Tori Kruse was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2018 for Miss USA 2018 on 25th September 2017 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis – Chesterfield, St. Charles, Missouri on . She was crowned by the outing Miss Missouri USA 2017 Bayleigh Dayton.
Tori also has gained a lot of confidence from her sports reporting profession and modeling which can definitely help her in winning the competition.