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As the South African actress dazzled in a floor long dress it appears it was too bold for some, as the state-run agency ILNA decided to crudely draw clothing onto Theron. The clip shows the star shoddily covered up with a black overlay as her shoulders and chest were revealed in the stunning gown. After a while, it appeared the producers gave up on the mission to cover up Theron as they resorted to simply blurring everything except the actress' head. During the prestigious awards ceremony, ILNA also blurred out Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari’s shoulder.

ILNA • GETTY The Iranian TV channel drew clothes on Charlize Theron during the Oscars

Ansari’s bare body part was obscured as she took to the stage to accept the award for Best Foreign Language Film, a category that Theron was presenting. This year’s Oscars featured one of the biggest disaster in awards season history, as La La Land was accidentally announced as Best Picture, when Moonlight had really won. Bonnie and Clyde co-stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced La La Land the winner of the prestigious category. However, as the stars of the film took to the stage to give their thank you speeches, they were interrupted as it was announced the wrong title had been read.

ILNA After drawing clothes onto Theron, they decided to blur everything but her head

Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the accountancy firm who counts the thousands of ballots cast by members of the Academy, have since accepted full responsibly for the mistake. In a statement, they said: “PwC takes full responsibility for the series of mistakes and breaches of established protocols during last night’s Oscars. PwC Partner Brian Cullinan mistakenly handed the back-up envelope for Actress in a Leading Role instead of the envelope for Best Picture to presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. “Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by Mr Cullinan or his partner.” US President Donald Trump used the mixup as a platform to hit back at the Oscars, which saw a number of big Hollywood names slam the Republican.

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