CEBU, Philippines – Miss Universe host Steve Harvey says no one feels worse than he does about his mistake awarding Colombia the crown before Miss Universe.
Harvey spoke to reporters assembled at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino where the pageant concluded with him awarding the crown to the wrong person.
Mark Shapiro of the pageant’s new owner, WME img, says Harvey corrected the mistake on his own when he realized the error on air.
Both say it was human error.
The beauty pageant ended Sunday night (Monday Philippine time) with the contestant from Colombia having the crown removed from her head and placed on the contestant from the Philippines after Harvey mistakenly read that she had won when really she was the first runner-up.
Harvey says he hasn’t spoken with Miss Colombia. (AP)