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Turns out, it's not just you who gets horribly confused by weirdly named beauty pageant titles ("Grand Supreme," what even). Steve Harvey does, too, which normally wouldn't be much of an issue. But when Steve Harvey hosts the beauty pageant and is actually announcing said titles, things do not go well.
Consider last night's Miss Universe pageant, most of which went according to plan (women in sequins! Women in swimsuits!). It's only the last and unfortunately most important bit that went so spectacularly terrible that it's almost too difficult to watch.
Everything was fine until the pageant was narrowed down to the final two contestants, Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines. Steve Harvey then declares Miss Colombia the winner, and there is the usual dose of crying and hugging and tiara-placement and delicate hand-waving and uplifting music. Then, Steve Harvey returns to the stage, looking as though he is about to vomit, and does the beauty pageant equivalent of a "Psych!"
"Okay folks," he says. "I have to apologize. The first runner-up is Colombia. Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines," to which everyone onstage reacts exactly how you assume they would in such a situation. Should you want to witness this for yourself, here's the full video:
While Steve Harvey's wife posted a message of support on Instagram, writing "You are a stand up man and a true class act the way you went back out on the stage on live TV and took full responsibility alone," certain others couldn't resist a jab.
There was Justin Bieber, who captioned this "Sorry" meme with "It's so sad but this is too funny had to post no disrespect":
While Chloe Grace Moretz echoed the entire world:
Oh my god what just happened
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) December 21, 2015
Tyra Banks doesn't really care about anything that happened beyond the fact that people are still saying "smize":
Dang, girl. You betta #SMIZE, @PiaWurtzbach for the win, girl! #MissUniverse2015 #MissPhilippines #Pinoy pic.twitter.com/RuGjPZIk43
— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) December 21, 2015
And naturally, Donald Trump used his right to have an opinion and shared one.
Very sad what happened last night at the Miss Universe Pageant. I sold it 6 months ago for a record price. This would never have happened!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015