Allegations that the 2022 Miss USA pageant was rigged has rocked the beauty pageant community in recent days - but this certainly isn t the first time that the competition has faced scandal.
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Earlier this month, Mrs World 2020 Caroline Jurie made headlines when she pulled the crown off Pushpika de Silva s head just minutes after being declared the winner of Mrs Sri Lanka 2020.
In 2015, Steve Harvey wrongfully announced that Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez had won the competition when it was Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach who took the title.
In 2015, runner-up Sheislane Hayalla snatched Carol Toledo s crown off her head before throwing it on the ground and storming off the stage in a rage.
Although
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As any fan of beauty pageants will tell you – and there are still many – the high-stakes competitions are never short of drama behind the scenes, irrespective of where they are held.
And sometimes, as was witnessed at the Mrs Sri Lanka World contest last week, the theatrics can spill on to the stage on live TV.
Reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie on Saturday announced she was giving up her crown following her arrest after she unceremoniously snatched the crown from this year’s Mrs Sri Lanka winner and gave it to a runner-up. Jurie, who is also from Sri Lanka, made the shock move after Pushpika de Silva was crowned in a video that has since gone viral.