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.
Holly Hunter , Alfre Woodard , Mary Steenburgen , Tim Robbins , Scott Glenn , Trey Wilson , Ann Wedgeworth , Amy Wright , Veanne Cox , Christine Lahti
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