The Miss Southington pageant was held on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Derynoski Elementary School. This is what we saw onstage and backstage at this preliminary event for Miss Connecticut and […]
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Some scenes from Miss Nutmeg
On Saturday, Dec. 2, the Miss Nutmeg Scholarship pageant was held at Derynoski Elementary School in Southington, Conn. This is what the audience saw in this local pageant for the […]
Read moreTen new crowns in the Miss Connecticut universe
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com SOUTHINGTON — The Miss Connecticut Scholarship welcomed a bundle of new inductees into the Class of 2018 on Saturday, Dec. 2. The Miss Nutmeg Scholarship Organization […]
Read moreAnd she’s underway… catching up with Miss CT, halfway thru Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Two nights of preliminary competitions at Miss America in Atlantic City, N.J. are out of the way. One more preliminary event is left before the finals […]
Read moreMaking a strong first impression at Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com So you’ve earned your state’s title in the Miss America Organization. You’ve made your way to “the show”– crown and sash in hand– at Boardwalk Hall […]
Read moreMiss CT’s Outstanding Teen shares her experiences at national pageant
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A month has nearly passed since Waterbury’s Brooke Cyr came back from Orlando where she competed for the opportunity to be Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. The […]
Read moreMeet the new queens of Connecticut
It’s been a long journey for the new Miss Connecticut, Eliza Lynne Kanner of Hamden. Kanner has a long history– 17 years– as part of the Miss Connecticut system, she […]
Read moreDouble prelim winners on 1st night of Miss CT; contestants glide in their gowns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the preliminary competition was over with for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant on Friday night in Hartford, two women found themselves double-winners. In the preliminary […]
Read moreLet them entertain you as they seek the crown
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR There will be two new representatives in the Miss America Organization crowned this weekend. But the two days worth of events to declare the next […]
Read moreStashing the sash fashion: Miss Southington’s Outstanding Teen Ava Onofreo
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
Read moreStashing the sash fashion: Miss Plantsville’s Outstanding Teen Taylor Plourd
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
Read moreStashing the sash fashion: Miss Forestville Erika Farrell
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
Read moreStashing the sash fashion: Miss Wolcott Alyssa Anderson
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
Read moreMiss America: Pretty enough for the Billboards
Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields traveled to Las Vegas this past weekend to present an award on stage at the Billboard Music Awards. She was joined on stage by “The […]
Read moreMiss CT Class of 2017 complete after local pageant
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut Class of 2017 is complete as Bristol hosted the final two pageants on Saturday at Chippens Hill Middle School. The first pageant held […]
Read moreAdd some more sparkle: More CT style stars
Three more style stars were added to the Connecticut sky scape recently as the Miss Rookie and Miss Southington pageants of the Miss Connecicut Scholarship Pageant were held. Meet the […]
Read moreMiss America scheduled for Sept. 10 broadcast
Atlantic City, NJ (February 1, 2017) – The Miss America Organization, dick clark productions and ABC announced today that the 97th Miss America Competition will return to Atlantic City’s historic […]
Read moreIndividualizing your skincare solutions
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With the title of Miss Connecticut in her grasp, Connecticut’s Miss Wolcott Alyssa Anderson has turned to Advanced Dermatology Center and Dr. Ronald Jurzyk in Wolcott to help […]
Read moreStopping off in Bristol, CT: Who could be next to follow these CT style icons?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut style icons– the reigning Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen– presided over the latest installment of “Who’s next?” in Bristol, Conn. The […]
Read moreMiss Connecticut stays Miss Connecticut as another is crowned Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The journey toward Miss America for Wolcott’s Alyssa Taglia ended Sunday night as the reigning Miss Connecticut failed to make it to the final round of […]
Read moreNeutrals rule on night 3 of Miss America prelims
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Neutrals ruled with blues in a close second. On the third and last night of preliminary competition for Miss America at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, […]
Read moreDress up time for Miss Connecticut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Thursday, Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia got to play “dress-up.” On the third night of preliminary competition in Atlantic City, N.J. for the Miss America pageant, […]
Read moreMiss Connecticut takes care of business
At Wednesday night’s, Miss Connecticut was all business—albeit in a stylish manner. Alyssa Taglia, the representative from the Nutmeg State, competed in the Onstage Question at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic […]
Read moreFashion, chapter 2, from Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Style continued its adventures at the second night of Miss America preliminary competition at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Wednesday. A second night of the […]
Read moreNight one: The evening gown and swimsuit landscape at Miss America
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At Miss America’s preliminaries on Tuesday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the first group of contestants to compete in Lifestyle and Fitness (swimwear) and […]
Read moreThe first night of style for Miss Connecticut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion icon Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia evoked the spirit of music icon Tina Turner as the Miss America preliminary competition began on Tuesday night in Atlantic […]
Read moreWhat does the next generation of Miss Americas choose to wear?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Miss America is broadcast across the nation on Sept. 11, many watching in their living room will be looking at the evening gowns chosen by […]
Read moreMiss CT talks about her sense of style
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The day is drawing close. On Sept. 11, the world will find out who will be the next Miss America. And it will be a chance […]
Read moreFashion sense of Miss America Organization contestants
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ask any contestant vying for a spot in Miss America in September, they will tell you that one of the four points of the crown is […]
Read moreWhat about that hat?
The Miss America Organization reported that the reigning queen’s Kentucky Derby hat won over the hearts of the financial wizards at, of all places, Forbes magazine. The press release said, […]
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