Rodgil Flores
Obviously owing to its twelve-year streak in the Miss Universe Pageant, highlighted by the two wins scored by Pia Wurztbach in 2015 and Catriona Gray in 2018, the Philippines has clearly established itself as Asia’s powerhouse in the world most prestigious beauty competition. While
Jeremy Jauncey and Pia Wurztbach (Instagram) In the past year, no pandemic restrictions prevented beauty queen and actress Pia Wurtzbach from travelling to the world's most exotic locations like Morocco, Seychelles, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Maldives. While Pia already travelled a lot during
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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.