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.
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Guadalupe Productions, Corsair Pictures, Firecracker Company
- Keyword: mississippi river, beauty contest, based on play or musical, red dress
- Cast: Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Scott Glenn, Trey Wilson