For a brief moment on Sunday evening, Miss Colombia's dreams came true.
Ariadna Gutierrez was mistakenly crowned winner of Miss Universe 2015 in Las Vegas before host Steve Harvey recognised his error.
A few painful moments passed before Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, was correctly named winner. Mr Harvey called it an "honest mistake".
To show it had been a mistake, he held up a card which clearly laid out the second and first runners-up and the winner.
That left some observers scratching their heads over how the mistake could have happened.
Ms Gutierrez was instead declared runner-up and gave her crown to Miss Philippines, Ms Wurtzbach.
President Juan Manuel Santos had something to say. During the ceremony he tweeted: "Colombians are the most beautiful in the world! Congratulations @gutierrezary miss universe 2016!!!! I am proud!"
And his political enemy, former President Alvaro Uribe, tweeted: "All our support to our Queen, her dignity is that of the Colombian woman, the mistreatment is to all the citizens."
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