An infamous psychopath, called "the Citizen," has terrorized the nation with a rampage of bombings, shootings and arson. His next chosen target is the hallowed home of American beauty, the Miss United States Pageant, and it's up to the FBI to stop him. Enter Special Agent Grace Heart (Sandra Bullock), pretty but lacking, shall we say, in the social graces, who is chosen to go undercover as a contestant in the national beauty contest and nab the felon in "Miss Congeniality."