A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.
Acting
Knightley and Buckley's combustible activist energy.
Writing
Refuses easy heroes—everyone's complicity gets examined.
Production
Seamlessly blends archival 1970 broadcast footage.
Director
Philippa Lowthorpe
Keira Knightley
Sally Alexander
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
Jessie Buckley
Jo Robinson
Keeley Hawes
Julia Morley
Phyllis Logan
Evelyn Alexander
Lesley Manville
Dolores Hope
Rhys Ifans
Eric Morley
Greg Kinnear
Bob Hope
John Heffernan
Gareth
Suki Waterhouse
Sandra Anne Wolsfeld - Miss USA
Ruby Bentall
Sarah
Alexa Davies
Sue
Lily Newmark
Jane
Loreece Harrison
Pearl Janssen - Miss Africa South
Clara Rosager
Maj Christel Johansson - Miss Sweden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Jennifer Hosten attended the premiere and consulted on the script, while Sally Alexander's daughter helped shape her mother's portrayal.
The 1970 protest directly inspired the 'No More Miss America' bra-burning myth—though no bras actually burned at either event.
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