Posted on 12/20/2015 10:57:38 PM PST by Steelfish
Host Steve Harvey Crowns Wrong Miss Universe By EMILY KNAPP Dec 21, 2015 PHOTO: Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega, center, removes the crown from Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, left, before giving it to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, right, at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas.John Locher/AP Photo
Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega, center, removes the crown from Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, left, before giving it to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, right, at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. Gutierrez was incorrectly named the winner before Wurtzbach was given the Miss Universe crown.
The Miss Universe crown went this year to the contestant from the Philippines, but only after the runner-up from Colombia was accidentally crowned.
Host Steve Harvey says he made a mistake and didn't read the card correctly when he announced that the contestant from Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, had won. She had already been crowned by the previous year's Miss Universe, also from Colombia, when Harvey returned to the stage to apologize.
The crown was removed from Aravelo's head and placed on the mystified Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the contestant from the Philippines.
Harvey later tweeted his apology, saying he felt "terrible" for his "huge mistake."
Harvey first tweeted, "I want to apologize emphatically to Miss Philippians and Miss Columbia. This was a terribly honest human mistake and I am so regretful," but deleted the tweet, correcting "Philippians" to "Philippines" and "Columbia" to "Colombia" in his second attempt.
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Someone said it happened in 2013 also. Except...it was Miss Universe Canada....not the same contest. Nice try though.
Wow, the most awkward moment in history?
Can’t read, can’t spell ... No wonder he couldn’t grasp the runner up concept. Second runner up, first, etc are like double negatives and add to the confusion when one has limited education. First place and first runner up come from opposite ends.
It has. Over and over, but the MSM covers him. Remember "corpsemen" and "breathalyzer" and "my muslim faith"?
His show likes to belittle white people.
If the roles were reversed he would never work in that industry ever again.
He is dead to me.
Harvey is a low information voter.
An affirmative action hire.
Whoever hired this moron probably has legal grounds not to pay him.
From a class clown in high school -
To err is human; to forgive is bovine
It did, but the MSM covered for him. Remember 58 states and corpsemen?
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