The newly topped Miss Sri Lanka New York lashed out on the rumors circulating in regards to the chaotic brawl on the pageant’s after-party on Staten Island.
Angelia Gunasekara aimed to quell the obvious rumour in a video assertion posted to Fb on Wednesday, the place she mentioned the pageant’s 14 contestants had “completely nothing to do with” Friday’s melee.
“It’s very upsetting to see articles written about us saying that this altercation had occurred as a result of we have been combating for the crown, as a result of there have been boyfriends concerned and I used to be combating. All these rumors are false,” Gunasekara mentioned.
Gunasekara mentioned the fracas was instigated by “two people within the viewers” at The Vanderbilt in South Seaside — not anybody who was straight concerned in New York’s first-ever Miss Sri Lanka magnificence pageant.
A pageant organizer informed The Publish Tuesday that each one the contestants have been contained in the constructing whereas the scuffle came about exterior.
Video captured the melee, which started with shoving however rapidly erupted after a number of males started throwing punches, sending their victims to the ground. Some partygoers tried to intervene, however couldn’t cease the barrage of firsts being thrown within the kerfuffle. Screaming could possibly be heard as the lads pounced on each other.
At the very least one tiara-wearing girl was caught within the tussle, video reveals.
Miss Sri Lanka New York Angelia Gunasekara claims not one of the contestants have been concerned within the brawl.
Gunasekara mentioned the fracas was instigated by “two people within the viewers.”
Screams could possibly be heard because the argument erupted into bodily combating.
The combat brought on widespread criticism, a lot of which descended into racial stereotypes that combating is “typical conduct of village Sri Lankans.”
Gunasekara pleaded together with her Fb viewers to push again towards the rumors, which she mentioned are overshadowing the cash the pageant raised for a Sri Lanka hospital amid financial turmoil within the nation.
“It will be very useful as a result of we haven’t had a single second to really feel or simply embrace the success, all the hassle, all of the help that we had given and had gotten from all of the folks round us,” Gunasekara mentioned.
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