The State Ministry of Women and Child Development, Preschool and Primary Education, and School Infrastructure and School Services, in the wake of recent controversies involving beauty pageants and the modelling industry, is to put forward a Cabinet paper seeking to regulate beauty pageants.
Speaking to The Morning, the State Minister of Women and Child Development, Preschool and Primary Education, and School Infrastructure and School Services Piyal Nishantha De Silva said that he would present the said Cabinet paper soon in order prevent the recurrence of incidents which disgrace the country.
“This regulation is not to discourage the private sector which facilitates such pageants but to encourage them. The Government would help organise such events and give financial support under the regulatory aspect,” he added.
According to De Silva, incidents akin to the one that took place at the Mrs Sri Lanka for Mrs World 2021 pageant finale held in Colombo recently should never take place in the future.
“This incident brought down the respect of our women. Therefore, any event using the name of Sri Lanka must be monitored in the future.”
He said that discussions have already commenced to formulate guidelines in order to regulate private events related to women and children and that the State Ministry would have a dialogue with private organisations to reach a consensus on the matter.
During the finale of the pageant, at the time Mrs World 2020 Caroline Jurie along with a model had forcibly uncrowned the winner of the Mrs Sri Lanka 2021 contest, Pushpika De Silva, over claims that the latter was divorced. She had thereafter crowned the first runner-up as the winner.
However, De Silva issued a statement saying that she was not a divorcee and filed legal action against Jurie, alleging that she had suffered injuries in the incident. The organisers of the event later re-crowned De Silva.
Jurie was arrested over the de-crowning incident and was enlarged on bail. She subsequently informed Mrs World Inc. that she is relinquishing her title as Mrs World 2020 and as a result, Kate Schneider from Ireland was named Mrs World 2020.
Women Ministry to submit Cabinet paper to regulate beauty pageants
23 Apr 2021
Women Ministry to submit Cabinet paper to regulate beauty pageants
23 Apr 2021
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