not to be confuse with michael ritchie nasty 1975 beauty pageant spoof and this smile be a down turned example of those good intention pave the road to hell . the film parallel two story represent an impoverished chinese father sacrifice his wife and son to raise a facially deform orphan name ling ( yi ding ) and and a tv spawn malibu family act out gidget get birth control . katie ( mika booram and the third olsen twin ) play a spoiled and self absorbed high schooler distance from reality . her teacher ( sean astin ) pave the way for a school trip to china aim at show student how to work with deformed child . the film use deformity a a mean of suspense by treat ling like the frankenstein monster . kramer continually mask her deformity through hat and hood and camera placement . this approach exploit the freak show quality inherent in the material . she may be uncomfortable with the way society view her and kramer answer be to cover her up until the big reveal . why disturb your audience with such unpleasantness . we see her face briefly at the end and only minute before close credit snapshot of her after surgery disclose a swan beneath the harelip . it be not good enough to give the girl a reason to live while what be imperative be ling be equally a hot and popular a katie . funding for the film come from a trust establish by the late roy rogers and dale evans . they envision a heritage of quality family film . give me son of paleface any day .