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Cassandra Morgan

Queen for a day, Priscilla factor fades in outback town

Shelita Buffet is a vibrant reminder of 1994 film Priscilla's legacy in outback town Broken Hill. (Stuart Walmsley/AAP PHOTOS)

On a train platform beneath a hulking grey slag heap, purple glitter coating Shelita Buffet's beard sends specks of light dancing onto the station's walls.

Passengers pulling in on the Indian Pacific ogle through their carriage windows - a six-foot-two vision in a rainbow wig, chest hair bunching out the top of a cartoonish dress.

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