“To me, as a Colombian, she is still Miss Universe”, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
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Miss Colombia 2015 Ariadna Gutierrez (L) is mistakenly named Miss Universe 2015 instead of first runner-up during the 2015 during the 2015 MISS UNIVERSE show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, California, on December 20, 2015.
Manny Pacquiao has hailed the victory of the Philippines at the Miss Universe pageant as his nation’s revenge for the fighter’s defeat by Floyd Mayweather.
Now she has reportedly apologised for her comments, with the Miss Universe Germany team issuing a statement on their official Facebook page – shortly before the entire page was pulled down. I think I’d make ’em a co-winner. The claws really come out at 0:45.
The real victor was Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, who looked astonished by the sudden turn of events.
As previously reported by Morning News USA, the Snapchat shows Harvey telling somebody from the production that the teleprompter indicated Miss Colombia was the victor.
“Everything happens for a reason”, Gutierrez said. No one made a mistake.
Miss Australia 2015, Monika Radulovic, said the contestants knew something was wrong when Miss Colombia was announced victor during the Miss Universe 2015 coronation night.
“I had to ask my manager many times, like, ‘Did I really win?”
“To me, our queen is and will remain Miss Universe”. “I feel awful for this young woman”, he said. “It’d be very cool”, Trump said.
“[Gutierrez] was crying and then there was a crowd around her, the girls who were comforting her”, she continued, remembering the emotional fallout backstage.
Standing in the dark Miss Philippines was left flummoxed as the spot light shifted.
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Adding insult to injury, Harvey tweeted an apology in which he misspelled both Colombia and Philippines. “Thank you to all for voting for me”. “I don’t want to take away from this fantastic night and pageant, as well as the wonderful contestants”.
