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COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Mrs. World Caroline Jurie has called on Sri Lankan authorities to regulate beauty pageants in Sri Lanka and to create an equal and fair stage for all.
In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Jurie noted that Sri Lanka must become one of the first countries to regulate the pageant industry.
“Regulating the legal framework for contestant agreements is a vital factor, Caroline Jurie noted adding that regulations should be designed to attract overseas investments transparently and effectively.
“The financial and operational procedures of a pageant should be audited by an independent and qualified external party, to provide an audit opinion on financial conducts and conclusion over the effectiveness of the control upon internal operational procedures,” she noted.
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.
2021-04-21 10:35:57 GMT2021-04-21 18:35:57(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) The international Mrs. World Inc. Organization, on Wednesday said it had accepted the resignation of Mrs. World Caroline Jurie, a Sri Lankan national after she had decided to hand over her crown.
Mrs. World, in a statement on Wednesday said that following Jurie s resignation, the first runner up at last year s international pageant, Mrs. Ireland World, Kate Schneider, will now become the new Mrs. World 2020.
Caroline Jurie was crowned the Mrs. World 2020 and was to hold the international crown till December this year. But she had decided to hand over her crown after she uncrowned the Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021 winner in a pageant held in Colombo in early April, claiming the winner was a divorcee and therefore was ineligible to contest in the Mrs. World 2021 international pageant to be held in December.
The reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie, has resigned her title after her arrest
Pushpika De Silva, 31, won title during ceremony in Colombo earlier this month
Previous winner Caroline Jurie, 28, who is also Mrs World, snatched the crown
Event organiser since confirmed Ms De Silva is not divorcee and returned crown
Police confirmed Jurie and another model involved in on-stage fracas arrested