by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sometimes the heat is too much under the sun. So you have to take shelter in the shade. Model and Miss Bikini US contestant Kelly Bance […]
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Miss Connecticut USA, Miss Connecticut Teen USA reflect on their year
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut USA and Miss Connecticut Teen USA competition is coming up this month. We spoke to the current Miss Connecticut USA Karla Aponte Roque […]
Read moreStyling it their way at Miss New England
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As part of the optionals competition at Miss New England, some of the contestants were offered a chance to model an “outfit of choice” for the […]
Read moreModeling for the sash and crown
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com One of the optional categories offered to the contestants of Miss New England is modeling. The category is just as it sounds. The contestants model for […]
Read moreThree of a kind
Megan Murphy, Teen Miss U.S. United 2023 and formerly Teen Miss Arkansas U.S. United 2023, had a photoshoot at Squire’s castle in Willoughby Ohio on Sept 16. She is a triplet […]
Read moreThe new Miss Bikini United States makes herself at home
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re going to be crowned Miss Bikini United States, you’ll have to get used to being photographed on the beach… well, in a bikini. The […]
Read moreGoing up with Miss Bikini Fitness
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The thing about stairs is that they can go down, but they can also go up. The stairs for Dee Hake of Massachusetts were definitely going […]
Read moreMassachusetts contestant crowned Miss Bikini Fitness
MIAMI BEACH — After a rain storm that sent contestants and guest running for shelter that delayed the competition for 30 minutes, a new Miss Bikini Fitness was crowned poolside […]
Read moreThe next Miss Connecticut is waiting in the wings this weekend
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Yes, there will be a new Miss Connecticut selected on Sunday at the Mohegan Sun. But along the way, audiences at the resort casino’s Cabaret Theater […]
Read moreMiss Connecticut USA finalists show their fitness in swim
by MIKE CHAIKEN The 12 finalists for Miss Connecticut USA showed their fitness in swimwear during the competition held in Windsor, Conn. on April 16. Karla Aponte Roque won the […]
Read moreSporty style at Miss Connecticut Teen USA
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As part of the Miss Connecticut Teen USA finals on Sunday, April 16, the contestants showed their athletic wear style. Jade Ferdinand won the Miss Connecticut […]
Read moreNew titles awarded at Miss Connecticut USA
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Karla Aponte Roque is the new Miss Connecticut USA. And Jade Ferdinand is the new Miss Connecticut Teen USA. Both were crowned in Windsor, Conn. on […]
Read moreMya Xeller makes splash at Miss Connecticut Teen USA
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The finals for Miss Connecticut USA on Sunday, April 16 were not just about selecting new titleholders but saying farewell to the old ones. And in […]
Read moreThe race for the Miss Connecticut USA, Miss Connecticut Teen USA is underway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Five teens and 26 women vying for Miss Connecticut Teen USA and Miss Connecticut USA took to the stage at the Marriott Hartford/Windsor Airport hotel in […]
Read moreReady for a turn in front of the judges in her Shop Sydney Sue
The next pageant season is underway. And the brand Shop Sydney Sue (ShopSydneySue.com), which has dressed contestants at Miami’s Miss Bikini US is offering a line of swimsuits worthy of […]
Read moreA different kind of spotlight
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pageant title holders from the South stepped out onto another kind of stage. Representatives of Gloria Arias’s Georgia’s Best and Brightest took to the runway during […]
Read moreMiss Wolcott selects its titleholders
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A new Miss Wolcott and Miss Wolcott’s Outstanding Teen were crowned on Saturday night. Watertown’s Monica Fenwick is the new Miss Wolcott for 2023. Bristol’s Sage […]
Read moreWisconsin, Iowa are winners on night two of Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Wisconsin’s Grace Stanke won the talent award on night two of Miss America preliminaries and Bailey Hodson won the social impact scholarship on Dec. 13. The […]
Read moreTeen model seeks title with Miss Fashion Global
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Teen model Bella Basque has already built a significant social media presence (122,000 followers on Instagram via @therealbellabellas). But she’s looking to take her modeling career […]
Read moreFrom hard times to success
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Shamila Beslow had been modeling since she was in her teens. But an illness that left her temporarily paralyzed inspired the 40-year-old to try her hand […]
Read moreGetting fit on night one with the Miss Connecticut USA contestants
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com To demonstrate their fitness, the contestants for the Miss Connecticut USA competition took to the stage in the swimwear of their choice. This is what the […]
Read moreWolcott woman, North Haven teen win Miss Connecticut USA titles
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A woman from Wolcott is continuing the town’s tradition of producing statewide pageant title holders as Cynthia Dias was crowned Miss Connecticut USA on Sunday afternoon […]
Read moreMiss Connecticut competition set for April 9
The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization announced the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Competition will be held April 9 at the Cabaret Theater of the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville. […]
Read moreModel has a multi-dimensional resume
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Aletha Ruth Thomas could have stopped at New York Fashion Week model when she listed the items on her resume. But Aletha, who was a recent […]
Read moreThe universe was theirs on the catwalk during NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag. com At the hiTech MODA fashion show in New York City during New York Fashion Week, some of the winners and contestants in the MODA Universe […]
Read moreMermaids and Marilyn
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When there are standards of classic beauty, mermaids and Marilyn Monroe often come to mind. Model Nickie Bradford ticked off both of those boxes as she […]
Read moreCoincidentally from Indiana
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Jamesetta Nah represented Indiana at this year’s Miss Bikini US competition in Miami Beach. Michael Jackson was from Indiana. Michael Jackson sang about a “Liberian Girl.” […]
Read moreSail on the Ocean with Chloe at Miss Bikini US
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It wasn’t a drop in the ocean for Mississippi’s Chloe Sumrall when the final awards were announced at the Miss Bikini US contest in Miami Beach. […]
Read moreMarleigh blooms her way into the Miss Bikini US title
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Marleigh Petras is the new Miss Bikini US. And the seeds for her success were planted back in 2019. 2019 was the year when she first […]
Read moreConnecticut woman shows her bikini style at Miss Bikini US
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut is not known as a bikini capital, but a state woman showed that New England knows its swimwear when she finished in the top five […]
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