Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach Opens Up About Sharing The Miss Universe Crown With Miss Colombia; Steve Harvey Still Hasn’t Met With Miss Colombia

by Tony Sokol / Jan 06, 2016 10:38 AM EST
Miss Philippines 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach

In a major entertainment fail, Steve Harvey accidentally crowned wrong winner of Miss Universe 2015.

Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach was crowned Miss Universe on December 20, but Pageant host Steve Harvey first named Miss Colombia Adriadna Gutierrez as the new Miss Universe before he realized he made a mistake.

Moments after Steve Harvey crowned Miss Colombia the winner of the Miss Universe title he took it back and announced the Miss Universe winner was actually Miss Philippines, not Miss Colombia, leading to suggestions that the two women share the crown.

"I think it would be a little difficult for two girls to share a crown," Wurtzbach told Good Morning America Monday. "But I have high hopes that this will give great opportunities for me and Miss Colombia, and the rest of the contestants."

Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach, the new Miss Universe, isn't taking off the crown, but doesn't hold it against Harvey. Pia said the host of The Steve Harvey Show and Family Feud is a "breath of fresh air."

"Yeah, why not?" Wurtzbach told the media. "I think he's a breath of fresh air. He made us feel very relaxed, the contestants. It makes us show our personalities a little bit more. I think that benefits everybody, especially the viewers."

The former Miss Philippines understood the gaffe.

"The way it was written, it was a little confusing," she said. "I understand. It was his first time to judge a pageant, but it's OK. He's human. People make mistakes."

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez revealed that she "cried a ton" after she was declared the winner of the Miss Universe pageant by host Steve Harvey

"I went up to my parents' room and, obviously, I was very sad, I was in bad shape, I was crying. I cried a ton that night," the 22-year-old Gutierrez Spanish-language network Univision.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez is in favor of splitting the title.

"It was very humiliating for me, but also for the whole country and for all the people not only from Colombia but the other Latinos that were in the auditorium," Gutiérrez was recently quoted in a radio station interview.

Pia Angela Alonzo Wurtzbach was born on September 24, 1989. She was once professionally known as Pia Romero. The new Miss Universe is a Filipina-German actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2015 on March 15, 2015.

"Immediately after it happened, they asked the pageant people to come to the press conference," Harvey admitted on his first Steve Harvey Morning Show segment of the New Year.

"I wasn't scheduled to be at a press conference, so I went to the press conference and made all the apologies there ... Here's the situation: Now, when the mistake was made, when I said the wrong woman's name, I can only give information I had. No one knows, and that information is not in the teleprompter because you've got two women standing there. I read what was on the teleprompter, then I read what was on the card."

Harvey took to Twitter to apologize for the mistake.

"I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible," Harvey tweeted. "I don't want to take away from this amazing night and pageant. As well as the wonderful contestants. They were all amazing."

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