Mrs World 2019 snatches Sri Lankan pageant winner’s crown off her head, Sri Lanka beauty queen injured
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Pushpika De Silva was crowned Mrs Sri Lanka on Sunday at the beauty pageant but the crown was snatched from her moments later. Soon after she won the title, the reigning Mrs World and 2019 Mrs Sri Lanka, Caroline Jurie, snatched the crown from Pushpika and awarded it to the first runner-up.
What happened at Mrs Sri Lanka 2021?
As seen in the video posted on YouTube by Colombo Gazette, Pushpika was announced as the winner as Caroline Jurie crowned her. Seconds later, Caroline appeared on stage again and said that Pushpika was disqualified since she is a divorcee and only married women can hold the title of Mrs Sri Lanka.
“There is a rule that you have to be married and not divorced. So, I am taking my first steps saying that the crown goes to the first runner-up,” Caroline said as she snatched the crown from Pushpika’s head and presented it to the first runner-up. Pushpika, visibly upset, walked out.
Who is Caroline Jurie?
Sri Lanka’s Caroline Jurie previously won the Mrs. Sri Lanka title and later won the international Mrs. World pageant. Jurie and Jayasinghe have been questioned by police about this incident, BBC News reports.
In a lengthy post on Facebook, Pushpika narrated the incident and said, “I think, for the first time in the history of beauty pageant, not in Sri Lanka but in the world, even though my crown has been snatched in front of everyone insultfully, I will keep my head straight at this moment of writing and say that I am proud and proud as before. This is just another incident for me.”
She added, “On the other hand, I’m not a divorced woman. I say with great responsibility that I am not a divorced woman even at this moment of writing. If I was a divorcee, I would dare them to submit my divorce scripts.”
A beauty pageant winner says she suffered injuries after her crown was forcefully removed from her head.
Writing in a Facebook post after the ceremony, De Silva said her son noticed that her head was injured.
“The pain of my skull when my crown was snatched from my head by the world married beauty queen, the pain I felt when I lost the crown is more than both. ‘… Mother’s head is injured right..? Does it hurt mom?’ I can’t bear the pain I feel when my son listens,” she wrote.
Meanwhile, Chandimal Jayasinghe, the national director of Mrs Sri Lanka World, told the BBC that the crown was returned to Mrs De Silva on Tuesday.
“We are disappointed,” he said, adding, “It was a disgrace how Caroline Jurie behaved on the stage and the Mrs World organisation has already begun an investigation on the matter.”
“Only an individual who is legally divorced will not be allowed to compete in the pageant. Pushpika may be in the process of a divorce, however, until a legal judgment is given on the matter, she is still considered a married woman, therefore we cannot comment any further on the matter,” Jayasinghe told Ceylon Today.
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