Right up front: I care not for beauty pageants. Just… meh. Still, I can think of few things more embarrassing and just downright disconcerting than being involved in a situation where the *wrong* winner is announced. Like tonight, when Miss Colombia was erroneously announced the winner of the Miss Universe pageant rather than first runner up, instead of actual winner Miss Philippines.
Behold:
Here is Miss Colombia giving Steve Harvey a death stare as she begins to understand what’s going on:
Witness the birth of a new super villain:
Lest you think that this necessarily means that Harvey is utterly at fault, here’s the actual card he was reading from:
Sure, the card provides accurate information. It even provides accurate information in a clear and concise manner. what it fails strikingly at is clarity in a moment of stress. The winner should be picked out in GREAT BIG RED LETTERS.
Somebody’s got some splainin’ to do.