The Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant winner, who got her crown yanked off by last year’s winner, regained it in a ceremony on Tuesday, reported AFP. Pushpika de Silva was on Sunday named Mrs Sri Lanka for 2020, but her crown was snatched away by last year’s winner, Caroline Jurie. The reigning champion claimed that de Silva wan’t eligible as she was divorced.

“I forgive everyone involved in this incident,”de Silva said on Tuesday, reported AFP.

“If anyone thinks they can obstruct me by doing this type of thing, they will not succeed. I am an iron woman,” she said.

The Mrs Sri Lanka winner, who was hospitalised over Sunday’s incident, said she planned to launch legal action against her alleged attacker.

To qualify for the title, contestants must be married. De Silva is estranged from her husband, but they are still legally married.

Organisers said they were claiming compensation from Jurie for damages to the stage and backstage dressing rooms where several mirrors were smashed.

“We are also holding an inquiry,” said the local franchise-holder of the event, Chandimal Jayasinghe.

Jurie, who is the reigning “Mrs World”, has also been accused by organisers of bringing disrepute to the event.

It was broadcast live on social media platforms.

Chandimal Jayasinghe told reporters in Sri Lanka they were “deeply disturbed and sincerely regret” the behaviour of Jurie.

Meanwhile, social media is abuzz with demands to strip Jurie off her title to teach her what “humiliation” is. There has been no comment by Jurie since Sunday’s scuffle.