Jayasinghe Arachchige Chandima Nuwan (born 31 May 1983; Sinhala: චන්දිමාල් ජයසිංහ), popularly as Chandimal Jayasinghe, is a Sri Lankan cosmetologist, entrepreneur and philanthropist.[1]
Chandimal Jayasinghe | |
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| චන්දිමාල් ජයසිංහ | |
| Born | Jayasinghe Arachchige Chandima Nuwan May 31, 1983 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | St. Thomas' College, Kotte |
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| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Website | https://artofliving.lk/listing/salon-chandimal/ |
He is known for organizing bridal competitions, Miss Sri Lanka and Miss World competitions as well as his royal birthday parties.[2][3] He is the national director of Mrs. World (Sri Lanka).[4]
Early life and education
editHe was born on 31 May 1983 in Beddagana, Pitakotte, Colombo, Sri Lanka, to a family with two siblings.[4] His father, Jayasinghe Arachchige Chandradasa, had a food stall. His mother is Kuruvitage Gunawathi Silva, a housewife.[5] He has one elder sister, Chandani. His father died in 2017 after a brief illness.[6]
He completed education at St. Thomas' College, Kotte up to the ordinary level.
Career
editIn his teenage years, he did several computer courses without any success. Then he started to make flowers and also hair styling. At the age of 16, he started to make bridal designs after seeing the wedding of his sister. His first make-up came through a music video.[4] Meanwhile, he got the opportunity to become the chief beautician of the reality dance competition Sirasa Dancing Star.[6][5]
In 2004, Jayasinghe established his beauty salon.[3] Meanwhile, he worked as a makeup artist for various television stations.[1]
On 1 March 2012, he made the wedding make-up for actress Himali Sayurangi. After the wedding, he received several bridal make-up invitations from celebrities.[6][5] In the meantime, he became a member of the Dayaka Sabha of Kotte Rajamaha Vihara and had been a Basnayake Nilame of the temple as well.[7][8]
He is also the official make-up artist of former Mrs. World, actress, and politician Rosy Senanayake.[1][9]
He is popular due to arranging royal birthday parties in Sri Lanka.[4][10] In 2017, he organized his royal birthday party at The Kingsbury hotel with a Bollywood theme.[11][12] For his birthday party in 2018 at the Shangri-La Hotel, around 800 participated, including 80 journalists.[7][13][14]
In 2018, he became the National Director of Mrs. World (Sri Lanka) and co-produced the event with The Colombo Lifestyle Company.[15][16] Then in 2019, he did not celebrate his birthday due to the Sri Lanka Easter bombings. He later used his birthday for charity works.[3]
In 2019, he became the organizer of an international level Mrs. Sri Lanka competition at the invitation of Rosy Senanayake.[4][17]
In 2020, he did make-up for Caroline Jurie in the Mrs. World pageant.[18][19][20][21]
Personal life
editOn 30 May 2021, he was arrested, along with actress and model Piumi Hansamali, for organizing a birthday party at Shangri-La Colombo with the participation of 15–20 more people during the event thereby breaching the COVID-19 health guidelines.[22][23] He was later released on bail on 1 June 2021 along with Hansamali.[24]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chandimal Jayasinghe who made bridals for 30 actresses". saaravita. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Style". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "What happened this time to Chandimal's birthday party? It was supposed to be placed in the Lotus Tower". Divaina. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "I'm not a spendthrift: Popular beautician Chandimal Jayasinghe". Silumina. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "The journey to beauty industry climbed the ladder of success: Chandimal's Story". E-online Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "The story of Chandimal Jayasinghe's tragic past". lankaonline. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b "No tax file for beautician Chandimal Jayasinghe". srilankamirror. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "An attack on Chandimal who is having a royal birthday party ..?". starfriends. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "My second mother is Rosy Senanayake: I will enter politics in the future". newsmania. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Birthday party: "I don't put charity on Facebook"". BBC Sinhala. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Bollywood Moments: Chandimal Jayasinghe's Birthday Celebration". Asian Mirror. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "A lot of people just act in music videos: Chandimal Jayasinghe". rategossip. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Chandimal Jayasinghe Birthday 2018". lankaweddings. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "HERE IS THE ROYAL BIRTHDAY PARTY ORGANIZED BY BEAUTICIAN CHANDIMAL JAYASINGHE". bestmarketingworld. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to host Mrs. World 2021". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Bringing Mrs World Home". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ ""This is a dream I have had for a long time" - Chandimal sheds tears in the middle of a public meeting because of the beauty queen". Mawbima. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Caroline Jurie crowned Mrs. World 2020". Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "A Golden Tribute to Mrs. World 2020 from Vogue Jewellers". Daily News. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "The most beautiful wife in the world who emerged from Sri Lanka". Lankadeepa. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "World beauty who brought a gold crown to the country". Deshaya. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansamali arrested". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ bugsbunny (31 May 2021). "Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansamali arrested for hosting a party". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Hosting birthday party Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansamali granted bail". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.