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Miss Universe epic fail as wrong winner announced

Steve Harvey, you had one job...

In an almighty Live TV blunder, the wrong winner of Miss Universe 2015 was announced as Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, by host Steve Harvey.

Minutes later he told a Live audience,“I have to apologise. There’s been a mistake.

“The first runner-up is Colombia. Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines!”

A shocked Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo was as stunned as the audience when asked to take her victory walk in front of an already-crowned Miss Colombia.

The massive blunder sent social media into meltdown, and is reminiscent of the infamous Australia’s Next Top Model disaster when Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong winner.

With the audience reeling from the U-turn, host Steve Harvey held up the card to the audience to show Philippines as the correct winner.

“I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake. It was on the card. Horrible mistake…,” he said.

“It is my mistake. Still a great night. Please don’t hold it against the ladies.”

Australia’s entrant Monika Radulovic, was one of the top 5 finalists, wearing a Dame Edna-inspired dress in the bizarre national costume section.

Updated: In a tragic post-script to the event, Reuters reports one person was killed and at least 14 were injured when a car ran into pedestrians outside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino where the Miss Universe pageant was being held.

14 Responses

  1. Humans make mistake and I get it. But I disagree with some people who praised the host for coming back to the stage to own up to his mistake and rectified the mistake…after a couple of minutes later!!. That was the only way to fix this embarrassment and the host does not deserve any credit for doing that. And to ask the whole world not to hold it against the ladies. How patronising! And to to follow up with an apology in a tweet by misspelling both countries? Apology should be accepted and move on. But praise should not be given to the host. I would be devastated if a woman in my life encountered this humiliation.

    1. I’m with Rutzie on this.There was a Miss World comp on in the last day or two yet barely any mention in the media.Do a blunder like this and the event is one of the top news stories.

  2. Survey says, Steve made a mistake. (He is also the US Family Feud host)

    You could also say in response to the question “Will Steve Harvey host Miss Universe again?” with a buzzer sound.

    My mind first went like those remarks.

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