Headstrong Mona Hubbard (Minnie Driver) is a fiercely driven woman with only one goal: to capture the coveted "Miss American Miss" beauty award. Helping her is Mona's childhood friend and consummate nurturer Ruby and Ruby's daughter Vanessa. But as the pageant looms closer, Mona starts to think whether her sacrifices of family, in pursuit of a beauty pageant victory, was worth it?