The reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie, has resigned her title, the organisation running the pageant said late on Tuesday, weeks after she was involved in a controversy at the Mrs Sri Lanka event.

Jurie was arrested and released on bail this month after a fracas at the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant in Colombo, where Jurie forcibly removed the winner’s crown, claiming the other woman was a divorcee and not qualified to win the title.

"Her voluntary resignation decision was made solely by Caroline herself," Mrs World Inc said late on Tuesday, in a news release on social media.

Jurie was not immediately reachable for comment.

Kate Schneider of Ireland, the runner-up in the 2020 contest which Jurie won, will be the new Mrs World 2020, the organisation said.

The organisation had said that it was a local matter for the country's pageant organisers to review and that it would have no bearing on the Mrs World 2021 contest that Sri Lanka will play host to this year.

The winner of the Mrs Sri Lanka pageant, Pushpika De Silva, filed a complaint against Jurie.

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

The winner of the Mrs Sri Lanka contest will compete in the Mrs World contest. Jurie won the Mrs Sri Lanka crown in 2019, and went on to win the Mrs World crown in 2020 in Las Vegas.

Reuters

She wrote on Twitter

Thank you world ��
#crownpurpose

Caroline Jurie

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Mrs World Inc accepted her resignation, saying it was of her own free will.

Mrs Ireland, Kate Schneider who came second becomes Mrs World.

lalasticlala

.......Women and their unending problem Are like zee world,
Extraordinary Everyday!

but atleast she stepdown honorably
unlike one Isa patami in Nigeria..

What a honorable way to step down without much disgrace and drama.

Flavor N'abania at work.
Weldone sir!

People with integrity. Unlike my primitive countrymen.. *spits*

Well .. Good gestures.

...
Someone should please, in not less than 10 sentences explain to me what's going on here

Alex report over to you

I don’t see any beauty here or Miss world isn’t by beauty ?

WHY? Only because it's the most honorable thing to do in the, circumstance!
But, what do we have in the confused, failed & expired contraption!

She could have used her words but nah.
Wish her the best though cos she fought for the right thing.

Na waaa oooo.....

‘ a contestant is not supposed to win a crown because she is divorcee....?

Women are their own worst enemies

Women wahala, e no consign me.

so there's miss world and Mrs world

This babe fine die!

Vicotex:
Flavor N'abania at work.
Weldone sir!

Flavour bawo?

Legalcriminal:
I don’t see any beauty here or Miss world isn’t by beauty ?

Mrs World

Dia papa!

Noted

This is unlike we Africans. Yesterday son of th

Must have a reason beyond her apology on the letter!
Anyways I wonder when African clueless leaders will be tow the noble way called resignation once they are indicted in a mess....

Acidiously:
Everyone is just resigning but Isa Pantami is adamant and resigned to stay put

even western females do like this case but in Africa it's not in their nature.
SMH

@Seniorwriter

Please how can I create a tred here on nairaland? Someone should guide me

Everyone is just resigning but Isa Pantami is adamant and resigned to stay put

voluntary resignation this are people that has human heart not our own people that always want all for themselves.

If na this country, they'd rather die and make their children die than to step down...this pageant get dignity pass bubu and our useless politicians found wanting both from apc and pdp

I believe she is superstitious

To her, the drama that begin with winning the title is bad omen and bad for publicity and PR