Jacqueline Fernandez

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birthname = Jacqueline Fernandez
title=Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006
nationalcompetition=Miss Universe 2006
Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006
location= Sri Lanka
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eye color=Brown
hair color=Brown

Jacqueline Fernandez is a beauty queen from Sri Lanka who competed in Miss Universe 2006.

Biography

With her homeland of Sri Lanka breaking into civil war and facing economic collapse, Jacqueline and her family moved to Bahrain.She has three siblings, two brothers and an elder sister.In Bahrain where she had most of her schooling, where she was motivated to do well and excelled in events such as Athletics, Drama and many other fields, she especially enjoyed Track and Field.

Having a passion for cultures and languages she also joined the Berlitz school of languages, where she learned to speak
Spanish and improve her French and Arabic, she also picked up Horse Riding.

According to her: "Being independent and accomplished was imperative to me and I always demanded the best of myself. Perfectionism is my strongest asset."

After her schooling in Bahrain, she was awarded a Scholarship to study at the University of Sydney, where she pursued a degree in Media and Communications in Sydney, Australia.

Having the ambition to do something for her country, she competed in Miss Universe 2006.She has worked as an anchorwoman on one of Sri Lanka's business programs called "Lanka Business Report". She also writes a weekly column for a national newspaper, the "Daily mirror". Jackie also has a non-profit organisation in Sri Lanka focusing on empowering the underprivileged.

Film career

Jacqueline Fernandez is rumoured to play the role of Princess Jasmine in her first film, a Bollywood production "Aladdin" directed by Sujoy Ghosh also staring Amitabh Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh. [ [http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/jacqueline-fernandez-to-make-debut-in-bollywood-with-aladdin/ Jacqueline Fernandez to making her debut in Bollywood with Aladdin] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.missosology.org/missuniverse06/jacquelinefernandez.html/ On jacqueline, Missosology.org]
* [http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news%5C2006%5C7%5C7664_image_headline.html/ Jacqueline, Sri Lankan newspaper]