Scandalous Moments from Award Shows That Rocked the Industry

#8: Steve Harvey Awards Title to the Wrong Woman

When: Miss Universe Pageant, 2015

As host of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant, Steve Harvey was honored to announce a new Miss Colombia. But in a plot twist worthy of a telenovela, he got it wrong. Returning to the stage to rectify his mistake, poor Ariadna Gutierrez had to gracefully relinquish her crown, passing it to a bewildered Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach.

Harvey later described those “four minutes of hell” to Jimmy Fallon, blaming a sluggish teleprompter and misinterpreted instructions buzzing in his earpiece. “It was the most gut-wrenching walk I’ve ever had in my life,” Harvey confessed. “But hey, I was raised to face the music, so I sucked it up and dealt with it.” Spoken like a true television presenter…