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Colombia seethes at ‘stolen’ Miss Universe crown
The correct victor is Miss Philippines.
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From President Juan Manuel Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, millions of Colombians who tuned in for Sunday’s pageant screamed joyously when it was announced that Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo had won this year’s crown.
Miss Universe host Steve Harvey may have been set up to fail by a poorly designed cue card when he incorrectly announced Miss Colombia had won over Miss Philippines.
It was about as awkward as live TV could get – wiping away tears of joy, Miss Colombia was still blowing air kisses to fans when the host interrupted the celebrations to say he’d made a mistake.
Wurtzbach reacts after she is called back to the stage so that she could be crowned Miss Universe.
“I was confused. I wasn’t sure what was going on”, Pia said to Entertainment Tonight in a backstage interview on Sunday night.
It was also a proud moment for Filipina beauty queens and past Miss Universe finalists Miriam Quiambao, Venus Raj, and Ariella Arida as Wurtzbach brought home the crown.
Pia is the 3rd Miss Philippines to win the Miss Universe pageant.
A video doing the rounds online showed what transpired in the “viral” photo (shown above) while Miss Colombia was being comforted by other candidates, and Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (left) being “ignored”.
In another surprise update to the Miss Universe 2015 scandal, Colombian lawyers are now preparing to file a lawsuit against Miss Universe! I’m happy for all of what I did, for becoming this dream.
Miss Philippines was then declared the victor.
“Adriana Gutierrez was Miss Universe for four and a half minutes”, Colombia’s Caracol news network headlined a story about the bungle on the front page of its website.
Harvey immediately apologized for the mistake calling it a “human error”, and apologized on Twitter. She says in the heat of the moment there is a lot of pressure.
Radulovic, who belonged to the pageant’s top five, said that she felt “terrible” for Gutierrez and Wurtzbach.
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However, despite the loss of Miss France Flora Coquerel, the 23-year-old German beauty said that she is happy for Miss Colombia’s brief win.