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5. Beauty Rest

Life hasn't been easy for model Helen. She is getting older and her dreams of hitting the big time are drying out. So when she finally gets the chance to take part in a beauty contest, she is determined to do ANYTHING in her hands to win.

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Helen ( Mimi Rogers ), an aging model, ends up losing a commercial deal to her younger roommate, Joyce ( Kathy Ireland ). When she learns that Joyce is also participating in a rigged beauty pageant, Helen attempts to knock her unconscious with sleeping pills to take her place and revive her own career, but accidentally causes her to overdose. At the pageant, Helen eventually murders her rival Druscilla ( Jennifer Rubin ). She is soon named the winner and gets her big break, only to learn that the pageant, including the grand prize, has a rather macabre " autopsy " theme. Also starring Buck Henry.

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