'Mrs World' grabs crown from head of ‘Mrs Sri Lanka’ in on-stage fracas

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” during a gala in Colombo on April 4. Jurie declared that Pushpika de Silva was ineligible as the winner because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown. De Silva needed hospital treatment after the incident, seen by stunned spectators in a packed venue as well as a live social media audience.

To qualify for the title, contestants must be married. De Silva is estranged from her husband, but they are still legally married. The local franchise holder for the pageant, Chandimal Jayasinghe, said they were “deeply disturbed and sincerely regret” the behaviour of Jurie and the told the media the crown would be returned to De Silva

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[flowern]

Not only did they embarrassed the winner but they also embarrassed the runner up with false hope on winning the crown

[deaputri]

What is up with that women in black raising her fist like she’s in some kind of revolution 😭😭

[abc_cba]

The woman who came from the back in the Black sari came in a vengeance, just look at the anger on her face. 😂

[rebeccaethige]

The women with the black saree [Chula] is now also arrested and there have been claims that she had a grudge against Pushpika and she made Caroline do all the work. Absolutely disgusting 🤢

[salmaal-shaoily]

No matter what no one should be humiliated like this. She was deprived of the glory of that moment.

[pete]

That was the ultimate insult to injury when that woman marched over and started yelling and pointing her finger in the poor woman's face, and then punched her fist in the air like some kind of supremacist

[Aisha-gefp]

I literally felt like giving a punch on their faces when they did that victory thing by punching in

[griffe]

She handled it gracefully. So glad she got re-crowned!

[deekshasaxena]

She did not take De Silva's crown off, she took off her own .

[yukuhana]

If Caroline Jurie behave like this on live TV, imagine how nasty she can be off the air in private.

[ziondabi]

Salute for those strong single mums and divorced womens....I know they have been through a lot, they deserve many crowns.

[waterbaby]

Who cares she's divorced!? This whole episode was shameful and filled with pettiness. The attacking "Queen" should be de-crowned permanently. What she did was very undignified and unsportsmanlike.

[peartreeproductions]

Things must be bad when I've clicked on this for entertainment.

[davep]

worst part is she knew this about her the entire time and waited to use it. The lady wearing the black who storms in so angry at the winner, i thought she was on her side at first...she obviously was in on it too

[windsongmoonchild]

Nasty vicious woman. She held on to the information this long only to wait until the very end and then she released the accusation so that she can humiliate her publicly.

[shivukapase]

"Should be married not divorced " seriously, you guys didnt realize that till final, you embarrassed her in front of whole world and yet expect her to be calm

[jay-cee]

this is soooo unfair. divorced or not. she'd been married. She wouldn't be there if she wasn't qualified. Hello. 2021!

[TheAgukala]

The first runner up’s joy has got to be more embarrassing bruh. Like to revel in someone else’s humiliation and loss says so much about your own character.

[incognitoone]

That was the most humiliating thing that can happen on TV! That woman just made herself, judge, jury and executioner in one fell swoop!

[VivalaryMan]

Now for the rest of her life, everywhere she goes, this will be what she is remembered for.
Remember people, if you live small, you'll die small. I hope it was worth it.