The other women in the pageant—particularly the villain, Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen)—were not just cardboard cutouts. They were women navigating a system designed to judge them. Even the film’s ending, where Gracie admits that the women she mocked became her friends, sends a message of solidarity that is often missing in modern cinema.

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