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Miss Universe 2017 made to pay Rs 4 Lakh as duty at Mumbai airport for crown

2017 world pageant winner, South African Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, landed at the airport at 7 pm, stuck at the airport till 1 am, courtesy customs row over the crown

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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Pics/AFP

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Pics/AFP

Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters lost her beauty sleep on Thursday night, after she was made to wait for six hours at the international airport and then forced to pay Rs 4 lakh in customs duty for a mere replica of her crown.

The South African beauty queen is in the city to judge a beauty contest. She had arrived at 7 pm on Thursday, but was only allowed to exit the airport at 1 am yesterday. Miss Universe Demi-Leigh was crowned with the famous Mikimoto tiara in 2017. She did not bring the original Rs 1.77 crore diadem to Mumbai, however, and brought a replica instead.

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