Teenager Sally Butterfield (Diane Lane) competes in a Texas beauty pageant in hopes of winning a valuable scholarship. With her cutthroat coach, Agatha (Cloris Leachman), by her side, Sally and the other contestants are quickly hurled into an unfamiliar world of flashbulbs and travel. But is the crown worth the sacrifice of your loved ones? Gus Trikonis directs this satire on the whirlwind madness of beauty pageants.