Hosted by pageant co-director Jennifer Vannatta Fisher at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts on Lindenwood University’s campus, this presentation show introduces the 2018 Miss Missouri USA and Miss Missouri Teen USA contestants and follows their preliminary competition appearances. The teens compete in athletic wear and evening gown; the Miss contestants appear in swimsuit and evening gown. The program also recognizes outgoing titleholders Bayleigh Dayton and Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff and presents special awards: Teen Spirit to Rebecca Cooper, Miss Spirit to Jasmine Mensah, Teen Photogenic to Tania Ramos, Miss Photogenic to Nicole Ross, Teen Congeniality to Stevie Bish, Miss Congeniality to Shenna Woods, and the teen-selected Mentor Award to Tori Kruse. The broadcast closes with the contestants and notes that interviews and the final competition and coronation are scheduled for the following day; it does not announce the new state titleholders.
