Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine 2006

7.70

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

2006

Sweet Movie

Sweet Movie 1974

5.26

The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.

1974

Miss

Miss 2020

7.20

A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.

2020

Miss India America

Miss India America 2016

5.70

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.

2016

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful 1977

5.60

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.

1977

The Alternative Miss World

The Alternative Miss World 1980

1.00

A filmed record of the 1978 "Alternative Miss World" beauty pageant held in a circus tent on Clapham Common in South London.

1980

Iris

Iris 2017

6.00

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.

2017

Älskling på vift

Älskling på vift 1964

1

What happens if a regular housewife picks up in a local beauty contest - and wins? How will it be when the husband forbids her to go to the finals in Mallorca - but she is going anyway?

1964

Miss Beijo

Miss Beijo 2021

5.00

An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge.

2021

The British Guide to Showing Off

The British Guide to Showing Off 2011

6.60

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

2011

American Royalty

American Royalty 2022

1

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.

2022

Mis

Mis 2001

1

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.

2001

The Pageant

The Pageant 2020

4.50

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.

2020

Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen

Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen 2001

4.00

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...

2001

Beauty Queen Murders

Beauty Queen Murders 2013

5.50

Beauty pageants are the stuff of dreams for so many girls who fantasize about being a princess for the day. For these beauty queens, a sash and crown may empower them to reach for the stars but it can't defend against the terrible fate that awaits. BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERS shines the spotlight on women who lived their lives in the public eye as America's sweethearts. They were all so young. They were all so beautiful. They all held so much promise. And they were all killed before their limelight was up.

2013