Sri Lanka will be represented at Mister Supranational 2026 by Demitha Jayawardena, 20. It is the 10th edition of the international beauty pageant based in Poland.

Demitha Jayawardena

Originally from Wattala, Sri Lanka, Jayawardena is an entrepreneur, a racer and a naturalist. He is an alumnus of St Peter’s College and Wycherley International School, which are both in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Jayawardena grew up as a motocross rider from the age of four. He continued until he was 13 when thirteen an injury forced him to stop.

Currently, Jayawardena is a sophomore student of Royal Institute Campus in Kohuwala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in management in digital innovation. For him, one of the greatest challenges of his life is balancing entrepreneurship, motocross, personal development, and beauty pageant preparation.

On January 29, 2026, Jayawardena was appointed Mister Supranational Sri Lanka 2026 at Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister of Sri Lanka. In March 2026, he and Lions Club – Sri Lanka went to the HelpAge Sri Lanka Eye Hospital in Colombo where they donated 25 contact lenses distributed 150 morning snacks.

On June 27, 2026, Jayawardena and Mister International Egypt 2025 Mohamed Basla had a meeting in Colombo. The former and Miss Supranational Sri Lanka 2026 Sandeepa Sewmini graced the June 28, 2026 issue of The Sunday Morning Happinez, a magazine in their home country.

Mister Supranational 2026

Erusha Gimshan was supposed to represent Sri Lanka at Mister Supranational 2025 but he withdrew from the competition before the coronation ceremony at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sacz, Malopolska, Poland on June 28, 2025. The title was won by Lavigne Swann of France, who competed against 37 other candidates.

On August 1, 2026, Swann will go back to the same venue to crown her successor. The coronation ceremony will be broadcast live by Polsat.

Including Jayawardena, a total of 43 men will compete for the Mister Supranational 2026 title. Here are his fellow candidates:

1. Quinten Tælman, 25, Belgium
2. Danton Miguel, 33, Brazil
3. Thoanvannak You, 30, Cambodia
4. Daniel Mbella, 27, Cameroon
5. Ossama Mansour, 24, Canada
6. Álvaro Andrés Flores Carvajal, 25, Chile
7. Daniel Jiawei Li, 30, China
8. Anthoan Ramírez, 28, Colombia
9. Juan Daniel Naranjo López, 26, Cuba
10. Leonardo Leça, 30, Curacao
11. Daniel Zedníček, 31, Czech Republic
12. Ramón Alcántara Arbaje, 26, Dominican Republic
13. Sebastián Jaramillo, 29, Ecuador
14. Geraldo Menéndez Sope, 26, Equatorial Guinea
15. Dimitri Chatelain, 21, France
16. Abel Biju, 24, India
17. Jehu Jedija, 22, Indonesia
18. Glenn Williamson, 30, Ireland
19. Kasheem Green, 29, Jamaica
20. Asyraf Dasley, 36, Malaysia
21. Wayne Buhagiar, 23, Malta
22. Gabriel Castañeda, 35, Mexico
23. Thiha Htun, 28, Myanmar
24. Mridul Acharya, 30, Nepal
25. Chony Arim, 22, Netherlands
26. Chris Chidubem, 27, Nigeria
27. Jorge Conroy, 23, Peru
28. Felipe Bayani Escudero Marasigan, 25, Philippines
29. Bartosz Gwiazda, 25, Poland
30. Lazzaro Oertli Ortiz, 27, Puerto Rico
31. Alexandru Șuțan, 20, Romania
32. Alhaji Hassan Mansaray, 27, Sierra Leone
33. Karol Tóth, 35, Slovakia
34. Marcel Roux, 28, South Africa
35. Kim Taewoo, 28, South Korea
36. Pedro Cordero, 23, Spain
37. Jack Titus, 34, Thailand
38. Mete Kayabaş, 22, Turkey
39. Marco Ybarra, 30, United States
40. Juan Carlos da Silva Ceballos, 26, Venezuela
41. Nguyễn Hàn Việt, 23, Vietnam
42. Luay Latif, 18, Zambia