Beautiful

Headstrong Mona Hubbard is fiercely driven to capture the coveted Miss American Miss beauty award, but an unusual circumstance teams her with a soccer-playing, deep-dimpled little girl named Vanessa.

Cast

Minnie Driver

as Mona

Joey Lauren Adams

as Ruby

Hallie Eisenberg

as Vanessa

Kathleen Turner

as Verna Chickle

Leslie Stefanson

as Joyce Parkins

Bridgette Wilson

as Lorna Larkin (Miss Texas)

Kathleen Robertson

as Wanda Love (Miss Tennessee)

Michael McKean

as Lance DeSalvo

Gary Collins

as Miss American Miss Host

Linda Hart

as Nedra Hibbard

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