Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021 03:26 PM MYT
Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie leaves the Chief Magistrates Court after being released on personal bail by the courts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 19, 2021. Reuters pic
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COLOMBO, April 21 The reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie, has resigned her title, the organisation running the pageant said late yesterday, weeks after she was involved in a controversy at the Mrs Sri Lanka event.
Jurie was arrested and released on bail this month after a fracas at the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant in Colombo, where Jurie forcibly removed the winner’s crown, claiming the other woman was a divorcee and not qualified to win the title.
Caroline Jurie made international headlines after yanking the crown off the winner at the local segment of Mrs World in Sri Lanka at a Colombo theatre this month.
Mrs World held over fracas at Lanka show The winner of the beauty pageant, Pushpika De Silva, filed a complaint against Caroline Jurie
Reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie was released on bail after being arrested earlier on Thursday after a fracas at the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant over the weekend, a police spokesman said.
The winner of the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant, Pushpika De Silva, filed a complaint against Jurie, according to local media reports, after she forcibly removed De Silva’s crown saying she was a divorcee and not qualified to win the title.
Jurie was arrested when she came to a police station to record her statement, deputy inspector general Ajith Rohana, said, adding that she was later released on bail.
Friday, 09 Apr 2021 10:25 AM MYT
Reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie, forcibly removes the Mrs Sri Lanka winner Pushpika De Silva s crown as Jurie declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, during the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 4, 2021. Reuters pic
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COLOMBO, April 9 Colombo police yesterday arrested the current “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 Colombo’s Nelum Pokuna theatre.
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