Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant winner stripped of her new crown by previous year’s winner onstage

The conclusion of this year’s Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant took a shocking turn when the previous year’s winner took to the stage to forcibly remove the crown from the winner’s head, awarding it to the runner-up instead because she claimed the rules disqualified the winning woman for being divorced.

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