| Release Date | 1989-04-28 |
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| Runtime | 102 minutes |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Stars | Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Scott Glenn |
| Directors | Thomas Schlamme, Peter C. Frank, Beth Henley, Fred Berner, David Mansfield |
Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.
