"I have to apologize."
Those are the words Miss Universe host Steve Harvey was forced to utter — and may regret for years to come — after mistakenly crowning Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, as the winner of the 2015 beauty pageant.She wasn't.
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| Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, front, reacts after she was announced as the new Miss Universe at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was incorrectly named Miss Universe. In back is finalist Miss USA Olivia Jordan. Photo Credit: AP/ John Locher |
After Vega was crowned and was performing the ritual wave to the audience inside the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Harvey came back on stage to deliver the awkward and devastating news.
"The first runner-up is Colombia," Harvey said.
That's when the real winner, Pia Alonzo Wurstbach of the Philippines, began to look around stunned and wondering what had just happened.
"Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines," Harvey said, ending the suspense.
"Listen, folks. Let me just take control of this," Harvey went on to tell the bewildered audience. "This is exactly what's on the card. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake."
The response on the Internet was swift and unkind.
You had one job, one job and it was to read this correctly ! #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/hc8zuHzlPu
— feLIZ navidad (@elizabethxxoo) December 21, 2015
Harvey attempted an apology on Twitter. That did not go well, either, when he misspelled both Colombia and Philippines in the tweet, which has since been deleted.  |
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