They tell the interviewer why they are entering the competition for Miss Teen Princess. But the pageant's kinda my only chance. She puts forward the kind of meaningless platitudes that are the universal fare in virtually all high schools in America, and she does it with a smugness in knowing that she gave just the right answer to the question. Tammy, a wholesome farm girl, shows the camera all her patches on her letter jacket. She is most proud of the one for the Lutheran Young Ladies Gun Club, where she beat out Becky Leeman to become its president.
Tammy explains that the pageant is really about being a winner.
Then, as she is seen from a distance driving her father's combine, it explodes, and the scene cuts to Tammy's funeral. Gladys cries and remarks what a terrible thing this is for the pageant, then goes on about ordering the balloons. This is the first indication that foul play is afoot. It becomes clear that Amber and Becky are the two who will vie for the title. Subsequently her mother's trailer explodes, sending her mother to the hospital.