BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) —This beauty pageant-obsessed South American nation celebrated for about two minutes what appeared to be an unprecedented feat: back-to-back Miss Universe titles.
From President Juan Manuel Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, Colombians shouted in joy when it was announced that Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo had won this year’s crown.
But the celebrating turned to shouts of anger seconds later as host Steve Harvey announced on live television from Las Vegas that he had mistakenly read from the cue card. The contestant from the Philippines was the new Miss Universe, not Miss Colombia.
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