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Two beauty queens are at odds over a cultural blunder at the Miss Universe pageant.
Miss Universe New Zealand, Samantha Powell, who won her crown in April, performed a haka in the lead-up to the pageant in Vietnam.
But the 20-year-old Pakeha bank worker from Horowhenua breached Maori protocol when she finished off her routine in the “national costume” round and poked out her tongue – pukana – an action only men are supposed to perform.
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Tags: Beauty queen, Cultural insensitivity, Haka, Pukana
