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It was the first time
since moving to America that it felt good to
be called Gordita. And suddenly, winning
Little Miss Dade County and proving my cousins wrong
didn't matter so much anymore. - Looks like we have a winner
since moving to America that it felt good to
be called Gordita. And suddenly, winning
Little Miss Dade County and proving my cousins wrong
didn't matter so much anymore. - Looks like we have a winner
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- It was the first time
since moving to America
00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:05.796
that it felt good to
be called Gordita.
00:00:05.088 --> 00:00:08.299
And suddenly, winning
Little Miss Dade County
00:00:08.382 --> 00:00:11.677
and proving my cousins wrong
didn't matter so much anymore.
00:00:11.761 --> 00:00:13.429
- Looks like we have a winner.
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Movie Summary
A Latina reporter looks back on her childhood as a chubby, willful, reluctant Dominican immigrant growing up with her eccentric family in 1980s Miami.