The Great American Beauty Contest

The Great American Beauty Contest

NR 1973 · 74 min · ★ 6.3 · TV Movie, Drama

The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.

Directed by Robert Day · Written by Stanford Whitmore

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