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Just moments after being revealed as the 2021 winner of Mrs Sri Lanka, a pageant for married women, Pushpika De Silva faced humiliation as last year's winner, Caroline Jurie, took the mic and announced that the runner-up should take the title instead. The crown was then forcibly removed from a tearful De Silva, who walked off stage, and given to the woman who came second, footage from the ceremony shows.
"There is a rule that you all have to be married and not divorced," Jurie told the audience. "The crown goes to the first runner-up." De Silva's relationship status has not been fully clarified. It seems she may be separated from her husband, according to reports, but she has stated that she is not divorced.
Now, according to media in Sri Lanka, the title will be handed back to her. Chandimal Jayasinghe, the national director of Mrs Sri Lanka World, said the incident should not have happened and that the winner was decided unanimously by the organising committee and judges, according to online newspaper the Colombo Page.
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(61,846 posts)Source: Agence France-Presse
AFP in Colombo
Thu 8 Apr 2021 19.42 BST
Police have arrested the reigning Mrs World on charges of assault over an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the new Mrs Sri Lanka.
Caroline Jurie yanked the crown off Pushpika de Silva minutes after she was declared Mrs Sri Lanka 2020 in a Sunday gala at Colombos Nelum Pokuna theatre.
Jurie was the previous years Mrs Sri Lanka and had gone on to win the Mrs World competition organised by a California-based company.
De Silva needed hospital treatment after the incident, seen by stunned spectators in a packed venue as well as a live social media audience.
We have arrested Jurie and (her associate) Chula Manamendra in connection with a charge of assault and causing damage to Nelum Pokuna (theatre), senior police official Ajith Rohana said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/08/mrs-world-arrested-for-grabbing-crown-from-head-of-mrs-sri-lanka