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BOGOTA, Colombia — The Colombian beauty queen who was briefly crowned Miss Universe is making the best of what she calls a humiliating situation.

Ariadna Gutierrez told Colombia’s W radio Wednesday that no one can take away the four minutes during which she wore the crown.

Gutierrez was accidentally named the winner in Las Vegas earlier this month after host Steve Harvey misread his cue cards. Harvey later announced the crown actually belonged to Miss Philippines.

Miss Colombia says the awkward moment was humbling for her and other Latinos watching the competition.

Gutierrez is now spinning the incident as a kind of triumph.

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Photo timeline of the Miss Universe blunder: Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (left), and Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, wait to hear who would be crowned Miss Universe 2015.Getty Images
Gutierrez breaks into tears of joy after host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced that she had won.Getty Images
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Wurtzbach reacts after she is called back to the stage so that she could be crowned Miss Universe. Reuters
Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega (center) waits to take the crown from Gutierrez (left) in order to place it on Wurtzbach's head.AP
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