(12-21-2015 10:26 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  

(12-21-2015 09:55 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Harvey compounded things when he took to twitter later and misspelled both Colombia and Philippines:

Looks to me like his phone auto-corrected those two words and he didn't notice.

What a lame excuse. Just turn off auto-correct. Your phone will sometimes underline misspelled words giving you the opportunity to manually correct them if they are indeed wrong. In other cases you can select a word to get a proposed spelling if it looks like it is spelled wrong. If it is spelled wrong it will get a pink highlight and a pop up menu will list possible choices.

My guess is he was in a hurry and it appeared right so he went with it. Why not retweet an apology for the original tweet

Painful to watch.

(12-21-2015 09:47 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(12-21-2015 09:43 AM)NanoDawg Wrote:  something was very wrong or the whole thing was staged.
If you look at the card - there would be no way in hell for someone to miss read between the 1st runner up and Miss Universe.
And it took the whole 5 minutes before he came out to correct it. This isn't a mistake.

No, I believe it was Steve Harvey's honest mistake. He had been reading and announcing the results weird all evening. Very stilted and nervous. He also was awkward during the question and answer segments with the finalists.

The thing I was surprised about was that Miss Dominican Republic was not in the final 5. I think she was way better than Miss Columbia.

Way better?.... .........I didn't watch the pageant, but that would be very hard to do.

Miss Germany Speaks Out About Miss Universe 2015 Blunder, Apologizes For Outrage She Caused
by: Alexandria Ingham December 22, 2015

Miss Germany is the latest Miss Universe 2015 contestant to weigh in on the blunder made on Sunday night. After causing outrage with her comments, she has since apologized.

Her team made an announcement on the official Miss Germany Facebook page, but the page has since been completely removed by the social media giant. People have posted screenshots of the apology, which some say is not enough, considering the words that Sarah-Lorraine shared after the pageant.



On Sunday Night, Miss Universe was in the spotlight for an unbelievable blunder when presenter Steve Harvey announced the wrong name. Instead of saying the first runner-up was Miss Colombia, he announced her as the winner. Some of the Miss Universe 2015 contestants have said that they could instantly see that a mistake was made. Miss Australia explained that the teleprompter had told the actual winner, Miss Philippines, to take her victory walk. Miss Philippines did not see this, and she joined the other women who had been unsuccessful. Miss Colombia was crowned and then had to hand over the crown again when the mistake was noticed.

Miss Germany stood out as the most controversial contestant since Sunday night, with many taking to social media explaining that her comments are the reason she did not even make the top 15 women in the pageant. She said that none of the girls voted for Miss Philippines, and she did not deserve it. For her, Miss France was the true winner, but she did admit that Miss Colombia deserved it.

“Miss Universe-Germany Sarah-Lorraine feels sorry for her colleague and friend Miss Colombia. This must have been the worst nightmare. She never intended to offend Miss Philippines in any way. She feels sorry for both girls. She is really sorry if the video suggests anything else than that,” Miss Germany’s official Facebook statement explained.

Miss Colombia has been praised for the way she handled the situation. Moments after the Miss Universe blunder, she explained that “everything happens for a reason,” and the disappointed runner-up was not angry about the mix-up or at Harvey. Wiping away tears, she thanked those who did vote for her. Miss Philippines has not said much about the mistake, except that it was “very 2015,” according to the Daily Mirror.

Steve Harvey is reportedly extremely embarrassed by his Miss Universe 2015 blunder, according to Hollywood Life. An anonymous source says that he is usually very funny and laughs situations off, but he is very sorry for the confusion and the embarrassment caused to both final contestants on Sunday night. He did not mean to do it, despite many claiming that it was all a publicity stunt. Some people did take to social media to say that they would not have known about Miss Universe had the blunder not happened and made the worldwide mainstream news.

Harvey will reportedly stay out of the public eye for the next few days to get over the embarrassment. Unfortunately for the Family Feud host, his mistake will not be forgotten for a long time.



The whole world is talking about the situation. Donald Trump, the former owner of Miss Universe, said that the mistake would not have happened if he was still in charge. While commending Harvey’s actions on the night, he said that he would have crowned both winners.

Pia Wurtzbach, better known as Miss Philippines and now 2015’s Miss Universe winner, says that she was not sure whether to actually go up after being told of the blunder. Pia explained that she was concerned about a second mistake, and she did not want any further embarrassment. It was why she remained with the other women while Miss USA encouraged her to go back to the front of the stage. The winner was also looking for cues from members of staff to see what she should do, but they were just as confused as she was over the blunder.

In the end, Harvey, the winner, and the runner-up handled the situation in a dignified manner. Miss Germany stood out as the one contestant who made inappropriate comments in the aftermath of the Miss Universe 2015 blunder.

Interesting note that Miss Philippines is apparently also part-German according to a Philippine website.

One thing that could eliminate this goof from happening again is to simply reword the announcement card. It reads 2nd Runner up, 1st Runner Up, Miss Universe but it's not announced in the order. It's announced, 2nd RU, and the new Miss Universe is. So just write the announcement card to read, 2nd RU, Miss Universe, 1st RU.

Steve Harvey addresses Miss Universe mixup on air
by: Jennifer Brett
January 4, 2016 | Filed in: celebrities, Uncategorized.


Steve Harvey is discussing the Miss Universe mixup on his radio show this morning. He said he’s had a chance to talk to everyone involved except for Miss Colombia Ariadna Guitierrez and dismissed out of hand any suggestion that the ordeal was a publicity stunt.

“Why the hell what I do that?” he said. “I’m already famous. Do you really think I wanted to be famous like this?”



He alluded to a buggy teleprompter as the culprit behind the goof but took responsibility.

“Did I make a mistake? Yes I did,” he said during this morning’s broadcast on 107.5. “I’m not in the finger pointing business and rolling other people the bus.”

He described the moments right after he announced the wrong winner as chaotic.

“All I hear is confusion back stage,” he said. “I’m standing there in the wing. I got a guy in my ear going, we gotta do something. I had to walk out there and do what I thought was the right thing.”


Miss Colombia thanked fans and saluted the true Miss Universe winner after the ordeal.

Miss Colombia thanked fans and saluted the true Miss Universe winner after the ordeal.