Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It's all in a day's work for a festival queen. If you assume all pageant queens are airheads, then welcome to the alternate universe of America's festival queens. With titles like Catfish Queen and Swine Queen, and royal duties ranging from kissing frogs to doing PR for local industries, these hardworking girls represent the best of what America has to offer: local cultures, unique traditions, and community spirit that makes Main Street sparkle with promise. The Rhinestone Sisterhood takes us deep into the world of small-town festival queens to capture the true story of four sisters of the sash -- the Frog, Fur, Cotton, and Cattle Queens of Louisiana. Meet Chelsea, Lauren, Kristen, and Brandy, local queens with lives full of public speaking, pig chases, and pageant politics. We ride with the girls during their reign, where families and boyfriends can be as complicated as judges' panels and dreams may be at the mercy of a Category 4 hurricane. It's a story for dreamers everywhere.
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