. Thereafter she has modeled on ramp around Europe and Asia.
In 2003, she was one of the creative Minds behind one of Sri Lankas most prominent Brands Named “Bellucci” owned by Businessman Roshan Perera which designed and manufactured figurines for Disney and Hallmark. She was also instrumental in diversifying the Brand into Clothing[4]
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