Sri Lanka, April 6 -- The Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant 2021 held at the Nelum Pokuna Theater on Sunday night ended in a scrimmage with reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie stripping the crown off the winner.

Pushpika De Silva, contestant number 20 was announced as Mrs. Sri Lanka in the presence of former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayke (herself a winner of the Mrs World title) and Chandimal De Silva.

A tense situation arose when former Mrs. Sri Lanka Caroline Jurie hastily entered the stage and accused Mrs. Pushpika De Silva of being a divorcee and therefore ineligible to take part in the Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant. In the next minute Jurie stripped contestant number 20 of her crown and crowned the first runner-up as th...