Wrong victor announced at Miss Universe

Harvey said it was his mistake and that he would take responsibility for not correctly reading the card, which said that contestant Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines was this year’s victor and Miss Colombia was the first runner-up. Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was named Miss Universe. “It was on the card… Please don’t hold it against the ladies”.

Asked how she’d feel about traveling to Latin America after the incident, she said, “I won Miss Universe based on the judges’ vote…”

Steve Harvey made a major mistake. “Luckily some have the bravery to own it & take a step to correct it. Hugs to #MissUniverse2015 wow”, tweeted Audrey Bolte, who described herself as Miss Ohio USA 2012.Alonzo Wurtzbach told reporters after the ceremony that she wished the jilted victor well.

A few minutes after announcing Miss Colombia as the victor of the pageant, the show’s host Steve Harvey walked back on stage. “We congratulate miss Universe Philippines as Miss Universe 2015”, the pageant organizer said. In the end his mistake gave a the Miss Universe pageant a much needed publicity push. “I was actually very close to her already, but I decided that maybe it was bad timing to do it now – to apologize to her for what happened”. I like the way he got out and (apologized).

After Gutirrez had been crowned and was blowing kisses to the crowd, Harvey returned to amend his mistake.

He wrote: “I’d like to apologise wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake”.

Harvey then displayed the card to the cameras to show that he messed up the names.

The gaffe saw #MissUniverse2015 become the biggest trending Twitter hashtag on Sunday and many users expressed their amusement at the mistake: “And the victor is-Miss Information”. As well as the wonderful contestants. They were all incredible, ‘ Harvey added.

“Unfortunately, a live telecast means that human error can come into play”, the organizers said.

The pageants were co-owned by Trump and NBCUniversal.