Ariadna looks like the most beautiful Statue of Liberty of all time. In 2015, that previous winner was Paulina Vega of Colombia, so she was there to crown her fellow Colombia. The tradition of Miss Universe has the previous year's winner crown the new winner. The "Miss Universe" sash is placed upon her person.
Miss Colombia waves to the crowd and is handed a teeny tiny little Colombian flag to wave. Miss Philippines smiles graciously and embraces her tall rival, whose hands cover her face in joyous astonishment.
Steve Says It (0:00:35): Finally Harvey finally blurts out ". In later interviews, Harvey would say that he misread the card because he was trying to keep it out of sight of prying eyes, but with Miss Philippines looking at Miss Colombia, and Miss Colombia looking out into the middle distance at a future she dreamed might be hers, and Harvey standing a good four feet away from the both of them, it's hard to envision this being much of a concern. Was this 13 seconds spent carefully reading the card he was provided to make sure he got the right one? Seemingly no.
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One suspects they're meant to be looking reassuringly at each other, but Gutierrez is about a half a foot taller than Wurtzbach, so she ends up looking plaintively out into the audience, an expression of pained anxiety that will only be relieved by Steve Harvey reading the name of the winner.Ī Pregnant Pause (0:00:31): A full 13 seconds pass from when Steve Harvey says "Miss Universe 2015 is…" to when he reads the winner. Places, Ladies (0:00:25): Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia stand at center stage, facing each other, holding hands. "If for any reason isn't able to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take her place," Harvey tells the audience, an omen for what will transpire if ever there was one. They embrace, gracious as all pageant contestants are trained to be (although neither won Miss Congeniality that year: that crown claimed by Angola's Whitney Shokongo). Steve Harvey, clad in a white dinner jacket that screams "weekend catering gig" calls the two women to the front of the stage. The Final Two (0:00:01): Miss Universe 2015 came down to two women: Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines and Ariadna Gutierrez of Colombia. Miss Universe then entered into a deal with FOX to broadcast the pageant starting with the Decemtelecast. After some legal wrangling, Trump bought out NBC's 50% stake in Miss Universe and sold the whole Miss Universe organization to talent agency WME/IMG. In June of 2015, after Trump made his fateful (and hateful) announcement that he was running for president, NBC cut ties with Trump and the Miss Universe pageant. Donald Trump had purchased the Miss Universe organization in 1996 and had been running the pageant ever since, broadcasting first on CBS and then on NBC. The Background: Lost in the hubbub of history surrounding this moment was that the 2015 Miss Universe pageant was already coming at a crossroads of history.
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