Sorry, little girls with buck teeth are not photogenic

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And, just like that, there's another scandal (if you wish to call it that) regarding that dazzling opening ceremony last Friday.

Turns out the little girl in the red dress (above, left) was just lip-synching to the vocal stylings of the girl on the right.

According to telegraph.co.uk: "At the last moment a member of the Chinese politburo who was watching a rehearsal pronounced that ... Yang Peiyi might have a perfect voice but was unsuited to the lead role because of her buck teeth. So, on the night, while a pre-recording of Yang Peiyi singing was played, Lin Miaoke, who has already featured in television advertisements, was seen but not heard."

More on this story here.

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Her teeth aren't "bucked", they are mixed dentition...quite a difference.

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