Colombia leader Tweets about Miss Universe

The Colombian president had to backtrack on a celebratory Twitter post after Miss Colombia was mistakenly named the contest winner.

President Juan Manuel Santos had to reverse a celebratory tweet after discovering that Miss Colombia had been mistakenly named the winner of the Miss Universe contest in Las Vegas.

Before the error was discovered, Santos posted on Twitter: "Colombians! The most beautiful in the world. Miss Universe 2016! What pride!"

But just seconds later it was announced that Miss Colombia Adriadna Gutierrez Arevalo was the first runner-up rather than the winner.

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines was named the winner of the international beauty contest.

Santos wrote to Gutierrez in a subsequent Tweet: "For us you'll always be our Miss Universe. We feel very proud."