{"id":67974,"date":"2021-04-09T10:46:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=67974"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:46:49","slug":"caroline-jurie-mrs-world-arrested-over-sri-lanka-pageant-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=67974","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Jurie: Mrs World arrested over Sri Lanka pageant bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Police in Sri Lanka have arrested the reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie, after she allegedly injured a fellow beauty queen in an on-stage bust-up.<\/p>\n

Pushpika De Silva won the “Mrs Sri Lanka” title in a televised ceremony on Sunday, and former winner Mrs Jurie was meant to crown her.<\/p>\n

Instead, she pulled the crown off Mrs De Silva's head, claiming she could not hold the title as she was divorced.<\/p>\n

The winner later said she is separated from her husband, not divorced.<\/p>\n

Mrs Sri Lanka is part of the Mrs World beauty pageant series for married women. The winners of each country's title progress to the overall Mrs World competition.<\/p>\n

“There is a rule that prevents women who have already been married and are divorced, so I am taking steps to make the crown go to second place,” Mrs Jurie told the audience.<\/p>\n

She placed the crown on the runner-up, prompting a tearful Mrs De Silva to walk off stage, a video of the incident showed.
\nIn a Facebook post, Mrs De Silva said she went to hospital to be treated for head injuries after the incident.<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of single mums like me today who are suffering in Sri Lanka,” she later told a press conference. “This crown is dedicated to those women, those single mums who are suffering to raise their kids alone.”<\/p>\n

She added that she would take legal action for the “unreasonable and insulting” way she was treated.<\/p>\n

Another Sri Lankan model involved in the fracas was also arrested.<\/p>\n

“Police arrested Caroline Jurie and model Chula Padmendra over Sunday's incident on charges of simple hurt and criminal cause,” police spokesman Ajith Rohana told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Both Mrs Jurie and the chief organiser of Mrs Sri Lanka pageant, Chandimal Jayasinghe, were questioned by police on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mrs De Silva has now been re-crowned, and the pageant's organisers have said they expect Mrs Jurie to issue a public apology.<\/p>\n

Mr Jayasinghe told the BBC earlier: “We are disappointed. It was a disgrace how Caroline Jurie behaved on the stage and the Mrs World organisation has already begun an investigation on the matter.”<\/p>\n

The Mrs Sri Lanka World beauty pageant is a major contest in the country. The prime minister's wife was among the guests at the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested the reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie, after she allegedly injured a fellow beauty queen in an on-stage bust-up. Pushpika De Silva won the “Mrs Sri Lanka” title in a televised ceremony on Sunday, and former winner Mrs Jurie was meant to crown her. Instead, she pulled the crown off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n