Miss Congeniality (2000)

FBI Special Agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock, who also produced the film) is tough and pragmatic and lacks any traditional sense of femininity.

When a notorious domestic terrorist known as The Citizen threatens to bomb the upcoming Miss United States pageant in San Antonio, Texas, the FBI must plant an undercover agent into the competition.

As the only female agent who can pass the age and physical profile, Gracie reluctantly agrees to the job.

The FBI hires eccentric beauty pageant consultant Victor Melling (Michael Caine) to transform Gracie from a dishevelled tomboy into a convincing pageant contestant, renamed  Gracie Lou Freebush, and representing New Jersey,

Gracie must navigate the unfamiliar world of hairspray, heels, and swimwear while secretly investigating the bomb threat alongside her partner (and romantic interest), Agent Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt).

Candice Bergen co-stars as Kathy Morningside, the sophisticated, strict director of the Miss United States pageant, alongside William Shatner as Stan Fields, the veteran, slightly clueless co-host of the pageant.

Heather Burns plays Cheryl Frasier, the sweet, naive Miss Rhode Island who becomes Gracie’s close friend.

The film was a massive commercial success, grossing $212 million worldwide against a $45 million budget.

A 2005 sequel – Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous – did not reach the same critical or commercial heights as the original.

Gracie Hart (Gracie Lou Freebush)
Sandra Bullock
Victor Melling
Michael Caine
Eric Matthews
Benjamin Bratt
Kathy Morningside
Candice Bergen
Stan Fields
William Shatner
McDonald
Ernie Hudson
Agent Clonsky
John DiResta
Cheryl ‘Rhode Island’
Heather Burns
Karen ‘New York’
Melissa De Sousa
Frank Tobin
Steve Monroe
Mary Jo ‘Texas’
Deirdre Quinn
Leslie ‘California’
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Alana ‘Hawaii’
Asia De Marcos
Agent Harris
Ken Thomas
Agent Grant
Gabriel Folse
Agent Jensen
Christopher Shea
Young Gracie
Mary Ashleigh Green
Tough Boy
Cody Linley
Alan
Eric Ian Goldberg
Krashow
Danny Kamin
Ivan
Konstantin Selivanov
Beth
Jessica Holcomb
Tina
Jennifer Gareis
Ellen Schwartz
Ellen H. Schwartz
Miss United States
Georgia Foy
Nebraska
LeeAnne Locken
Arkansas
Pei-San Brown
Florida
Isamari White
Maine
Kimberly Crawford
Maryland
Jamie Drake Stephens
Massachusetts
Dyan Conner
Minnesota
Kelly Bright
Missouri
Dee Dee Adams
Nevada
Shana McClendon
New Mexico
Janie Terrazas
Ohio
Holly Mills
Oregon
Angela Van De Walle
South Carolina
Tarah Bartley
Tennessee
Farah White
Utah
Summyr Miller
Vermont
Jessica Hale
Washington
Pam Green

Director
Donald Petrie

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