Свежа сатира за семейство, решено да даде шанс на дебеличката си дъщеря да се появи на детски конкурс за красота, заради което прекосява целите Съединени щати със своя микробус Фолксваген.
Грейси Харт е агент на ФБР, която обаче има повече чиновнически задължения. Тя винаги е мечтала да й се възлагат по-рисковани задачи, и ето че късметът й се усмихва. Възложено й е да се внедри в организационния екип на конкурса за Мис Америка, след като в Бюрото се получава сигнал, че там вероятно ще има бомбен атентат.
Заради първото място на конкурса по красота "Принцеса Сара Роуз" си струва да дадеш живота си! И точно това правят състезателките в Маун Роуз, Минесота. Откакто пищната, но порочна бивша "Мис", Гладис Лийман, подтиква лишената си от чар дъщеря Ребека да спечели с цената на всичко, състезанието тече съвсем умряло. След взривове и ловни "злополуки" е цяло чудо, че главната претендентка Амбър Аткинс намира смелост да обуе обувките за степ. Но след като майката на Амбър е ранена в подозрителен инцидент, красавицата е решена да се бие докрай - и битката между доброто и злото ще бъде доста грозна!
Историята е колкото драматична, толкова и куриозна и разказва за конкурса Мис Свят през 1970 г. в Лондон, на който водещ е Боб Хоуп. По това време надпреварата се радва на изключителен интерес и е гледана от 100 милиона зрители по света. Убедени, че подобно състезание унижава нежния пол, членове на новосформираното Движение за освобождение на жените нахлуват на сцената по време на шоуто. Техният протест все пак има историческо значение. Когато резултатите са обявени, се оказва, че вместо фаворитката от Швеция, победителка в представителката на Гренада, която става първата чернокожа Мис Свят.
Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.
A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
In 1979, Brazilian singer Sidney Magal is at the peak of his career. On a TV show, he meets Magali and, enchanted by the young woman, decides to win her over. But, in order to do that, he will have to overcome the resistance of his manager, Jean Pierre, and the distrust of her family, friends and even Magali herself.
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.
Lily is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the Miss India America title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia, gives her a run for her money.
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?
A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.
To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.
A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.
A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.
Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded during the Miss Europe competitions held in Finland. The story follows the career and relationship development of bird photographer Antero Lintunen (Lasse Pöysti) and American journalist Evelyn McNutty (Lippe Hokkanen). In the path signified by coincidences and misunderstandings, they also find each other.
Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest has been taking place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. In the midst of this flashy spectacle, their personal traumas remain as deep as ever. There are many things about this contest that are controversial: it is organized by the right Zionist organization, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and the dubious contest itself rises the public indignation of various speakers, including other survivors.