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Based on a true story

posted 13 years ago by sabrinambayi-1
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ok so the movie is based on a true story as I have discorvered this in wikipedia

An aspiring beauty queen Danielle Stevens (Yasmine Bleeth) and her overbearing mother Cathy Stevens (Jill Clayburgh) may have resorted to murder to ensure a win in an upcoming pageant. After the murder of a beauty queen, an investigation reveals the suspects to be the former lover Riley Baxter's stepmother Patrice, rival contestant Danielle, and Danielle's highly ambitious mother Cathy. At the end, it turned out, that the murderer was Danielle Stevens, who was found guilty by the jury and sentenced life-long inprisonment. In 1997 at the time of making the film, she was already serving her prison sentence.

[–] Lifeguardfan 13 years ago

I posted this before, and I'll post it again. Until someone can find me an actual news story on this incident, Wikipedia isn't really going to cut it. Wikipedia is hardly a credible source. I've looked online for a credible source and can't find one. It's plausible that something like this could have occurred somewhere and some time, but as for this movie being based on an actual incident? Not likely.

With that said, when Wikipedia states a movie is based on a true story, they usually link to the actual event. The fact that they didn't also makes it seem as if the information they posted is false.

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[–] fromagebus 11 years ago

Since it is "based" on a true story, could this be an embellished version of the Tracy Lippard case in 1994? It fits the time life and Melissa Weikle was pregnant.

[–] Lifeguardfan 11 years ago

It's possible. I tried googling Tracy Lippard with "Crowned and Dangerous" and nothing came up, but yeah, it's possible.

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