Sri Lanka arrests ‘Mrs World’ after on-stage fracas, assault
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Jurie detained for pulling crown off de Silva minutes after she was declared Mrs Sri Lanka 2020 and causing damage.
Colombo police has arrested the current Mrs World on charges of assault over an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the new Mrs Sri Lanka. Caroline Jurie yanked the crown off Pushpika de Silva minutes after she was declared Mrs Sri Lanka 2020 at a gala at Colombo’s Nelum Pokuna Theatre on Sunday. Jurie was the previous year’s Mrs Sri Lanka and had gone on to win the Mrs World competition.
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