Driving Miss Daisy Driving Miss Daisy The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns over a twenty five-year period. "Driving Miss Daisy" was a critical and commercial success upon its release and at the 62nd Academy Awards received nine nominations, and won four; Best Picture, Best Actress (for Tandy), Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1948, Mrs. Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), a seventy-two-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for an
Jessica Scheel contest. Because Barrillas was unable to participate in Miss Universe 2010 she was replaced by Scheel. Scheel placed among the Top 15, breaking a 26-year non-placement streak for Guatemala. Jessica would later finish in the Top 10. During the evening gown competition her name was incorrectly given as "Jessica Torres". "Scheel was originally 2nd Runner-Up (or Miss Guatemala International), but competed in Miss Universe after the original titleholder, Alejandra Barrillas, was unable to compete after she injured her left foot in an accident." Jessica Scheel Jessica María Scheel Noyola (born January 13, 1990 in Guatemala) is a Guatemalan model and