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Minutes after Ellen Santana was crowned Miss BumBum 2018, she was stripped of her winner’s sash by a rival, Aline Uva, who coveted the title for herself.

Uva — a 27-year-old massage therapist — slammed the iconic competition as a farce and said Santana’s butt was bogus.

“I fulfilled all the rules of the game, my butt is real, but her butt is plastic!” the indignant loser screamed.

“Miss BumBum is a farce. Today, I could prove all this.”

Organizers pulled the pair apart and pageant creator, Cacau Oliver, said the melodramatics made the pageant interesting.

Winner of the eighth annual Miss BumBum contests gets 50,000 Brazilian Reals (about $17,500) in endorsement deals and becomes one of the South American country’s top celebrities.

Two trans women took part for the first time this year.

bhunter@postmedia.com