He later stated that he had been confused when reading the winner's name because both names were on the card and he only noticed the "1st" by Miss Colombia's name.
彼は後に、優勝者の名前を読む時に2人の名前がカードにあり、ミス・コロンビアの名前のそばの「1」にだけ注意が行ってしまったために間違えたと述べた。