--- description: Ariadna Gutierrez opens up in a new interview about that night title: Miss Colombia Says She 'Cried a Ton' After Crown Gaffe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6854af1782be722b/698877c2196cf42f76039b52/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-miss-universe-steve-harvey.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Miss Colombia Says She 'Cried a Ton' After Having Crown Taken Away  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2016 12:54 PM CUT  Steve Harvey listens as Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez answers a question during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Steve Harvey listens as Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez answers a question during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2016 12:54 PM CUT Ariadna Gutierrez a.k.a Miss Colombia is opening up in a new interview about what happened after she had to turn over her Miss Universe crown following host Steve Harvey’s admission that he announced the wrong winner. “I went up to my parents’ room and, obviously, I was very sad, I was in bad shape, I was crying. I cried a ton that night,” the 22-year-old said [in an interview with Univision](http://abcnews.go.com/US/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-cried-ton-mistaken-crowning/story?id=36091824 "undefined"). Her name was on the card Harvey read from, but she was listed as the first runner-up, not the winner, who was actually Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines. Gutierrez criticized the show’s handling of the error. “In four minutes, they destroy your dreams,” she said. “They throw it in a bag, they throw it in the trash. They could have done it another way. I feel like it doesn’t matter to them the feelings of a girl who has worked her whole life for a dream.” On his morning show Monday, Steve Harvey said [he had reached out to Gutierrez](http://time.com/4168396/steve-harvey-miss-colombia-miss-universe/ "undefined") to talk about what happened and personally apologize but that she had not responded to his request. **Read next:** [_Steve Harvey Says Miss Colombia Won’t Talk to Him_](http://time.com/4168396/steve-harvey-miss-colombia-miss-universe/ "undefined") \[[_ABC_](http://abcnews.go.com/US/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-cried-ton-mistaken-crowning/story?id=36091824 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4169058/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-interview-miss-universe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4169058/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-interview-miss-universe/"},"headline":"Miss Colombia Says She 'Cried a Ton' After Having Crown Taken Away","datePublished":"2016-01-06T12:54:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:49:06.812Z","description":"Ariadna Gutierrez opens up in a new interview about that night","url":"https://time.com/4169058/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-interview-miss-universe/","keywords":["Television","miss universe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6854af1782be722b/698877c2196cf42f76039b52/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-miss-universe-steve-harvey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6854af1782be722b/698877c2196cf42f76039b52/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-miss-universe-steve-harvey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2015 Miss Universe Pageant","caption":"The 2015 Miss Universe Pageant","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4169058/miss-colombia-ariadna-gutierrez-interview-miss-universe/","name":"Miss Colombia Says She 'Cried a Ton' After Having Crown Taken Away"}}]}] ```