Unbeknownst to Lois, the boys enter her in the Mrs. Tri-County Pageant as a joke. When they overhear the other contestants remarking that Lois doesn't have a chance of winning, they plot to help their mother take the crown. Meanwhile, Malcolm is blackmailed into delivering love notes to a contestant for Herkabe, and Reese discovers that, according to the Mrs. Tri-County Pageant manual's scientific formula, he is beautiful.
Elenco: Bryan Cranston , Justin Berfield , Erik Per Sullivan , Jane Kaczmarek , Christopher Masterson , Frankie Muniz , Craig Lamar Traylor , David Anthony Higgins , Emy Coligado , Eric Nenninger , Kenneth Mars , Evan Matthew Cohen , Kyle Sullivan , Gary Anthony Williams , Jennette McCurdy , Emma Stone , Cloris Leachman , James Rodriguez , Lukas Rodriguez .