Ariadna Gutierrez

The Colombian beauty queen who was briefly crowned Miss Universe is making the best of what she calls a humiliating situation.

Ariadna Gutierrez told Colombia’s W radio Wednesday that no one can take away the four minutes during which she wore the crown.

Gutierrez was accidentally named the winner in Las Vegas earlier this month after host Steve Harvey misread his cue cards. Harvey later announced the crown actually belonged to Miss Philippines.

“It was a very big injustice. It was humiliating for me and for all people in Latin America in the auditorium,” she said. “I have been disconnected, I haven’t received any phone calls, just a few people have been able to contact me and it is because I needed to grieve for what happened that night.

“It is been so hard for me. I had always dreamt about being Miss Universe. I dreamt to give that joy not only to my family but also to all Colombia, but I have to continue my life,” she said.

Gutierrez said she thought at first Harvey was playing a trick on her.

“I thought it was a joke when Steve Harvey said it was a mistake because he is a comedian in USA, but when he actually said I was not Miss Universe everybody was in shock,” she said. “Paulina Vega did not know what to do and she asked me, and I told her take me off the crown. She did it, she put the crown onto the new Miss Universe and she pulled me and said, “Let’s go now”.

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