Lepa Mona si je od nekdaj želela postati miss Amerike. Ko zanosi, se njene sanje o lepotnem tekmovanju porušijo, toda Mona uspe prepričati svojo najboljšo prijateljico Ruby, da njeno hčerko Vanesso vzame pod svoje okrilje in jo vzgaja kot svojo. Mona in Vanessa zgradita poseben odnos in deklica kmalu začne sumiti, da je Mona v resnici njena mama. Ji bo Mona priznala resnico?
Sometimes you have to give up the life of your dreams, to discover the dream of your life... On her journey to become the next Miss American Miss, a young woman is forced to reevaluate her life's goal and, in the process, discovers what's really important and what it truly means to be... Beautiful.