LAS VEGAS - Miss Philippines was named Miss Universe Sunday in a drama-filled turn worthy of a telenovela.
The pageant’s host, comedian Steve Harvey, misread his cue card which he initially said had Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, as the winner.

She was briefly, very fleetingly, crowned in Las Vegas and started the customary smiling and waving.

But not for long.

As she blew kisses, Harvey awkwardly said "I have to apologize. The first runner up is Colombia."

"Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines," he added, with the Colombian contestant left like a deer in headlights and the actual winner, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, looking stunned.

And all on live television with millions watching from Manila to Manchester.

"It was my fault," Harvey stammered as a perplexed audience held its breath.

"Please don’t hold it against the ladies," added the talk show host.

The contest, held in Las Vegas this year, is wildly popular in Latin America and much of Asia.

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Skandale ved Miss Universe: Den forkerte blev kåret som vinder

En filippiner med tyske aner vinder Miss Universe foran Colombia og USA. Vært udråbte først forkert vinder.

Weekendens anden globale skønhedskonkurrence er endt med en sejr til Filippinerne.

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach fra Filippinerne er kåret som vinder af Miss Universe i Las Vegas foran Miss Colombia og Miss USA, oplyser organisationen bag skønhedskonkurrencen på Twitter.

Men før hun blev kåret som vinder, fik deltageren fra Columbia fejlagtigt kronen på hovedet.

Det skete, idet værten for skønhedskonkurrencen, Steve Harvey, kludrede i det, da spændingen skulle udløses.

Han udråbte først Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, som vinder foran Wurtzbach, men midt under hyldesten af den latinamerikanske skønhed meddelte Steve Harvey pludselig, at han havde læst forkert, og at Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach havde vundet.

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