Miss Universe crowns wrong beauty queen in live TV gaffe

Updated: 2015-12-22 10:18

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Miss Universe crowns wrong beauty queen in live TV gaffe

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) is crowned by Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega, also of Colombia, after Gutierrez was initially announced as the winner during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec 20, 2015. Host Steve Harvey said he made a mistake when reading the card and and Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is the actual winner. [Photo/Agencies]

Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, 21, of Sincelejo, Colombia, had already been crowned by Miss Universe of 2014, Paulina Vega of Barranquilla, Colombia, who was forced to remove the crown and give it to Miss Philippines. Olivia Jordan, 27, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, finished third.

"I'd like to apologize whole heartedly to Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines for my huge mistake," Harvey said on Twitter.

"I feel terrible."

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