Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Miss Universe Mix-Up

Steve Harvey, the Host of the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant, mistakenly crowned the wrong winner during the live taping of the show.
Pia Wurtzbach was the winner of the pageant, but her name was not called. Paulina Vega was crowned winner. Soon after, Harvey announced he had made a mistake. Paulina's crown was removed when Harvey stated Paulina was intact the runner up- he read the cards wrong.
Denying rumors of a publicity stunt, Harvey addressed the fact that he began to receive death threats shortly after this incident.
I definitely do not agree with the death threats but I do understand why people are unhappy. I think when you have a job of being a pageant host the main task you have is to read your cards correctly. Especially with crowning the wrong winner, I understand why people are so upset by the mistake that Steve Harvey made. Obviously everyone makes mistakes but I think this one could have easily been prevented, as the correct name was on the card.
I can't imagine what both of the final 2 contestants were going through during this time. Pia Wurtzbach probably had it a lot easier as she became the "winner" officially, but what Paulina felt as her crown was being taken off her head, I can't imagine.

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