It could have been two Miss Universe titles in a row for Colombia but soon after Guiterrez took her first walk as the winner, the host admitted to have made a mistake in announcing the winner
Los Angeles: Miss Universe 2015 host Steve Harvey wrongfully declared Miss Colombia the winner when she was the first runner-up.
Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the contestant from the Philippines, had won the Miss Universe 2015 crown after beating 80 beauties across the world.
A contrite Harvey fixed his mistake quickly.
“OK folks… I have to apologize,” he told a confused crowd in Las Vegas.
“Let me just take control of this. This is exactly what’s on the card. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake. It was on the card.”
Moments before, Miss ColombiaIt could have been two Miss Universe titles in a row for Colombia but soon after Guiterrez took her first walk as the
winner, the host admitted to have made a mistake in announcing the winner was crowned. Guiterrez jumped with joy after the host took her country’s name as the winner. She was crowned by another Colombian beauty — Paulina Vega, who had clinched the crown in 2014. Guiterrez weaved a Colombian flag, smiled broadly and blew kisses at the audience.
When Harvey returned to the stage, Wurtzbach appeared at a loss of what to do.
Stunned, she walked to the front of the stage, where the coveted crown was taken off the head of Miss Colombia and put on hers.
Harvey later took to Twitter to apologise, but he made another misstep when he misspelled both Colombia and the Philippines in an initial tweet. That message was deleted.
“I don’t want to take away from this amazing night and pageant. As well as the wonderful contestants. They were all amazing,” Harvey wrote.
Indian beauty Urvashi Rautela could not make it to the final 15. It’s been 15 years since India won the Miss Universe title. Lara Dutta was crowned back in 2000. PTI
