Crown Shock Comments

It is strange that Miss Colombia had such a short reign. How did Miss Philippines come to get the gold medal?

Darwin (known as Hank by his close friends) is always very gracious in granting credit even when not expected. As I recall the name for his crowning poem was more of a brainstorm thing then being unilaterally thought up by myself. Great poem. As concerns the crown, I thought from early on that Miss Philippines was the better choice and I was shocked when the crown was initially placed on the Colombian head. Needless to say that shock was quickly replaced by the then even bigger shock that occurred.

This hilarious. The most outrageous moment ever in the Miss Universe pageant: announcing the wrong winner! How could the host ever make such a mistake? And then when he tweeted about it later, he misspelled both Colombia and Phillipines. I am reminded of a time when Sharlene Wells of Utah was crowned Miss America in 1984 and her father, Robert E. Wells was in a Salt Lake City department store making a purchase with a credit card. The clerk looked at his identification and said 'Robert E. Wells. Are you Miss America's father? ' Mr. Wells, with some pride, reported that he was. The clerk looked again at his identification, than back at his weather-beaten face and said: 'She must have a beautiful mother.'