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Hi!! The passing of Yvonne Gulamhusein,our very second Cover Girl way back in 2003, marked the end of an era. Yvonne was Ceylon’s very own Victoria Beckham, being the most paparazzied fashion icon of her time! She was also Ceylon’s first Bathing Beauty, donning a daring red and black two piece in 1946, which would be considered risqué, even now! No wonder a man swooned in the midst of the crowd that mobbed the new beauty queen!

The gorgeous Yvonne continued to make waves, wearing exquisite and daring clothes, learning to fly, racing cars and partying with the jetset – which included the likes of Sir John Kotelawela, the then Prime Minister of Ceylon and HRH Aly Khan! In celebrating her fairytale life, we had no hesitation in making her our Cover Girl for the second time.

We are honoured to feature cricketing legend, our very own Muttiah Muralitharan when he retired from Test Cricket, even as he became the first and only man in cricketing history to capture 800 wickets - in his final Test Match! The trailblazing Dr Mary Rutnam, a Canadian, was an inspiration to many women in Sri Lanka. A proponent of social and health reform, Dr Rutnam was instrumental in setting up the Mahila Samithi, the Girls Friendly Society, and was a founder member of the Women’s Franchise Union in 1927.

Shobhaa De, who makes Sixty look like the new Forty, was on a flying visit to Sri Lanka, her favourite destination. Here she blogs about her hectic and exciting four days!