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2003 American TV series or program
Beautiful Girl
is a 2003
television movie
starring
Marissa Jaret Winokur
. The film was directed by
Douglas Barr
for the
ABC Family
network.
Plot
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Marissa Jaret Winokur plays Becca Wasserman, a young woman recently engaged to a young man, Adam Lopez (
Mark Consuelos
). Hoping to improve their modest honeymoon plans, Becca seeks the vacation prize offered in a local
beauty pageant
. Charming and buoyant, Becca enters herself confidently, over the objections of her embarrassed mother (
Fran Drescher
) who believes that her daughter's
plus-size form
will be ridiculed. Becca rejects the criticism and becomes determined to win.
[1]
[2]
Overcoming all expectations, Becca becomes Miss
Squirrel Hill
. The flush of success drives her to compete in other, larger pageants in the city, and she announces ambitious plans for the future. Her fiance is supportive at first, but he becomes quickly dismayed by her aggressive efforts to win. As Becca struggles to advance in the pageant circuit, she appears to change for the worse in many ways, before finally recapturing her original good nature and
joie de vivre
.
[1]
[2]
Cast
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Production
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The film is set in
Pittsburgh
but was filmed in
Toronto
.
[2]
References
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- ^
a
b
Stanley, Alessandra
(October 18, 2003).
"Aging Swan, Young Duck And, Oh, Hello, Mr. Chips"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
March 11,
2014
.
- ^
a
b
c
Owen, Rob
(October 16, 2003).
"Tuned In: 'Beautiful Girl' is set in a beautiful city"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. Archived from
the original
on October 22, 2012
. Retrieved
March 11,
2014
.
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