That Junior Miss Spirit (Part I)

★★★★★ · Yes, you too can be like Diane Sawyer! · Spuzz · 2005-07-06

At the beginning of 'That Junior Miss Spirit", a girl chirps of how there's peer pressure to follow the group, and how that interferes with their originality. Well, if that's your problem, then why are you getting into a beauty pageant? Yes, The Junior Miss Pageant (which is still going, just well, not as prominent) is focused here. From state competitions to the final show itself! We follow the girls as they're paraded on a cart in high school, to the finals, where they step off a plane to the arm of a waiting soldier! While they're getting ready, there's also time for leisure, like going…

★★★★ · Not so lame · AppleGirl · 2004-09-02

I was in high school at the time this film was made. I was a little hippie girl, protesting the war and rallying against Judge Julius Hoffman, Richard Nixon, and other icons of the evil right-wing establishment. I recall having much disdain for these conservative beauty pageants and the fakey-ness of the participants. But looking at this film today, I am struck by the thought that maybe the path chosen by these girls wasn't so lame after all. Traveling, being part of a team, learning to do an interview, and performing in front of large audiences are all pretty good skills to hone when you're…

★★★★ · I m addicted to posers · left wing films · 2005-12-04

you will go into the life of posers how sweet is that getting to see these morons doing all this silly stuff and with they problems... its really funny

★★★ · Not a tampon ad · trafalgar · 2004-03-16

...but rather the story of the 1970 Junior Miss Pageant, presented by Chevrolet and Kodak, written and produced by GM photographic. One girl's talent was pizza-making.