The Van Buren family arrives at the Little Miss Overland Park Pageant to support Mikayla, who entered under the pseudonym, Mikayla Dickey, due to Shay's reputation of causing the competition during the year she competed to be cancelled due to a lice outbreak that she started. While Cameron, who was chosen as an alumni judge, goes to check out the dads, Jayna looks for the non-existent open bar, and Shay goes to help Mikayla with her makeup. The Zales family arrives next with Mrs. Zales on a business call with Hong Kong, using vulgar language in front of Katelynn, who is also participating in the pageant. Mackenzie calls out her mother on such language affecting Katelynn, but Mrs. Zales pays her no mind as she leaves to take another business call, leaving Mackenzie to get Katelynn ready.
At the judges table, Patricia Wetherly, Head of the Little Miss Overland Park Competition, and Alex Abrams, store owner at the Overland Park Mall, join Cameron and introduce themselves, and Cameron immediately begins to hit on Alex. Backstage, Shay finishes Mikayla's makeup, instructs her to not mess up her dress, and leaves. Mikayla goes to talk with Brooklyn Katchadorian, whose mom isn't at the pageant because she is home with a depressed Ashley. Meanwhile, Jayna goes through withdrawals, asking Mrs. Zales if she has any kind of drink, while Mrs. Zales yells at her staff in Hong Kong. As she becomes more stressed with her work, Jayna offers her some adderall. Shay and Mackenzie run into each other, and after exchanging some insults, discuss their sisters competiting in the pageant. Mackenzie points to Katelynn being in the Little Miss Overland Park Tots, which has much less competition.
Brooklyn finishes her baton twirling routine, and Mikayla praises her performance. They meet a new girl, Gwen Kindle who just moved to Overland Park from Brooklyn, who is not wearing the traditional pageant dress, confusing the two girls. Mikayla goes on to do her performance, reciting a monologue from Beasts of the Southern Wild. Cameron tries to persuade the judges that Mikayla is a winner, though the other two decide to wait and see the other talent, while Mrs. Zales has trouble using her phone after taking Jayna's profered adderall pills, which she suddenly realizes is actually Vicodin. Gwen goes on next and makes a vegan meatball sandwich, which impresses the other judges but not Cameron. Shay confidently believes that Mikayla will win, and leaves with Mackenzie to find their moms. However, the winner is announced as Gwen, which shocks the Van Burens and amuses Mackenzie. Cameron grumpily informs them that she was outvoted. Despite her thinking Gwen wasn't good enough, the other judges loved her, which causes Mackenzie to flashback on Jenna's explanation of hipsterism making the cool uncool and vice versa. Confidence now shaken, Mackenzie quickly urges her mom to leave.
This is Mrs. Zales and Katelynn Zales's first appearance in the entire series.
Mikayla had to register with a pseudonym because of Shay's reputation with the competition.
When Alex Abrams introduces himself as a store owner at Oak Park Mall, Cameron accidentally lets slip that she stole a top from his store.
Katelynn watches Shark Tank with Mrs. Zales.
When Jayna asks if Mrs. Zales has any drinks, Mrs. Zales reveals that she only drinks 10-year old scotch.
Mikayla's interests are revealed to be coloring, hopscotch, and Napoleonic battle strategies. Her favorite books are revealed to be Goodnight Moon and the Art of War by Sun Tzu.
