När 7-åriga Olive blir uttagen att delta i en barn-skönhetstävling i Kalifornien packar hela familjen ihop sig i sin Volkswagen-buss för att resa tvärs över USA, så att Olive ska få chansen att uppfylla sin dröm. Pappa Richard försöker optimistiskt sälja in sitt 9-stegs-program för att lyckas i livet och mamma Sheryl gör sitt bästa för att hålla samman familjen samtidigt som tonårssonen Dwayne har avlagt ett tysthetslöfte.
Filmen inleds med en Miss World-tävling. Den (o)lyckliga vinnaren Miss Kanada får äran att gifta sig med världens rikaste man; en amerikansk oljemogul, så rik att han låtit förädla sin penis med guld. Hon blir bortförd av en svart kroppsbyggare varpå hon träffar en mexikansk rockstjärna i Paris. Till sist hamnar hon i ett kollektiv med österrikiska sodomiter och självförnedrare. En vansinnig och absurdistisk satir om tabun och sexuell frigörelse.
A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
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.
Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.
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.
An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge.
It is the small clues in the brightly-coloured and fast-paced film Mis that explain why the Miss Shishi elections come to nothing for Lydia. The ladies' toilets are a fitting stage for the taut world of a Miss election.
The American Royalty docuseries showcases an in-depth perspective of the Miss America Pageant. Experience the hundred year history, influence, controversy, and evolution of this iconic institution.
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event
Vad händer om en vanlig hemmafru ställer upp i en lokal misstävling - och vinner? Hur blir det sen om maken förbjuder henne att åka vidare till finalen i Palma på Mallorca - men hon beger sig i alla fall? Lägg då därtill en romans mellan en svensk tidningsman och Japans missaspirant, en tokig flickfotograf och en strid ström av bikiniflickor, ja då har ni en given succé.
A filmed record of the 1978 "Alternative Miss World" beauty pageant held in a circus tent on Clapham Common in South London.
During the war of the Portuguese overseas colonies, Íris Maria, an 18-year-old Portuguese girl born on a small island in Mozambique won the titles of Miss Mozambique and Miss Portugal 1972. This is her story.
Documentary about the subculture of child beauty pageants (usually restricted to girls no older than 5), showing the lengths to which some parents will go to ensure that their children win these pageants...