The Great American Beauty Contest

Feb 13, 1973

1h 14m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

ABC Circle Films

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

ABC

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Cast

Peggy Lowery

Eleanor Parker

Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

Robert Cummings

Ralph Dupree

Louis Jourdan

Miss Oklahoma, Gloria Rockwell

JoAnna Cameron

Miss Texas, T.L. Dawson

Farrah Fawcett

Miss New Jersey, Pamela Parker

Tracy Reed

Miss Ohio, Melinda Wilson

Kathrine Baumann

Miss Maine, Angelique

Susan Damante

Miss Utah

Christopher Norris

Kay Earnshaw

Patricia Barry

Miss Texas Chaperone

Brett Somers

Elliot

Ryan MacDonald

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