Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Posts To Facebook About Miss Universe Lost

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez took to Facebook Tuesday to address the 2015 Miss Universe pageant and to express her gratitude to her fans.

Miss Colombia Thanks Fans

“After the storm comes the calm. I want to thank each and everyone of you who have sent messages of support and strength,” Gutierrez wrote on Facebook. “Every one of you has become an incredible human being in my book and I am the most fortunate and thankful for having the support not only from one country but from the whole entire world.”

“Your destiny is written for you. And my destiny was this. I was able to bring happiness to my country after becoming Miss Universe for only a couple of minutes… Today because of that COLOMBIA and the LATIN COMMUNITY are being talked about in every corner of the world,” Gutierrez added. “I also want to congratulate the Philippines for their new Miss Universe ??. The happiness that you must be feeling must be incredible. Life continues and in the future we will find out why things happen the way they happen. Thank you all for your LOVE SUPPORT and KINDNESS. ❤”

On Sunday, host Steve Harvey initially said that Gutierrez had bested her opponents. Not long after Gutierrez was crowned and waving to the live audience and to the cameras, Harvey was forced to return to the stage and announce that it was in fact Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach who had won.

Miss Colombia ended up as the first runner-up while Miss America’s Oliva Jordan was the second runner-up