Willowdean Dixon doesn't consider the word 'fat' offensive: some people have bony knees, some have big breasts, and Will is fat, and that's just a fact. But the summer before her senior year turns her whole world upside down. Her first job. Her first kiss. Her first fight with a friend. And for the first time in her life, she feels self-conscious about her body. To regain her confidence, Willowdean decides to enter a beauty pageant and prove that every girl, regardless of her dress size, can be queen.