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
Bert Remsen
Kathleen Chalfant
Lori Hayes
Brent Spiner