The funniest memes and reactions to Steve Harvey announcing wrong victor at

“The name of the victor is not in the prompter, they don’t want the girls to see it”, the source explains, noting that the stage manager did know, but likely did not tell Harvey.

Meanwhile, the Miss Universe Organization released backstage video of both of the women affected by the snafu.

Colombians are obsessed with beauty and pageants are a major draw across social classes.

“The first runner-up is Colombia”, he continued. “I think it was an orchestrated move”, said one Twitter user. “I really couldn’t believe it, I was so upset”, Riek said, adding that she “was really happy for Colombia – she really deserved it”.

So was Harvey’s Miss Universe gaffe amusing or stupid?

Most people backed up Harvey and said it was an honest mistake, while a few cringed. “Miss Colombia was marvelous and spectacular”, the leader said via his country’s counsul general in NYC.

Sure, it’s pretty amusing that Steve Harvey made such a huge mistake, but it had a real impact on the contestants. Host Steve Harvey accidentally formally announced to tens of millions across the world in that the crown belonged to the incorrect contestant, even letting Ariadna celebrate and honor with her family & parade across the stage. “We witnessed that tonight when the wrong victor was initially announced”.

Some journalists blamed Donald Trump, saying they could find no financial record confirming that he had indeed sold the rights to the pageant as he said he did in September.

Oprah Winfrey from the classic moment when she announced she’d be giving a free vehicle to everyone in her audience, but announcing everyone would be crowned Miss Universe instead.

“I can’t help but think of Ariadna”, Wurtzbach told ET’s Nischelle Turner, who asked if she’d spoken to Gutierrez after the chaos.

The new Miss Universe admitted she’s “still in awe of everything”, and that she half expects the tiara to be taken away from her, too. “Are you going to take the crown from me now?’ And they (said), ‘No, no, you’re really the victor'”.