Hosted by pageant co-director Jennifer Vannatta Fisher at Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts, the 2018 Miss Missouri USA and Miss Missouri Teen USA broadcast follows both competitions from contestant introductions through the final results. Preliminary scoring included private interviews, athletic wear and evening gown. The semifinal rounds featured athletic wear for the teens, swimsuit for the Miss contestants, and evening gown for both divisions, followed by finalist on-stage questions and the crowning. Osage Beach’s Tori Kruse won Miss Missouri USA 2018, with City of St. Louis contestant Miriah Ludtke as first runner-up. Truman’s Chloe Bartlett won Miss Missouri Teen USA 2018, with Creve Coeur’s Stevie Bish as first runner-up. The program also features outgoing titleholders Bayleigh Dayton, Miss Missouri USA 2017, and Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff, Miss Teen USA 2017, plus special awards and contestants’ community-service platforms.
