Miss Universe: Steve Harvey shares apology to Miss Philippines on Instagram

He told philboxing.com: ‘Courage is grace under pressure – this is what Pia showed in the middle of the confusion and controversy that marked her coronation as the new Miss Universe’.

The Miss Universe pageant and host Steve Harvey doubled down on the apologies after an excruciating live television moment – announcing incorrectly that Miss Colombia had won and then taking the crown from her head to give to a rival from the Philippines.

Adding more fuel to the drama now is Miss German Sarah-Lorraine Riek.

Furthermore, following the announcement, some of the other contestants, including Miss Germany, could be seen comforting Miss Colombia and not congratulating Miss Philippines. “Secondly, I’d like to apologize to the viewers at that I disappointed as well”.

Wurtzbach later said she was happy to win but confused and concerned for her rival. Newscasts devoted nearly 20 minutes to dissecting every detail of the pageant’s confusing end – from the tweets by a member of the jury celebrating Gutierrez’s win to a front-row audience member’s alleged slipping of a cue card to Harvey – as reporters looked for clues of what many Colombians believe was a scripted ending to rob their country of its rightful crown and produce higher TV ratings.

Harvey, who was hosting the contest for the first time, said he reread the card and noticed it said “first runner-up” next to the Colombia contestant’s name before he asked producers if he had made a mistake. Colombia was listed as the first runner-up, and he’d been confused with how it was written. “For me Miss France as the real victor”, she stated in an interview uploaded to Fb page Missosology. “We feel very proud”.

“It is my mistake”, he said. Even the president was upset.

“I was watching Miss Universe with my family”.

Some journalists blamed Donald Trump, saying they could find no financial record confirming that he had indeed sold the rights to the pageant as he said he did in September. Trump said if he were still in charge of the show, he would make the women share the title.

Harvey, the comedian, found himself the butt of Internet jokes Monday.

On Australia’s Next Top Model, the wrong victor was also announced.