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Miss Papua New Guinea loses crown for twerking on TikTok Daily Times(PK) Twerking has proven to be costly for Miss Papua New Guinea, who has purportedly been stripped of her crown for sharing a video of herself on TikTok.
According to a report in The Guardian, 25-year-old Lucy Maino – who has also served as co-captain of Papua New Guinea’s women’s football team – had to face quite a lot of online flak when she shared a video of herself twerking on the video-sharing app TikTok.
While posting of twerking videos are common online, and especially on the app, Maino’s now-deleted video was singled out by some people, who claimed it was unbecoming for a “role model” to share a video of herself “dancing in this way”.
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Lucy Maino, crowned Miss Papua New Guinea in 2019, has been stripped of her title by the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP PNG) after she posted a video of herself dancing on popular social media platform TikTok.
The video was downloaded from her private account and shared on social media where thousands of people piled on to criticise Maino. Critics said it wasn’t fitting for a “role model” to share a video of herself dancing in this way. But others, like independent media producer and social justice advocate Tania Nugent, have defended her. Nugent said that the targeting of Maino was all too familiar, ABC Australia reported. It happens every year, she said. Unless we get you know an exceptional young woman who manages to walk that tightrope of holding the title of Miss PNG for the year.”