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How hapless Steve Harvey became the Internet's freshest meme after his colossal Miss Universe gaffe

Published: 16:41 EST, 21 December 2015 | Updated: 06:15 EST, 22 December 2015

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Steve Harvey got the now-customary Internet treatment in the wake of his epic blunder at the Miss Universe contest Sunday night, becoming the subject of countless memes and visual gags on social media.

The hapless ceremony host was mercilessly lampooned by Twitter users for mistakenly naming Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez the winner of the pageant, only to have her publicly 'de-cronwed' a couple of minutes later after realizing that the real winner was Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach.

A shame-faced Harvey apologized to the two women and the audience, and promised to take responsibility for the unfortunate mix-up.

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Funnyman: Steve Harvey got the now-customary meme treatment in the wake of his blunder at the Miss Universe contest, becoming the subject of countless visual gags

Justin who? In one meme which has gone viral, Harvey's smiling face was superimposed on Justin Bieber's body, and the caption read: 'is it too late now to say sorry?'

Family Feud fun: Harvey, who hosts the game show Family Feud, surely would find this image familiar

Several Internet wits used images of SNL cast member Kenan Thompson portraying Harvey (left), while others likened the ceremony host to Oprah Winfrey giving away pageants titles to everyone

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride: The creators of another meme featuring photos of Harvey and Leonardo DiCaprio quipped: 'Steve Harvey should host the Oscars so Leo can finally win one'

He followed up on his on-camera mea culpa with a typo-ridden tweeted apology, in which he misspelled the countries of origin of both contestants. Another properly spell-checked apology was later sent out to the host's followers.

Twitter's and Imgur's wits wasted no time powering up their Photoshop software to churn out dozens of hilarious images skewering Harvey's colossal snafu.

In one meme, which has gone viral, Harvey's smiling face was superimposed on Justin Bieber's body, and the caption read: 'is it too late now to say sorry?'

Bieber himself got in on the action, sharing the image on his Instagram page with the post: 'It's so sad but this is too funny had to post no disrespect.'

The creators of another meme featuring photos of Harvey and Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been nominated for an Academy Award multiple times, quipped: 'Steve Harvey should host the Oscars so Leo can finally win one.'

One online prankster reached into the annals of not-so-distant pop culture history, likening Miss Colombia's 'de-crowning' to the infamous moment in 2009 when Kanye West rushed the stage at the Video Music Awards and interrupted Taylor Swift's speech to praise Beyonce.

It was actually Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach who had taken the crown, and Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez had to bend down and allow Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega to remove it from her head on live television

Final answer? This amusing visual gag featured Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thomson as Harvey hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

One online prankster likened Miss Colombia's 'de-crowning' to the moment in 2009 when Kanye West rushed the stage at the Video Music Awards and interrupted Taylor Swift's speech

Snarky: In this meme, Harvey seems to explain away his blunder by imply that all the contestants look alike in his eyes

Another amusing visual gag featured Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson as Harvey hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and staring in bewilderment at a question on the screen that reads: 'Who won Miss Universe'?

In a snarky send-up of Harvey's misspelled apology tweet, the four possible answers were: 'Phillipians,' 'Columbia,' 'USA' and 'idk lol.'

In a similarly amusing image featuring Thompson as Harvey, the bumbling host announces the winner as 'Miss Philombia.'