Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Holly Hunter
Carnelle Scott

Alfre Woodard
Popeye Jackson

Mary Steenburgen
Elaine Rutledge

Tim Robbins
Delmount Williams

Scott Glenn
Mac Sam

Trey Wilson
Benjamin Drapper

Thomas Schlamme
Director

Fred Berner
Producer

Mindy Marin
Casting

Peter C. Frank
Editor

Arthur Albert
Director of Photography

Molly Maginnis
Costume Design

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