Driving Miss Daisy the 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy" also won three Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor Morgan Freeman, and Best Actress Jessica Tandy) in the Comedy/Musical categories. At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards, the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In the United Kingdom, "Driving Miss Daisy" was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, with Tandy winning in the Best Actress category. Tandy and Freeman won the Silver Bear for
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