Now, we won't go so far as to say that Lifetime original movies are educational (they're a bit too sensationalized for that) but the latest title from the network does shed light on an important topic. As part of GSK’s Ask2BSure Campaign— which aims to raise awareness and kickstart conversations about meningococcal disease, known as meningitis, for parents of teens and young adults—Pretty Hurts includes a storyline centered on meningitis and how the diagnosis affects the life of a young girl.
"To win scholarship money for college, Lauren (Sarah Borne) enters the same beauty pageant her mom (Haylie Duff) once dominated in her youth," reads the movie's official synopsis, per Lifetime. "Lauren is thrust into a dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and manipulation. Too preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best friend Rae is falling seriously ill with an uncommon and potentially deadly disease—meningitis B—prompting her to turn the pageant platform into a tool for awareness."
