Beautiful

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Beautiful

2000

1h 52m

5.8(43 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Determined to win the Miss American Miss pageant, Mona is ready to sacrifice anything and everything to guarantee herself the crown including her own daughter! She manages to persuade her best bud to raise the kid as her own (Miss AM can't be a mom), but just when this beauty-queen wannabe thinks her prize is in sight, she's surprised by a come-from-behind competitor. Love.

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Cast & Crew

88 members

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Minnie Driver

Mona

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Joey Lauren Adams

Ruby

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Hallie Eisenberg

Vanessa

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Kathleen Turner

Verna Chickle

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Leslie Stefanson

Joyce Parkins

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Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

Lorna Larkin (Miss Texas)

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Kathleen Robertson

Wanda Love (Miss Tennessee)

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Michael McKean

Lance DeSalvo

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Gary Collins

Miss American Miss Host

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Linda Hart

Nedra Hibbard

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Brent Briscoe

Lurdy

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Colleen Rennison

Mona at 12

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Jacqueline Steiger

Ruby at 12

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Sylvia Short

Alberta

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Herta Ware

Clara

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Ali Landry

Belindy Lindbrook

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Robin Bobeau

Miss Alabama (as Robin Renee')

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Chuti Tiu

Miss Hawaii

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Samantha Harris

Miss Minnesota

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Dawn Forrester

Miss West Virginia (as Dawn Heusser)

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Julie Condra

Miss Iowa

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Jessica Collins

Miss Lawrenceville

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Deborah Kellner

Reigning Miss Illinois

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Brent Huff

Miss Illinois Local Pageant Host

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Charles Dougherty

Director

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Shawn Christian

Wink Hendricks

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Margaret Emery

Pageant P.A.

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Irene Roseen

Woman Official

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Mark Christensen

Production Assistant

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William Forward

Orthodontist

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Production

Elizabeth Lang

Dental Nurse

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Alexander Folk

Tom the Grocer

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Lu Elrod

Neighbor Woman

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Adilah Barnes

Home Economics Teacher

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Cindy Montoya-Picker

Dance Teacher

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Landry Allbright

Summer

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Lorna Scott

Mother in Diner

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Earl Schuman

Elderly Couple in Restaurant

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Mary E. Thompson

Elderly Couple in Restaurant

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Rosine 'Ace' Hatem

Theresa

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Claire Benedek

Shopper

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Dale Raoul

Shopper

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Robert Phelps

Mr. Willoughby

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Jordan Lund

Detective

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Warren Munson

Judge

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Keli Daniels

Fitness Club Lady

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Susan Segal

Fitness Club Lady

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Annabella Price

Mother at Slumber Party

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Sydney Berry

Little Girl at Slumber Party

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Ken Baldwin

E.I. Crew Member

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Spice Williams-Crosby

Female Prisoner

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Jenny Seeger

Dancer

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Courtney Clark

Dancer

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Lisa Kouchak

Dancer

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Kimberly Jameson

Dancer

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Sara McKinney

Dancer

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Megan Stephens

Dancer

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Lindsay Lopez

Dancer

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Jennifer Edmond

Dancer

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Kelly Crandall

Dancer

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Rhonda Kaufman

Dancer

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Keli Murphy

Dancer

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Natalie Mills

Dancer

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Jennifer Lee Keyes

Dancer

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Tracie Burton

Dancer

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Directing

Katie Tate

Dancer

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Diane Mizota

Dancer

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Faune Chambers Watkins

Dancer

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Laurie Sposit

Dancer

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Cher Aslor

Dancer

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Bermina Jackson

Dancer

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Kimberly Lyon

Dancer

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Elizabeth Myers

Dancer

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Kristin McQuaid

Dancer

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Katie Miller

Dancer

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Sergio Carbajal

Dancer

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Bryan Anthony

Dancer

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Timothy Anderson

Dancer

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Crew

Zachary Woodlee

Dancer

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Elward Jellison

Dancer

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Nikita Ager

Contestant (uncredited)

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Pratima Anaé

Miss Maryland (uncredited)

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Ben Bode

Ruby's Lawyer (uncredited)

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Greg Bronson

Promotional Lobster (uncredited)

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Brittany Crutchfield

Autumn Meadowbrook (uncredited)

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Daniel Dehring

Joey (uncredited)

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Phil Hawn

Man with Newspaper (uncredited)

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Nichole Telck

Pageant Finalist (uncredited)

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