The Miss Universe contestant from the Philippines is this year’s winner but for one brief moment on 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 apologise.
Harvey says it was his mistake and that he would take responsibility for not reading the card correctly that named contestant Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach this year’s winner and Colombia the first runner-up.
Here is how the horrible mistake happened moment by moment.
This is Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the Miss Universe contestant from Philippines.