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 Duarte Jessica Duarte Jessica María Duarte Volweider (born February 19, 1992) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She represented Trujillo at Miss Venezuela 2015 and was crowned Miss Venezuela International by the outgoing title holder Edymar Martínez. Jessica represented Venezuela at Miss International 2016 pageant. Jessica Duarte is a model born in Caracas whose parents are Nelson Duarte Darauche, Venezuelan economist of Portuguese-Arab descent and Jessica Volweider, Venezuelan lawyer of German descent. Jessica graduated dentist at the Santa Maria University. Similarly, Jessica was the winner of Elite Model Look Venezuela 2008 and represented Venezuela in Cyzone Look 2012 contest