Miss Universe Pageant host Steve Harvey made a big blunder during Sunday night’s pageant, incorrectly announcing Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, as the pageant winner. Realizing his mistake, Harvey shortly thereafter returned to the stage and announced Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, was the real winner of the Miss Universe Pageant.
VIDEO: The moment the wrong @MissUniverse was crowned on LIVE television… #sun7 #MissUniverse2015 https://t.co/F2FJaUnQ5s
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) December 21, 2015
Meanwhile, last year’s Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, removed the crown from Miss Colombia’s head and placed it on Miss Philippines instead.
Steve Harvey clearly felt terrible about the mistake he made.
“I’d like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines for my huge mistake,” Harvey said on Twitter. “I feel terrible.”
I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
Secondly, I'd like to apologize to the viewers at that I disappointed as well. Again it was an honest mistake.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
Not everyone is reacting kindly to the Family Feud host’s mistake.
The sports world reacts to Steve Harvey's Miss Universe screw up – brutally https://t.co/VuEFuavG9X pic.twitter.com/UbqA76cZOt
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) December 21, 2015
Miss Colombia appeared to take the mistake in stride.
“It’s a very non-traditional crowning moment,” she said backstage following the pageant. “It is very 2015.”
It will be interesting to see if Donald Trump disses Steve Harvey and the entire Miss Universe Pageant Organization for Sunday night’s gaffe.
This is the first pageant to air since WME-IMG acquired the The Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump in September, following his disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants earlier in his campaign.
Did you catch The Miss Universe Pageant tonight? Could you feel the embarrassment both Steve Harvey and Miss Philippines no doubt felt when that inadvertent blunder was made?