An awkward-to-watch moment unfolded at an international beauty pageant in Thailand last weekend when a contestant from Panama misheard the announcer and inadvertently stole the spotlight from a Paraguayan woman.

And it appears even the camera operator was confused as he initially zoomed in on the contestant from Canada.

The embarrassing mishap played out at the Miss Grand International in Bangkok on Saturday as announcer Matthew Deane was about halfway through calling out the 22 finalists.

“Next in is Miss Grand Paraguay,” he called out, the video shows at one hour and eight minutes.

One of the cameras immediately focuses on Canadian Layanna Robinson, who initially gasps before glancing around to see Panamanian Isamar Herrera confidently walk forward to join the other waiting finalists

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