Moment beauty queen's face turns to thunder after being crowned for just a few seconds before horrified organisers place it on rival's head instead
- Gaffe took place during Miss Rondonia Mundo contest in north west Brazil
- Beauty queens Leticia Cappatto and Karliany Barbosa awaited verdict
- Organisers placed the crown on Ms Cappatto's head - before taking it off
This is the moment a beauty queen’s face turned to thunder after she was crowned the winner of a pageant - before horrified organisers realised they had made a mistake and placed it on her rival’s head instead.
The embarrassing gaffe took place during the Miss Rondonia Mundo contest in north west Brazil, a beauty contest to determine who represents the region in the national event.
Beauty queen Leticia Cappatto was left horrified and 'humiliated' after organisers announced she was the winner - before swiftly removing her crown and giving it to Karliany Barbosa.
There was confusion during the Miss Rondonia Mundo contest in north west Brazil - as Leticia Cappatto was given the crown (left) - before it was swiftly removed and given to Karliany Barbosa (right)
Ms Cappatto's smile turned to a scowl and she kept grimacing as Karliany, from Rondonia's fourth largest city Cacoal, raised her right arm in triumph and her fans began to cheer
Karliany Barbosa, left, was ultimately given the crown in the Miss Rondonia Mundo contest - much to the disappointment of Leticia Cappatto (right)
Beauty queens Leticia Cappatto and Karliany Barbosa held hands as they awaited the judges' verdict in front of a packed crowd in the city of Porto Velho.
The pair remained all smiles even when the woman tasked with placing the crown on the winner's head moved it from one to the other as the commentator joked: 'Who will it be, who will it be, who will it be?'
The omens didn't bode well for Leticia when she received the crown after a nerve-biting wait - only for it to slip off and land on the floor in front of her.
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But worse was to come when a helper restored it to her head as it was announced there had been a mistake and the winner was actually her stunning rival Karliany, 23.
Leticia's smile turned to a scowl and she kept grimacing as Karliany, from Rondonia's fourth largest city Cacoal, raised her right arm in triumph and her fans began to cheer.
Audience members watched as the crown was removed from Ms Cappatto's head in the embarrassing gaffe
There was clearly much confusion amongst organisers, who were unclear who should be crowned winner of the beauty pageant
The shocked brunette, from Rondonia's second biggest city Ji-Parana, reacted with a failed attempt to force a public recount.
She said afterwards she felt 'humiliated', claiming: 'I didn't know what to do when it happened.
'It felt like I was taking part in a scene from a film. I just wanted to leave that place, I felt humiliated.
'Some of the women said they were going to take legal action but I don't know what I am going to do yet.'
Event organiser Gleice Leitte insisted claims by Leticia's camp no-one had been tasked with properly counting the votes were false.
Ms Cappatto later said she was 'humiliated' after she was forced to stand on the stage and have the crown taken away from her
.Leticia Cappatto was clearly devastated when pageant organisers took her crown and gave it to her rival
She said: 'Whoever's saying there wasn't an audit is wrong. If anyone wants to check how each jury member voted, we have a record which people are free to consult.'
Karliany added: 'If I won it was on merit. I plan to start preparing myself shortly for the national competition.
'I'll do so with great pride, respect and professionalism because the contest didn't just reward beauty, it also rewarded culture, ethics and knowledge about the state of Rondonia.'
The gaffe comes after Steve Harvey famously announced the wrong winner in last December's Miss Universe, forcing a tearful Miss Colombia to take it off and hand it over to Miss Philippines on live television.
Last December in Las Vegas Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez's joy lasted for two minutes until she was informed the Miss Universe crown on top of her head was actually meant to be for Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
The comedian put the error down to a teleprompter mix-up and apologised but was told not to 'beat himself up' over the accident by the runner-up.
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