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AdWeek: Was Steve Harvey’s Miss Universe Flub Staged? If Not, It Should Have Been

Steve Harvey and Miss Universe—two people you likely weren’t thinking about Sunday afternoon—abruptly became the Internet’s top topics Sunday evening.

Harvey spectacularly botched the announcement of the winner, accidentally giving Miss Colombia the crown. Then, at the most awkward moment possible (the new Miss Universe’s celebratory wave to the crowd), he whipped the audience into a hooting frenzy with the words “I have to apologize,” noting that the real winner was Miss Philippines.

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