Underground criminal DIVINE lives under the pseudonym "Babs Johnson" with
her mentally ill, egg-loving mother Edie (EDITH MASSEY), delinquent son
Crackers (DANNY MILLS), and traveling companion Cotton (MARY VIVIAN PEARCE).
They all live together in a pink trailer on the outskirts of Phoenix,
Maryland, in front of which can be found a pair of eponymous plastic
pink flamingos. After learning that Divine has been
named "the filthiest person alive" by a tabloid paper, jealous rivals Connie (MINK STOLE) and Raymond
Marble (DAVID LOCHARY) set out to destroy her career but come undone in the
process.