I really liked the theme, and how it relates with fame and glory. I'm so thankful in the way this movie ended *spoiler alert* It took her the gain of the glory of the world to realize that she'd lost her soul... It was beautiful how she repented of that and had a happily ever after. This movie also emphasized (towards the end) that true beauty is on the inside!

Yeah, maybe it's obvious that a drama about a beauty queen would be overdramatic but seriously people, she's gonna be doing this stuff for a year. She's gonna make lots of money and travel; it's actually an awesome opportunity (which her mom says in the beginning but is suddenly upset about her daughter being busy all the time?). This movie doesn't suck and it has likable characters, but everyone needs to chill out.

Poor acting, worse script. If you find something else to watch, I advise you to watch that instead. Can't get much worse than this one.

How did anyone talk Cloris Leachman and Dianne Lane ino doing this stinker? It is FAR below them.

I really loved this movie, but I don't think that it was about her amibitions. Her problems were, she was trying to make everyone happy because this was a fast track move for her. She was a nice middle class girl, that only wanted to make it in life. It was all the other people that wanted to use her to get to the top. Oh, there was another viewer that said she had a nervous breakdown. Believe me that was no breakdown. She just had as much as she could take. Anytime you take charge of your life, and start telling people what you want, and not just say OK, that is not a breakdown, that is command and control. If I'm not understanding something, please tell me. I think they said that she could never be alone with a man. If anyone should have had problems and gotten fired was the VP. The man was alone with her more than once, and gave her presents.

This movie is okay for watching at home on a sick day. I thought the scene where she has a nervous breakdown was kinda hokey, and the resolution was too short, but it was fine overall.