Chokolaate Magazine issue number 41 - January to March 2017. Bringing you the best of fashion, education, drama, entertainment, sports, achievers, features, creatives, personalities etc among Sri Lankan youth.

The 66th issue of the ChoKoLAATe Magazine is here!

Featured on the cover is the Swimming Prodigy, Cherantha De Silva. This issue also features the young CEO: Chevaan Wickremesinghe, The Comedian: Vishal Ratnajothy, our originals: The Style Story, Beauty Bag and many more.

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Cover Story by Amana Iflal
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The 65th issue of the ChoKoLAATe Magazine is here!

Featured on the cover are CIMA star students Naadiya Khulusie and Gimasha Chandradasa. This issue also features Fashion Designer Rannilu Singapullige, Music Maverick GK Eroshon, The Newly opened Edith Cowan University, and many more.

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Cover Story by Zainab Sheham
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The 64th issue of the ChoKoLAATe Magazine is finally here!

Featuring MDFD 2023

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Cover Story by Shamrina Karim
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The 63rd issue of the ChoKoLAATe Magazine is finally here!
Featured on the cover is swimming extraordinaire Akalanka Pieris.This issue also includes features on Nisha Seneviratne, Shehan Karunatilaka, Dinuka Jayasuriya, Binu Sax, Janidhu Dela and so much more! 
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The 62nd issue of the ChoKoLAATe Magazine is finally here! 

Featured on the cover are the dynamic and talented, Tesaarah Iddamalgoda, Sashya de Alwis and Alison Wijemanne! 

This issue also includes features on Kishani Alanki, Chanika Jayathileke, Advocata and so much more! 

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Gracing the cover of our 61st issue is Diandra De Soysa! 

Diandra De Soysa represented Sri Lanka in Miss Earth as Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2021! In addition to being in pageants, Diandra is seen walking down the ramp as she models for high end designers. 

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Our cover features three exemplary youth in different fields and all three show admirable resilience and determination as they work towards becoming the best version of themselves. Our cover story pans out to tell their stories and what they aspire to be in the next few years. It truly is inspiring to feature these souls that strive to make a difference and be a voice for the youth of Sri Lanka. 

Our magazine issue this time also covers our many events that took place over the last few months, be it Chokolaate Centerstage, our public speaking competition, our inter school debating competition and many virtual discussions held on our digital spaces. Teens and young adults excelling in sports, music and entertainment are also a key feature this time around.

This is a very special issue for us at Chokolaate as it coincides with our 15 year anniversary. We are absolutely thrilled to have Dasuni Athauda who is a news reporter and law student on our 15th Anniversary edition cover! Do make sure you give her feature story a read!

Our issue also features a special 15 page spread that gives homage to our 15 years of existence. Youth excelling in sports, academics, music, fashion and entrepreneurship also fills our pages this time around and we are inspired by their stories. Various campaigns, Twitter Spaces and projects by Chokolaate are also featured in this issue so make sure you don't miss them!


Our second issue for the year is here and this time we bring to you Iman Cader on our
cover. This is also our time for prepping for our annual event Chokolaate MDFD! Check out our features on  Indi Yapa, Shanuki De Alwis and Senali De Silva. In the next quarter we have plans to increase the scope and opportunities for youth to come forward in various aspects. Keep up to date with our social media pages for more
info on what we have planned.

Starting out our new year, this issue features the beautiful Hirushi Jayasena on our cover. Not only is she an amazingly talented singer, but she is an extremely down to earth and humble soul. We are thrilled to have her grace our cover this issue.
We have also added a few exciting new reads this time around which would definitely amp up your reading experience. Drop us a line with your suggestions and comments. We look forward to hearing from you!

Our cover girl this issue is the stunning Falan Andrea who became the Derana Dream star 2020 winner as well as one of the winners of our very own Chokolaate Centerstage group category back in the year 2017. We are super proud of her achievements and wish her the very best in her music career. We also feature young achiever Tehani Chandrasena, sports star, Kavisha Ratnayake and Head prefects of Gateway College, Kandy, Tashya and Adheesha amongst many more exciting features. Do send us your nominations if you would like one of your friends to be featured in Chokolaate and keep the DMs rolling in, we love hearing from you.

Wishing all of you all the best for a fresh new 2021!

Our third issue for the years features the renowned Yohani! Who has made waves in the music industry. We also feature many young achievers, rising sports stars and legends in the music field. This issue also features well known individuals such as Mahela Jayawardena, Stigmata, Sheshadri Priyasad, Janeeth Rodrigo and more.  Check out our feature on Chokolaate Centerstage Online.

Our cover this issue features the renowned Sharan Velauthan, a mental health advocate and an inspiration to many teens and youth. Read his story inside and feel free to connect with him on any issues pertaining to your wellbeing. This issue features many exciting new topics as well as all your favorite columns, including some awesome works of art and creatives from our fans. 

We at Chokolaate engaged in some exciting Live instagram chats with our local celebrities and personalities during the months of May and June, giving our followers a chance to connect with their idols and keep their spirits up. We also introduced a series webinars touching on various important topics. We were honored to have many renowned personalities on our panels and the response on the discussions were phenomenal. Stay strong, and stay safe everyone!

Our cover girl for this issue is metal artist Shehara Jayatileka. We have featured lots of talented young entrepreneurs inside so be sure to check them out. This issue features many achievers and inspiring youth, we have loved meeting them and hearing their stories. Chokolaate has many exciting new projects in store this year, 2020 promises to be a great one.

This issue features the winners of Chokolaate Centerstage 2019, as well as many success stories in all aspects of youth and we hope their stories inspire you. Thank you to all our readers, partners and advertisers and we promise you even more in 2020.

This 51st issue is filled with our milestone 10th year of Chokolaate MDFD!
Our cover story features the top three winners of Chokolaate MDFD. This issue we feature prominent young souls such as Shehara Jayatileka, Harini Silva, Seshanthi Ranasinghe, Joshua Perera and Agrani Handunge. Don’t miss out reading about them and their achievements as it is sure to nothing short of inspire you!

We proudly present our 50th issue of Chokolaate! We are humbled by the amazing loyalty and feedback we receive on a daily basis, we strive to achieve bigger and better in the years to come. We are proud to feature our 2 time Chokolaate cover girl Ornella Gunesekera. We have a lot of great things in store for you in this special issue. Here’s to all our loyal readers, supporters and partners - we couldn’t have done this without you!

Chokolaate has a lot of new and exciting things in store for you this year! From our Screenmasters film competition to In The Spotlight. This issue is full of a lot of awesome new content for all our readers out there.

As we look back at 2018 we are proud to say it has been one of our most busy and fullfilling years up to now. Our cover features the winners of the group category of Chokolaate Centerstage. Check out all the winners features inside. We are thrilled to feature Ornella Gunesekera in our new segment, In The Spotlight. Our usual columns Prefect Xclusive, Young Entrepreneurs, Beauty Bag, Hollywood Connection and the Geek Column are packed with loads of exciting content for you. Happy reading!

Our cover features the Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer of the year 2018 Winner Pramodi Jayawardana. We also feature runners up Senushi Fonseka and Sanju Urulagamage and Most Popular Designer Thamaya Rajapakse. Read their stories inside! We feature inspiring sporty youth such as Sahan Peiris who is truly an exemplary all rounder. We also spoke to Matthem Nilkil Yapa and Samunu Kaggodarachchi who have excelled in their areas of expertise and are truly motivational. Our Head Prefect is the inspiring Dilrukshi Perera of Hillwood College, Our regular columns are bursting at the seams with exciting news and updates and we have introduced three new columns. The Young Entrepreneur column, movie review column and an Eco friendly column which would address all the necessary issues we face today.

We've got a lot of new and exciting things lined up and a lot of great new partnerships and events to showcase. Our cover Girl this time is the beautiful Amritaa De Silva who shows us that it’s indeed possible to couple beauty with brains.  We also feature Kanchana Fernando - the female fashion power on her new unique batik on jeans creation,  Kosh. Our newly added Travel column takes you all the way to Italy this time around! Our Foodie Column is thriving with our residential foodie expert. Our regular columns such as the Geek Column, SLMUN and Light column also bring you up to date of what to expect in the coming weeks. We feature some of the top creatives in our creatives column. We always set out to bring you nothing but the very best of reading material and inspiring reads and the best of you! Hit us back with your thoughts and suggestions!


2018 started with a bang and this year is gonna be huge! Chokolaate has many new expansions in the pipeline with exciting endeavors and more awesome opportunities for you to get involved and loads of surprises in store!
Our new 2018 cover features the stunning Stephanie Siriwardena and prominent personality Krishan Perera. We also have features on personalities such as Angelina Seneviratne, Thamali Jayaweera, Jehan Atapattu, Gihan Dheerasekera and Cherantha De Silva. Be sure to check out all the great columns and articles that we have in store for you.

Chokolaate has been on a roll since we wrapped up Chokolaate Centerstage 2017 with an abundance of talent and amazing vocals from all the contestants! Read their stories inside in our exclusive cover feature! Our foodie expert has a great line up for you. The music scene is filled with awesome features. Our newest column is the Well into Wellness column. We also have two new features in this issue which is the 'Sports Round Up' and 'News Around the World'. These are just a few of what is in this issue. We always set out to bring you nothing but the very best of reading material and inspiring reads!

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Chokolaate Magazine - Issue 41

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