Tiaras! Make-up! Gowns! Sashes! Speeches! (And some drama). These are all part of the glitz of beauty pageants. In Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America, which follows contestants through the Ms. Wheechair America 2010 competition. By opening with Ms. Wheelchair Michigan Marcy Amber skydiving, director Alexis Ostrander lets us know these women are not victims, but participants, if not contenders, in life.