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Miss Universe crowns wrong beauty queen in live TV gaffe

(Agencies) Updated: 2015-12-22 10:18

Miss Universe crowns wrong beauty queen in live TV gaffe

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) stands by as Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega places the sash on Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec 20, 2015. Miss Colombia was originally announced as the winner but the host Steve Harvey made a mistake, show officials said. [Photo/Agencies]

The eventual winner, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, a Filipino-German actress and model born in Stuttgart and raised in Cagayan de Oro, was initially runner-up.

But them Harvey announced to the audience that he had made a gaffe.

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