Die attraktive, aber vollkommen ungehobelte Agentin Gracie Hart soll als Undercoveragentin in die Wahl der Miss United States eingeschleust werden. Sie erhält den Auftrag, sich als "Miss New Jersey" unter die Kandidatinnen zu mischen, um so ein geplantes Bombenattentat zu verhindern und den meistgesuchten Verbrecher der USA zu stellen.
Doch wie verwandelt man eine Frau, der Make-up und Glamour zuwider sind und die noch nicht einmal einen Kamm besitzt, in eine glaubwürdige Anwärterin für den Titel der schönsten Frau Amerikas? Ein eilig engagierter Trainer hat nur zwei Tage Zeit, die knallharte Kampfsportlerin auf ihre ungewohnte Rolle vorzubereiten - mit wahrhaft atemberaubenden Ergebnissen.
Superstar Sandra Bullock ("Speed", "Während du schliefst") und Benjamin Bratt ("Red Planet", "Traffic") in einer hinreißenden Komödie vom Regisseur von "Ein verrücktes Paar" und "Der Onkel vom Mars". Außerdem mit dabei: Candice Bergen, Michael Caine und William "Captain Kirk" Shatner!
| Sandra Bullock | Gracie Hart |
| Michael Caine | Victor Melling |
| Benjamin Bratt | Eric Matthews |
| Candice Bergen | Kathy Morningside |
| William Shatner | Stan Fields |
| Ernie Hudson | McDonald |
| John DiResta | Agent Clonsky |
| Heather Burns | Cheryl |
| Melissa De Sousa | Karen |
| Steve Monroe | Frank Tobin |
| Deirdre Quinn | Mary Jo |
| Wendy Raquel Robinson | Leslie |
| Asia De Marcos | Alana Krewson, Miss Hawaii |
| Asia DeMarcos | Alana |
| Ken Thomas | Agent Harris |
| Gabriel Folse | Agent Grant |
| Christopher Shea | Agent Jensen |
| Mary Ashleigh Green | Young Gracie |
| Cody Linley | Tough Boy |
| Eric Ian Goldberg | Alan |
| Daniel Kamin | Krashow |
| Danny Kamin | Krashow (as Daniel Kamin) |
| Konstantin Selivanov | Ivan |
| Mona Lee Fultz | Russian Waitress |
| Sergei Levtsuk | Russian Bodyguard |
| Johnny Caan | Russian Bodyguard |
| John Cann | Russian Bodyguard (as Johnny Caan) |
| Debbie Nelson | Pageant Announcer |
| Don Cass | Pageant Director |
| Laurie Guzda | Assistant Director |
| Jimmy Graham | Backstage Security Guard |
| Rupert Reyes | Security Guard (as Ruperto Reyes Jr.) |
| Ruperto Reyes, Jr. | Security Guard |
| Bernadette Nason | Pageant Matron |
| Stephen Bruton | Bartender |
| Jessica Holcomb | Beth |
| Jennifer Gareis | Tina |
| Ellen Schwartz | Herself |
| Ellen H. Schwartz | Herself (as Ellen Schwartz) |
| Cassandra L. Small | Starbucks Cop |
| Marco Perella | Starbucks Guy |
| Cynthia Dorn | Preliminary Judge |
| Catenya McHenry | Newscaster |
| Paige Bishop | Warehouse Dentist |
| Lucien Douglas | Warehouse Hair Stylist |
| Georgia Foy | Miss United States |
| LeeAnne Locken | Nebraska |
| Pei-San Brown | Alaska |
| Isamari White | Florida |
| Kimberly Crawford | Maine |
| Jamie Drake Stephens | Maryland |
| Dyan Conner | Massachusetts |
| Kelly Bright | Minnesota |
| Dee Dee Adams | Missouri |
| Shana McClendon | Nevada |
| Janie Terrazas | New Mexico |
| Holly Mills | Ohio |
| Angela VanDeWalle | Oregon |
| Angela Van De Walle | Uma Trough, Miss Oregon |
| Tarah Bartley | South Carolina |
| Shane Allison | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Farah White | Tennessee |
| Summyr Miller | Utah |
| Jessica Hale | Vermont |
| Pam Green | Washington |
| Marc Lawrence | Executive Producer |
| Fred Bothwell | Pageant Judge (uncredited) |
| Clyde Lawrence | Song Writer |
| Devin Carbaugh | Club Dancer (uncredited) |
| Scott Grossman | Himself (uncredited) |
| Deborah Abbott | Kiki Call, Miss District of Columbia (uncredited) |
| Robert F. Cawley | Pageant Judge (uncredited) |
| Camille Chen | Miss New Hampshire (uncredited) |
| Ginger Sledge | Executive Producer |
| Cynthia Aguiar | Pageant Audience (uncredited) |
| Bruce Berman | Executive Producer |
| Constance Dasse | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| László Kovács | Director of Photography |
| Brian Decaro | Pageant Employee (uncredited) |
| Dustin Amy | Starbucks Patron (uncredited) |
| Billy Weber | Film Editor |
| Ricardo Azulay | Victor (uncredited) |
| Johnny Bartee | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Carolyn Dessert-Lauterio | Costume Designer |
| Edward Shearmur | Composer |
| Whitney Blake | Miss Georgia (uncredited) |
| Staffan Olsson | Song Writer |
| Troy Harris | Parent (uncredited) |
| Brea Cola | Erin McPherson, Miss Pennsylvania (uncredited) |
| David Hankins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lisa Del Dotto | Miss South Dakota (uncredited) |
| Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dawn McCoy | Miss Delaware (uncredited) |
| Brent Mitchell | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Denzlinger | New York Cop (uncredited) |
| Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matthew S. Moffett | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Rana Morrison | Misty - Guest Attendant (uncredited) |
| Troy Dillinger | Background (uncredited) |
| John Pritchett | production sound mixer |
