Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez celebrated her victory for more than two minutes before the mistake was realized

Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was wide-eyes as Harvey revealed Gutierrez was actually first runner-up

Harvey apologized to the audience and said he had read the results wrong, holding the card up to the audience

In her first message to fans, Gutierrez said she is happy and 'everything happens for a reason'

Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe 2015 pageant on Sunday night - and the crowd watched in heartbreak and horror as the crown had to be removed from the head of one contestant and placed on another on live television.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez wiped away tears of joy as the $30,000 blue diamond and topaz crown was placed upon her head and she was named Miss Universe 2015, winning the title for her country for the second year in a row.

But her glory only lasted for two minutes.

Just as Gutierrez was blowing kisses and waving to her adoring fans she was informed that it was actually Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach who had won the crown instead.

Just as Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was blowing kisses and waving to her adoring fans she was informed, on live television, that host Steve Harvey had gotten the results wrong