Beauty Queens

A hushed, wound-tight family dinner where old resentments surface slowly, carried by proud women and the weight of buried secrets.

Created by

Joel Lamangan

Genres

Drama

Starring

Maris Racal, Maxine Medina, Wynwyn Marquez

Overview

Miss Universe 1969 Dahlia Rodriguez-De Veyra throws an intimate dinner party to celebrate the centennial birthday of her late mother, who was crowned Miss Philippines 1939 and Manila’s last Carnival Queen. Leading the guest list are her three headstrong daughters who are all international beauty pageant titlists, with the youngest son being a transwoman whom the domineering Queen Mother disowned, ultimately tearing the family apart. In her attempt to reconcile with her daughters, will Dahlia be able to bring her family back together, or will it only reopen old wounds and reveal three generations of secrets and lies?

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, identity, betrayal, parenthood

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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