The annual Miss Universe competition ended in the US on Sunday night in an epic fashion — and not in a good way.
The event was going swimmingly until it came to announcing the winner of the pageant. Host Steve Harvey incorrectly crowned the first runner-up, Miss Colombia, the winner. Minutes after, Harvey realised his mistake and had to stop her celebrations, remove her crown, and give it to Miss Philippines in a real-life "Miss Congeniality" moment.
The mess-up ends a tumultuous year for the organisation, which severed ties with US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in June after he made inflammatory comments about immigrants from Mexico.
Trump took ownership of the event in 1996, but after the severing of ties he sold the Miss Universe organisation, which includes the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageant groups, to the agency WME IMG.
Before the announcement, he tweeted about the event.
My friend, @AriEmanuel of @IMG, bought the Miss Universe pageants from me and they are on tonight on #Fox! Tune in!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015.@MissUniverse final 3 on now. Great people, great new owner @IMG. WATCH.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015But then it all went wrong, and Trump was quick to retweet someone who pointed that out.
"@Themyamccurry: Where's @realDonaldTrump when you need em? #MissUniverse2015"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015The Republican presidential candidate was a hot topic throughout the night. Blogger Perez Hilton, who was a judge, made his views clear when asked about the difference between Miss USA and Miss Universe, in an epic slap down of the former owner, saying, "Thankfully, Donald Trump no longer owns this pageant."
The crowd went wild in reaction.
This probably won't trump my 2009 question, but I'd rather trump @realDonaldTrump! And I did!!! #MissUniversepic.twitter.com/DTmX24pqQN
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) December 21, 2015You can watch the epic Miss Universe fail in all its glory below.
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