Each year the Miss Rodeo Colorado Committee hosts a preliminary pageant with the intent to select contestants for the final pageant that is held in conjunction with the Greeley Stampede. The preliminary pageant is a one day competition held in April at Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley, Colorado. The contestants are judged on the categories of Appearance, Personality, and Horsemanship.

In conjunction with the preliminary pageant an exhibitor pageant is also held with the intent to provide experience and to those that enter.