Co-hosts Victory Ramnarine, the 2015 USA Ambassador, and Sierra Scott, the 2024 USA Ambassador, lead the USA Ambassador National Pageant’s preliminary competition for Pre-Teen, Junior Teen, and Teen contestants. The on-stage question phase features contestants answering questions about leadership, confidence, community, and personal values; it accounts for 15% of their overall scores. Contestants then compete in evening gown, worth 25%, with reigning 2025 titleholders introduced before the divisions begin. The broadcast also introduces the judges and highlights the national queens’ community service during their year of service. At the closing crowning, Adelynn Elwell is named SLICC 2 Supermodel, earning an opportunity to model at New York Fashion Week, and Olivia Nicole Berrios is crowned SLICC 2 Ambassador. The main Pre-Teen, Junior Teen, and Teen titles are not awarded here; the hosts invite viewers to the upcoming final show.