Miss Colombia mistakenly announced as winner

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States – The Miss Universe contestant from the Philippines is this year’s winner but for one brief moment Sunday evening, it appeared as if it might be a repeat win for Colombia. Colombia contestant Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo was already wearing the crown as this year’s Miss Universe winner when host Steve Harvey returned to the stage to apologize. Harvey said it was his mistake and that he would take responsibility for not reading the card correctly that named contestant Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines this year’s winner and Colombia the first runner-up. A mystified Wurtzbach appeared stunned as she walked to the front of the stage alongside the crown-wearing Arevalo before last year’s Miss Universe from Colombia removed the crown and placed it on Wurtzbach’s head instead. The competition started with women representing 80 countries between the ages of 19 and 27. For the first [...]