Watch The Moment Miss Philippines Gets Universe Crown After Huge Mistake

Because of the snafu, the live Fox broadcast on East Coast ran over about two minutes. “Miss Colombia was marvelous and spectacular”, the leader said via his country’s counsul general in NYC.

While announcing the results, Wurtzbach was announced as the first runner-up and Miss Colombia Ariadna Guiterrez was named as the victor. But when asked by the president’s sister, Kris Aquino, on her talk show “Aquino & Abunda Tonight” whether she was dating Aquino, Wurtzbach would only say, “I know him”.

#I don’t want to take away from this fantastic night and pageant. “I feel awful.” Wurtzbach, appearing at the behind the scenes after the competition, stated that “it is a very non-conventional crowning moment”.

Germany refused to explain more about her previous statement, but added, “We really like Colombia and we’re really happy for her”. “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”.

He later wrote on his Twitter account that he apologized wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines for his huge mistake. Trump made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants when he announced his bid for president, causing Spanish language network Univision to pull out from broadcasting Miss Universe and NBC to cut business ties with Trump.

He softened his tone later, calling Harvey a “great guy” who handled it well.

“Things happen”, he said.

ET reached out to Harvey for comment, but have been told the comedian is “unavailable”. In back is finalist Miss USA Olivia Jordan. And a transcribing error caused the wrong author’s name to be announced for a National Book Award in 2011.