Selling with sex spoils business!

A billboard of a large-breasted bikini-clad woman has been blamed for ruining a business meeting by distracting staff and clients.

A billboard of a large-breasted bikini-clad woman has been blamed for ruining a New Zealand business meeting by distracting staff and clients.

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J. Everett, whose business overlooked the billboard in the city of Auckland, was so upset that he complained to the Advertising Standards Authority.

"On Friday we had a very important meeting and both clients were clearly distracted by the content of this billboard and I feel as a result the meeting did not go as well as it could have," he wrote.

The advertising agency involved argued that the billboard juxtaposed a stereotypical fake "Hollywood blonde" against the all-natural formulation of their client's product, a "naked" and natural muesli bar.

However, in a decision released Wednesday, the complaint was upheld.