The Miss World pageant in 1970 was a groundbreaking focal point for womens’ rights & equality, conflating a simultaneous uprising of the Womens’ Liberation movement with the pageant’s recognition of non-white contestants, all against a depressingly sexist cultural backdrop which while easy to imagine possible, was pretty unsettling. Reasonably told if somewhat prone to caricature, and the “based on a true story” creds were fully paid up at the end with the inclusion of the actual people and descriptions of what they went on to do… which was a bit mawkish.
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.
Production countries: United Kingdom
Production companies: Left Bank Pictures
- Keira Knightley
- Role: Sally Alexander
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Role: Jennifer Hosten - Miss Grenada
- Jessie Buckley
- Role: Jo Robinson
- Keeley Hawes
- Role: Julia Morley
- Phyllis Logan
- Role: Evelyn Alexander
- Lesley Manville
- Role: Dolores Hope
- Rhys Ifans
- Role: Eric Morley
- Greg Kinnear
- Role: Bob Hope
- John Heffernan
- Role: Gareth
- Suki Waterhouse
- Role: Sandra Anne Wolsfeld - Miss USA
- Loreece Harrison
- Role: Pearl Janssen - Miss Africa South
- Clara Rosager
- Role: Maj Christel Johansson - Miss Sweden
- Emma Corrin
- Role: Jillian Jessup - Miss South Africa
- Daniel Tiplady
- Role: Archie
- Kajsa Mohammar
- Role: Eva Rueber-Staier
- Stephen Boxer
- Role: Professor Davidson
- Justin Salinger
- Role: Bearded Marxist Professor
- Ed Eales White
- Role: Journalist 1
- Jonathan Rhodes
- Role: Journalist 2
- Eileen O'Higgins
- Role: Joan Billings
- Laurel Lefkow
- Role: Bob's Secretary
- Amanda Lawrence
- Role: Miss Gilboy
- Samuel Blenkin
- Role: Lawrence
- Nicholas Nunn
- Role: Jeremy
- Robert Irons
- Role: Newsreader
- Luke Thompson
- Role: Peter Hain
- Brig Bennett
- Role: Mrs McKenzie
- Katy Carmichael
- Role: Margaret
- Sam Alexander
- Role: Reporter
- Clarence Smith
- Role: Prime Minister Gairy
- Thomas Smart
- Role: Ambassador of Indonesia
- Charlotte Spencer
- Role: Marjorie Jones
- Rupert Vansittart
- Role: Lord Bly
- John Sackville
- Role: Robin Day
- Lily Travers
- Role: Anna - Air Hostess
- Isis Hainsworth
- Role: Jenny
- Mary Higgins
- Role: Catherine
- Victor Gardener
- Role: Head of Security
- Nicholas Murchie
- Role: BBC Broadcaster
- Edmund Digby-Jones
- Role: Floor Manager Neville
- Charlie Anson
- Role: Michael Aspel
- Jennifer Hosten
- Role: Self
- Sally Alexander
- Role: Self
- Eric Morley
- Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Kemal Shah
- Role: Mecca Man
