I had no clue the annual Miss Universe pageant was being held today and the event went viral thanks to a gaffe by Steve Harvey, the famous TV show personality. He was the host of the Miss Universe 2015 event and after naming the 2nd runners up, 2 countries were left: Colombia and the Philippines. All Harvey was to do was to announce the winner and the other contestant would know she was the runners up. Well, it didn’t go as planned as shown by this following video:
VIDEO: The moment the wrong @MissUniverse was crowned on LIVE television… #sun7 #MissUniverse2015 https://t.co/F2FJaUnQ5s
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) December 21, 2015
In the video, Steve Harvey crowned the contestant from Colombia as the Miss Universe for the year 2015. However, he quickly realized his mistake and was very professional about it and said “I have to apologize” and ended up rectifying the situation by naming the Colombian the 1st runners up. The winner, the contestant from the Philippines was visibly confused about the matter and with an awkward walk to the podium.
People from all over the world reacted to this faux pas made by Steve Harvey and in classic Twitter fashion, an endless stream of memes and vines started populating the timeline.
We're laughing, but Steve Harvey's gonna make millions off a book called "Ladies, Don't Assume That Crown is Permanent."
— Gordon Gartrelle (@mrgartrelle) December 21, 2015
#SteveHarvey be like….. #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/yGIXbhPiwa
— skip (@SkipIsFunnyAF) December 21, 2015
Is it too late now to say sorry? 😂#MissUniverse2015 #SteveHarvey pic.twitter.com/LbY2aGxoPt
— Power 105.1 (@Power1051) December 21, 2015
His Wikipedia page was edited forthrightly
https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/678781195769933825
This meme (probably from a Saturday Night Live sketch) captured the event perfectly
#MissUniverse2015 #SteveHarvey
Pretty much pic.twitter.com/7fQIr02KWJ— morg (@MorganBesmer) December 21, 2015
Poor Leonardo Di Caprio, he had to be included in this mix.
https://twitter.com/abdulamemon/status/678785585235017729
If you ever watched Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s moment after she won an award at the VMAs, you would understand this mem
https://twitter.com/kanyewset/status/678809087270785025
Colombians on Twitter were pretty mad about the error he made
stay classy Colombia pic.twitter.com/eWqbGZ1CWP
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) December 21, 2015
Steve Harvey quickly issued an apology on Twitter, but he ended up making another mistake where he typed “Columbia” instead of Colombia.
I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
Secondly, I'd like to apologize to the viewers at that I disappointed as well. Again it was an honest mistake.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
https://twitter.com/ABSCBNChannel2/status/678816618034495488
https://twitter.com/samuelcnn/status/678780219587694592
We even had the opportunity to see a snapshot of the card Steve Harvey was reading from.
.@IAmSteveHarvey honest mistake ! #MissUniverse2015 #MissPhilippines pic.twitter.com/h87QXMrh7C
— Michelle Young (@MsMichelleYoung) December 21, 2015
It is commendable Steve Harvey apologized about the whole issue but there is an unwritten rule on the web that says “The Internet never forgets” and this incident will be brought up in the future many times.
