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The winner of Miss Universe 2015 has been announced. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach from Philippines was crowned the 2015 Miss Universe at the ceremony which was held at Axis at Planet Hollywood on Sunday, December 20.

Pia impressed the panel judges with her answer at the final stage of the beauty pageant in which there were only 3 contestants left including Olivia Jordan (USA) and Ariadna Gutierrez (Colombia). At the final stage, each finalist was asked the same question and had 60 seconds to answer. The question was "Why should you be the next Miss Universe?"

Miss Philippines explained that Miss Universe is an honor with big responsibilities. She said that she would use her voice as Miss Universe "to influence the youth" and "raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness." She added, "I want to show the world... that I'm confidently beautiful with a heart."

Meet Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, our next #MissUniverse! pic.twitter.com/KQDGZjegSR

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 21, 2015

Pia, who looked gorgeous in a blue dress, was puzzled when she was announced as the new Miss Universe. During the crowning moment, host Steve Harvey made a mistake by announcing that Ariadna from Colombia was the winner while actually she was the first runner-up. Last year's Miss Universe Paulina Vega could be seen trying to calm Ariadna and took the crown from her. Steve apologized for his mistake onstage, "I would take all responsibilities for this. It was my mistake."

The Crowning Moment of the 64th #MissUniverse. pic.twitter.com/tkUUR5qfdR

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 21, 2015