Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach posted a gracious message thanking fans and paying tribute to Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez: " Ariadna, you are an amazing woman and we are now bonded together forever by a unique experience."
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Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
"In the last 3 weeks we were together, I saw how strong and beautiful you are inside and out," Wurtzbach's message on the official Miss Universe Facebook page continued. "You represented your country with honor and I know how proud everyone must be of you. Fate has a plan for you, and I’m excited to see what’s ahead."
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
She also called for an end to bickering over the gaffe, when Steve Harvey mistakenly announced the wrong winner.
Both of the beauty queens have acquitted themselves graciously in the days after Steve Harvey mistakenly crowned the wrong one.
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