Reigning Mrs. World steps in weeks after controversy

Reigning Ms World Caroline Jurie, forcibly removes the crown from Ms Sri Lanka winner Pushpika De Silva, as Jurie stated that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, during the Ms Sri Lanka election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 4, 2021. REUTERS / Gimhana Pathirana

Ms World reigning Caroline Jurie has resigned her title, the organization that led the election said late Tuesday, weeks after being involved in a controversy at Ms Sri Lanka’s event.

Jurie was arrested and released on bail this month following a fracas in the Ms Sri Lanka election in Colombo, where Jurie forcibly removed the winner’s crown, claiming that the other woman was a divorcee and was not qualified to hold the title. to win. read more

“Her decision to step down voluntarily was made solely by Caroline herself,” Ms. World Inc. said late in a press release on social media on Tuesday.

Jurie was not immediately available for comment.

Ireland’s Kate Schneider, second in the competition won by Jurie in 2020, will be the new Mrs World 2020, the organization said.

The organization had said it was a local matter for the country’s election organizers to judge and that it would not affect the Mrs World 2021 competition that Sri Lanka will host this year.

The winner of Ms Sri Lanka’s election, Pushpika De Silva, filed a complaint against Jurie. read more

Jurie was arrested when she visited a police station to record her statement.

The winner of the Mrs Sri Lanka contest will participate in the Mrs World contest. Jurie won the Mrs Sri Lanka crown in 2019 and won the Mrs World crown in Las Vegas in 2020.

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