New York: The first-ever Miss Sri Lanka beauty pageant held in New York’s Staten Island ended in a brawl. The physical fight broke out at the after-party on Friday and the video has gone viral on social media.
It shows men and women raining blows on each other at the event, which was attended by more than 300 guests. According to South China Morning Post, it was not clear what triggered the clash in which some property was also damaged.
It further said that multiple arrests were made in connection with the brawl.
The SCMP report said that the organisers decided to hold the event on State Island as it is home to a large number of Sri Lankans who migrated to the US, and because they wanted to help the island nation which is in a “difficult condition”.
Miss Sri Lanka New York after party – video 2 pic.twitter.com/sp94xPe4lK
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This comes a year after the reigning Mrs Sri Lanka was arrested for snatching the crown from the head of a rival she said should’ve been disqualified because she was divorced.
The incident has made the social media users from Sri Lanka angry, who said that such behaviour tarnishes their image in the United States.
