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Chloë Moretz goes on Twitter rampage after Miss Universe – but the presenter’s
The apology could have been meant either for the rightful victor, the Philippines’ Pia Wurtzbach, or for Colombia’s Ariadna Gutierrez, who briefly wore the crown in error.
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Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega, center, removes the crown from Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, left, before giving it to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, right, at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in…
“I have to apologize”, he said. Eventually, the crown was transferred to Wurtzbach.
In an extremely dramatic climax to the Miss Universe 2015 competition, Miss Colombia was declared the victor.
An executive with pageant owner WME-IMG, Mark Shapiro, said Harvey caught the mistake and corrected it on his own, saying he wanted to make a wrong into a right. He held up the card to the Fox network cameras so the audience could see there was no foul play, merely a simple and honest mistake. Miss Colombia herself is being laughed at and was called “Miss Universe for 3 minutes” in Colombian headlines. The Las Vegas Strip was soon jammed with ambulances and fire trucks, and authorities said at least 30 people were taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries and one person was killed.
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“We started a huge celebration when they said Colombia had won the Miss Universe title for the second straight year”, Santos told Radio Nacional on Monday. The previous Miss Universe on NBC, in January, reached 7.7 million people. The incident was the most embarrassing and awkward moment in the history of the pageant. Trump subsequently sold the pageant and tweeted after the flub that it “would never have happened” on his watch. He softened his tone later that morning in an interview on NBC’s Today Show, calling Harvey a “great guy” who handled it well. He thought it would be wise for the Miss Universe 2015 organizers to make the two ladies “co-winners” instead. Neither event happened on live television, however.