Sunday night was the annual Miss Universe pageant, and this year's edition had quite possibly the strangest ending of any pageant in the history of the, well, universe.
After announcing Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, as the winner, host Steve Harvey came back onto the stage to announce that he had made a mistake and that Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, had actually won.
Painful.
It was later revealed on the Miss Universe's Snapchat account that the teleprompter had mistakenly said that Miss Colombia was the winner.
Following that debacle, Twitter users were quick to joke that the winner was always announced correctly when Donald Trump owned the pageant. (Trump sold the organization to WME-IMG in September 2015 following NBC's refusal to air the pageant after Trump's comments regarding Mexicans and illegal immigration.)
The real winner here is Donald Trump. See what happens when he's not running shit?
— NYC.Barstoolsports (@BarstoolNewYork) December 21, 2015— Andres Taborda (@AndresTaborda_) December 21, 2015
Who knew #MissUniverse2015 could get more controversial in @realDonaldTrump's absence? #whoa
— Courtney Mattison (@CourtMattison) December 21, 2015SHOULDA LEFT TRUMP IN CHARGE YALL
— Katie Guenther (@ktguen) December 21, 2015Judge Perez Hilton says congrats to both winners One wag joked Donald Trump must be laughing about what happens when he sells a company.
— Robin Leach (@Robin_Leach) December 21, 2015Ironically, this mess wouldn't have happened if #DonaldTrump was running the #missuniverse pageant! Somewhere, he's yelling 'you're fired!'
— SandyT (@sassygirlcanada) December 21, 2015Donald Trump is probably laughing so hard at #MissUniverse2015
— Allyson Derossett (@allyderossett) December 21, 2015Miss USA, Olivia Jordan, placed third.