Steve Harvey Clowned on Social Media After Announcing the Wrong Miss Universe
“I came to be myself, and I answered the questions really honestly and felt great about it all”, she said. Despite the total fail, Miss Colombia remained very graceful during her post-show interviews.
Adding more fuel to the drama now is Miss German Sarah-Lorraine Riek.
He told philboxing.com: ‘Courage is grace under pressure – this is what Pia showed in the middle of the confusion and controversy that marked her coronation as the new Miss Universe.
“Thank you for voting for me”, said Gutiérrez who insisted that she wasn’t annoyed with the whole embarrassing fiasco. He said, “We started a huge celebration when they said Colombia had won the Miss Universe title for the second straight year”.
In the aftermath of the ceremony, Harvey told gathered reporters, “Nobody feels worse about this than me”.
Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (center) is surrounded by contestants after being crowned Miss Universe at the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada December 20, 2015.
Both Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia took to social media after the surprising ending to the pageant.
It was the pageant’s first time on the Fox network, and the Nielsen company said the contest was seen in the United States by 6.2 million people – strong numbers for the network.
Outside of the television cameras’ view, Miss Colombia’s Miss Universe sash was taken off her and the flowers taken out of her hands as she began to cry.
The beauty pageant’s presenter Steve Harvey had accidentally announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the victor.
He said he re-read the card and noticed it said “first runner-up” next to the Colombia contestant’s name before he asked producers if he had made a mistake.
Miss Universe pagaent saw the contestants from different nations across the world.
Wurtzbach later said she was happy to win, but confused and concerned for her rival.
Miss Colombia had it all for just a few minutes.
Mr Trump now says he thinks they should share the crown.