[1] Miss Sri Lanka Online primarily used Facebook to run the contest.
[6] The national level pageant takes entries locally and from Sri Lankans living overseas.
Applicants log onto a website[7] which then directs them to the Facebook page where they can upload a photograph of themselves which will be judged.
The top 25 candidates then provide three more photographs and a short video clip, which again will be voted for by the public.
The panel of judges have included:[9] The winner of Miss Sri Lanka Online 2012 was Maria Alkasas.