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The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)

The Great American Beauty Contest poster
Directed by
Robert Day
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A satirical look at a beauty pageant and the contestants and organizers behind it. It follows several women competing while the pageant judges and staff deal with their own schemes and secrets.

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What happens

The Great American Beauty Contest is a 1973 American satirical comedy–drama television film, starring JoAnna Cameron, Eleanor Parker, Robert Cummings, Louis Jourdan and featuring Farrah Fawcett in an early film appearance. It was directed by Robert Day and was originally shown on the anthology film series ABC Movie of the Week in the United States on February 13, 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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