劳拉·祖尼加是一个墨西哥的女模特,年轻的她正在积极准备选美比赛,因为这是她改变自己生活和命运的机会。可是在准备比赛的过程中,墨西哥的黑帮和毒贩子却“不请自到”。要挟她为黑帮服务。At 23, Laura Guerro and her friend Suzu enter the Miss Baja pageant. Both qualify, and while Laura waits at a nightclub for Suzu to break away so they can go shopping, a heavily-armed drug gang murders drug enforcement officials there. Laura escapes unharmed but can't find Suzu, so the next day she looks for her; her dogged behavior brings her to the cartel's attention, and they force her to assist them as they menace her father and younger brother. Lino, the gang's leader, decides Laura should finish the pageant although her only interest is escape. Every day drags her deeper and corruption is pervasive. What alternative is there to death or prison?