Steve had secretly cottoned on to his cousin’s dirty plan and helped Myra and the other contestants by freeing them from their imprisonment, back stage. As they vengeful chased Myrtle around, Steve rightfully calls her out for being a manipulative, lying cheat. He tells the audience that Myrtle was using the pageant as a means to reaffirm her love for Eddie and will stop at nothing to get him, even if it's cheating. He reminds her that his friend will never ever love her the same way that he loves Greta. He tells her that it is extremely unacceptable and she knew the rules by hand. She chose to dismiss them and therefore, she loses by default. Myrtle was very disappointed that Steve would dare disqualify her from the competition and leaves back to Biloxi out of shame and humiliation.
