En gang hårfjerning på benene, godt med læbestift og en ladt pistol. FBI-agen Gracie Hart går undercover som en håbefuld aspirant til titlen som den næste Miss USA, men Gracie er ikke just skabt til skønhedskonkurrencer. Sandra Bukllock spiller med stor udstråling i "Agent Catwalk" og viser sit store komiske talent i rollen som agenten, der giver den som skønhedsdronning for at få ram på en terrorist, der har udset sig skønhedskonkurrencen som mål. Michael Caine spiller på glimrende vis den frustrerede konsulent, som er hyret til at fovandle den barske FBI-agent til en ophøjet skønhed. Og Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner og Ernie Hudson scorer også point på morskabskontoen i denne store biograf-succes. Masser af grin og raffineret sarkasme. Et rent hit!
'En amerikansk drøm' (American Pastoral) følger Seymour ’Swede’ Levov i 1968, der har et tilsyneladende perfekt middelklasseliv. Han har giftet sig med sin første kærlighed og har arvet farens forretning. Men alt hvad Swede har opbygget gennem sit liv falder fra hinanden da datteren, Merry, bliver politisk revolutionær og begår en dødelig terrorhandling for at protestere mod Vietnamkrigen. Hun forsvinder efterfølgende sporløst, og Swede må gøre alt i hans magt for at finde hende og undgå, at livet omkring ham bryder sammen.
En skønhedsdronning bliver vidne til et mord og tvinges efterfølgende til at arbejde for en nådesløs gangster.
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
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?