The Balance of Nature

The Balance of Nature is a 1983 British television drama film directed by Paul Annett, starring Leslie Ash.

Outline
The film is about the beauty business, seen mostly through the eyes of a Cockney girl from a tower block. Dawn Winch (Leslie Ash) lives with her mother (Marianne Stone) and works in a West End beauty parlour. She has aspirations to win the Miss United Kingdom competition, but finds that the beauty queen game is more of a jungle than she foresaw.

Cast

 * Leslie Ash as Dawn Winch
 * Philip Bretherton as Spencer Fairfax
 * Juliet Hammond as Natasha
 * Sandy Ratcliff as Julie
 * David Freedman as Gregore
 * Marianne Stone as Dawn's mother
 * Hetty Baynes as Blanche
 * Francis Lloyd as Neville
 * Valerie Testa as Organiser
 * Sylvia Barter as Countess
 * Pamela Miles as Brenda