ACCEPTED value in fixture doesn't match Accpted Value in Django Choice

In the fixture all the data are created with the status value ACCEPTED that is not included in the Django model status field choices - there it is Accepted.

Due to this, the django admin interface may display the ACCEPTED value in the list, but once you open the edit page, the value that was chosen in the select list is Pending.

Pending is the first value of the choices that Django uses. It is selected as there is no choice for ACCEPTED.

Once a user saves an entry with Accepted the select list works as usual - but it has another value then the original ACCEPTED that is used in the fixture.