“When you make a mistake, you just have to keep on moving forward,” -Steve Harvey said at the opening of the 65th Miss Universe pageant held in Manila.
The crowd applauded as he joked about last year’s fiasco where he had wrongly announced Miss Colombia 2015 Adriana Gutierrez as the winner of the pageant. After about 28 seconds, he realised his mistake and crowned the real winner Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach.
“Let’s get it out of the way, I know what you’re thinking,” he said as he charmed the audience. He comfortably joked about his mistake throughout the competition
Even this year’s Miss Colombia contestant, Andrea Tovar joked with Steve.
“A lot of people hate you, but you know I love you,” Tovar said. She gave him a friendly hug.
2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach jokingly thanked Steve for making her “the most famous Miss Universe.”
Thankfully, there were no announcement mess ups this year.
Steve took his time in announcing the pageant winner.
Miss France Iris Mittenaere took the top spot, besting 85 other ladies who joind the competition. Meanwhile, Miss Haiti Raquel Pelissie was named the first runner-up and Miss Colombia Andrea Tova was named the second runner up.
“I’m Steve Harvey and I got it right,” he said at the end of the pageant.
Looks like he has redeemed himself, yes?
