Nadeeka Perera was born and grew up in Colombo. Having successfully completed a professional course in modelling she entered into the fashion world by becoming a professional model. Nadeeka always wanted to be included in the fashion world and with some encouragement she entered Capri Queen in 2004 as she had the right height.
When she was chosen first runner up, Miss Geraldine Bandaranayaka took her under her wing till she entered the Miss Sri Lanka for Miss world contest. In the year 2005, she was crowned as Miss Sri Lanka. After winning the crown she represented the nation for the Miss World contest.

Since then she has participated in the Model of the Year 2006 contest and having won the title, represented Sri Lanka in Alcante, Spain and won the title of International Best Female Model for 2007.
