Swimsuit. Talent. Pratfalls. Sandra Bullock nailed every category in the Dec. 14, 2000, comedy Miss Congeniality, about a scrappy fed who infiltrates a beauty pageant. The inspiration? An Ellen DeGeneres interview, cowriter Marc Lawrence recalls to Us. “They asked her what the most difficult part [of hosting the Emmys] was going to be, and she said, ‘Wearing a dress.’ Synapses started firing: What kind of woman would have a hard time wearing a dress? A tough female FBI agent at the Miss America pageant.” He continues: “I have spent very little time in my life thinking about beauty pageants. Ha...

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