Release Date: 1989-04-28
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.6 / 10
Holly Hunter
as Carnelle Scott
Alfre Woodard
as Popeye Jackson
Mary Steenburgen
as Elaine Rutledge
Tim Robbins
as Delmount Williams
Scott Glenn
as Mac Sam
Thomas Schlamme - Director
Patrice Soriero - Choreographer
Avy Kaufman - Casting
Maher Ahmad - Art Direction
Debra Schutt - Art Direction
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