Movie: The Great American Beauty Contest

Top 10 Billed Cast

Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker

Peggy Lowery

Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings

Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

Louis Jourdan
Louis Jourdan

Ralph Dupree

JoAnna Cameron
JoAnna Cameron

Miss Oklahoma, Gloria Rockwell

Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett

Miss Texas, T.L. Dawson

Tracy Reed
Tracy Reed

Miss New Jersey, Pamela Parker

Kathrine Baumann
Kathrine Baumann

Miss Ohio, Melinda Wilson

Susan Damante
Susan Damante

Miss Maine, Angelique

Christopher Norris
Christopher Norris

Miss Utah

Patricia Barry
Patricia Barry

Kay Earnshaw

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1973-02-13

  • Average

    6.333

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    English
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