美丽女孩杰茜(艾丽·范宁 Elle Fanning 饰)是一个只身独闯洛杉矶的年轻女模特,她初次涉足花花世界,看起来懵懂无知,人畜无害。亲和的化妆师茹比(吉娜·马隆 Jena Malone 饰)最先接近她,并将其介绍给两个小有名气的模特琪琪(贝拉·希思科特 Bella Heathcote 饰)与莎拉(阿比·丽 Abbey Lee 饰)。杰茜如同一块蕴藏着莫大价值的璞玉,她很快得到了业内有识之士的赏识,前路充满光芒。她的美是上天的恩赐,她的美却也成为他人嫉妒乃至急于毁灭的脆弱之花。 T台之上,霓虹交错,杰茜逐渐趋向梦的彼岸,然则肆无忌惮膨胀的欲望与嫉恨也正将她吞没……The sixteen year-old aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los Angeles expecting to be a successful model. The aspirant photographer Dean takes photos for her portfolio and dates her. Jesse befriends the lesbian makeup artist Ruby and then the envious models Gigi and Sarah in a party. Meanwhile the agency considers Jesse beautiful with a "thing" that makes her different and she is sent to the professional photographer Jack. Jesse attracts he attention of the industry and has a successful beginning of career. But Ruby, Gigi and Sarah are capable to do anything to get her "thing".