Isa sa mga hurado sa Miss Universe 2015 ang American blogger na si Perez Hilton na nasaksihan ang buong pangyayari, ang pagkakamali ni Steve Harvey sa pagbasa ng tunay na winner.
Dahil kabilang siya sa judges, nasa posisyon si Hilton para sabihin ang the truth and nothing but. Siya ang nagbulgar na hindi dumalo si Harvey sa final dress rehearsal ng Miss Universe kaya posibleng may kinalaman ito sa naganap na kapalpakan.
Ito ang report ni Hilton sa pinaka-awkward na coronation sa kasaysayan ng Miss Universe.
“Steve Harvey was at the center of a rather random scandal on Sunday when he incorrectly crowned the wrong winner at the Miss Universe pageant.
“And while we’ve already heard from Miss Germany on Miss Philippines’ controversial win, we’re now hearing that the whole ordeal may have been more of the Family Feud host’s fault than previously reported.
“That’s because a source revealed that Steve actually skipped most of the final dress rehearsal before the NBC pageant and went into the live show blind!
“Steve went to the beginning of rehearsals, but missed the last hour, at least. He did not practice the ending.”
May report din si Perez tungkol sa mga kaganapan sa coronation night na hindi napanood sa TV dahil biglang pinutol ang programa bago pa nailagay ni Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega sa ulo ni Pia ang korona.
“Even after being crowned Miss Universe, Pia Wurtzbach still wasn’t sure if she really was really the winner!
“That’s because — like everyone watching at home — she thought Miss Colombia won Sunday night’s pageant after host Steve Harvey misread the results card!
“The contestant from the Philippines was “confused” when she heard she was the actual winner after fellow contestant Ariadna Gutierrez was accidentally crowned Miss Universe during the live broadcast.”
“Backstage after the show, the 26-year-old spoke with ET to explain what went through her head during the awkward incident! She said:
“I wasn’t sure what was going on. I didn’t expect that to happen at all.
“After Harvey corrected his mistake, Wurtzbach said she was hesitant to go up when her name was called, afraid that it was another mistake — so she looked to the crew off stage for a signal to go up!
“After being crowned, the real winner didn’t know how she felt about being the new Miss Universe until later in the night. She continued:
“I had to ask my [manager] many times like, ‘Did I really win? Am I really Miss Universe? Are you going to take the crown from me now?’ And they [said], ‘No, no, you’re really the winner.’”
The winner wanted to reach out to Miss Colombia after she was de-crowned, but said she wasn’t able to, adding:
“She was crying and then there was a crowd around her, the girls who were comforting her. I was actually very close to her already, but I decided that maybe it was bad timing to do it now — to apologize to her for what happened. So maybe I’ll do that in the future.”