Miss Firecracker

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.

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  Holly Hunter

  Carnelle Scott
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  Alfre Woodard

  Popeye Jackson
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  Mary Steenburgen

  Elaine Rutledge
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  Tim Robbins

  Delmount Williams
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  Scott Glenn

  Mac Sam
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  Trey Wilson

  Benjamin Drapper
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  Ann Wedgeworth

  Miss Blue
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  Amy Wright

  Missy Mahoney
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  Veanne Cox

  Tessy Mahoney
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  Christine Lahti

  Clara Archer