'Moana' star gets whipped in head with a flag mid-Oscars performance

She managed it like a true professional.
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Laura Vitto
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Oh, the perils of live performance.

Despite getting whipped in the head with a flag mid-performance, 16-year-old Moana star Auli'i Cravalho performed like a true professional at Sunday's Oscars.

Cravalho, who voices the titular Moana, sang "How Far I'll Go," the film's Oscar-nominated song.

Behind her, a group of background dancers waved large swaths of blue fabric, one of which caught her in the head mid song.

But don't worry about Cravalho. She took it in stride.

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