Who is Mrs. World, Irish woman Kate Schneider?
Kate Schneider was crowned Mrs. World 2020 following the resignation of the original winner Caroline Jurie after a bizarre on-stage bust-up at a beauty pageant in Sri Lanka.
Apr 22, 2021
Kate Schneider finished as first runner-up in the Mrs. World 2020 pageant in Las Vegas. kateskate82 Instagram/ georgina vaughan photography Instagram
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An Irish woman has been crowned the new Mrs. World after the reigning titleholder resigned following a bizarre on-stage fracas that saw her attempt to pull the crown off the head of the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant.
Kate Schneider, who initially finished as the first runner-up in the beauty pageant for married women, was crowned the winner after organizers confirmed that original winner Caroline Jurie had resigned.
In this photograph taken on April 4, 2021, winner of Mrs. Sri Lanka 2020 Caroline Jurie (second from left) removes the crown of 2021 winner Pushpika de Silva (centre) as she is disqualified by the jurie over the accusation of being divorced, at a beauty pageant for married women in Colombo. Photo by AFP via Getty Images /AFP via Getty Images
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The Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant descended into chaos at the weekend when a former title holder declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown.
A video of the Sunday event opened with the 2019 winner of the competition and reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie, speaking to the audience shortly after the winner and runners-up were announced in Colombo.
Published April 7, 2021 6:52pm
In this photograph taken on April 4, 2021, the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka 2020 Caroline Jurie (2-L) removes the crown of 2021 winner Pushpika de Silva (C) over the accusation of being divorced, at a beauty pageant for married women in Colombo. AFP The Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant descended into chaos at the weekend when a former title holder declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown. A video of the Sunday event opened with the 2019 winner of the competition and reigning Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, speaking to the audience shortly after the winner and runners-up were announced in Colombo.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Pushpika De Silva said she was not divorced but separated.
The Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant descended into chaos at the weekend when a former title holder declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown.
A video of the Sunday event opened with the 2019 winner of the competition and reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie, speaking to the audience shortly after the winner and runners-up were announced in Colombo. There is a rule that you have to be married and not divorced, so I am taking my first steps, saying that the crown goes to the first runner-up, Jurie said, before walking across the stage to remove the crown from Pushpika De Silva, standing with a bouquet of flowers in her arms.