Dean Peterson and Tiffany Horstman host the 2019 Miss Arizona USA and Miss Arizona Teen USA preliminary competition at the Ikeda Theatre in Mesa. The broadcast introduces the teen and Miss contestants, welcomes reigning titleholders Nicole Smith and Macy Deak, and features the teens in activewear followed by the Miss contestants in swimsuit and both divisions in evening gown. The hosts explain that preliminary scoring will also include interviews the following morning. Teen Photogenic goes to Katie Shaw, Miss Photogenic to Mary Espiritu, Teen Congeniality to Natalie McCaslin and Miss Congeniality to Whitney Ellis. The program closes with the contestants and an announcement that the finals and crowning will take place the next evening; no new titleholders are named here.
