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How is it scored?
Four phases count equally, 25% each: a private interview with the judges, fitness, evening gown, and marketability. The highest combined scores go on to the semifinals, then a Top 5 answers an on-stage question before the judges pick the winner and four runners-up.
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Four phases.
Equal weight.
Interview
A private conversation with the judges.
Fitness
Confidence, poise and stage presence. Teens compete in athletic wear.
Evening gown
Elegance and how she carries herself.
Marketability
Connecting with an audience, authentically.
Top scorers advance to semifinals, a Top 5, and an on-stage question.
The four phases
Interview, 25%
A private conversation with the judges about communication, personality, confidence and sense of self.
Fitness, 25%
Overall fitness, confidence, poise and stage presence. Teens compete in athletic wear.
Evening gown, 25%
Elegance, confidence, poise and overall presentation. The focus is on the woman, not the dress.
Marketability, 25%
How well she connects with an audience as an engaging, authentic representative of Miss Arizona USA.
Finals night
Preliminary scores are totaled and the highest move on to the semifinals, which compete again in athletic wear or swimsuit and evening gown. A Top 5 is chosen the same way. The host asks each finalist an on-stage question, and the judges name the winner and the first to fourth runners-up.
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