by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Miss Connecticut Sapna Raghavan held her send off party in South Windsor, she showed guests the wardrobe she was going to wear at Miss America […]
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Category: Pageants
Miss America contestants smile along the red carpet
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before they headed into the Mohegan Sun Arena for the finals of Miss America, the contestant glided over the red carpet in their evening gowns for […]
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Some parting words from Miss America 2020
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com After a prolonged reign as Miss America thanks to COVID-19, Camille Schrier gets to hand over her crown to a new titleholder tonight. The 50 women […]
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Night 2 of the competition: Evening gowns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On the second night of preliminary competitions for Miss America, contestants accented their on-stage questions and red carpet moment with a variety of evening gowns. This […]
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Texas and Illinois reps win night 2 of Miss America prelims
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On the second night of preliminary competition at Miss America, the representatives from Texas and Illinois won the preliminary awards. Mallory Fuller of Texas was the […]
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Connecticut’s Sapna Raghavan makes her pitch at Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On night of two of the Miss America preliminaries at the Mohegan Sun on Monday, Connecticut’s Sapna Raghavan got to speak her mind. Initially, she took […]
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Talking Miss America with Connecticut’s Sapna Raghavan
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Rehearsals were underway. The audience’s arrival was hours away. Makeup and hair preparation was a promise rather than a reality for the moment. But Connecticut’s Sapna […]
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Miss America prelim winners talk about the power of poetry and the power of their pitch
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionmag.com The first night of preliminary competition at Miss America is in the history books. New York’s Sydney Park won talent with the recitation of an […]
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Miss Connecticut Sapna Raghavan begins her Miss America adventure
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The first night of Miss America preliminaries was held on Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Earth Convention Center in Uncasville. And it was the first […]
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Miss Connecticut Teen USA shares her mental health story
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A retreat in Houston earlier this year helped ease Nikitha Kikanamada’s ride when she arrived in Tulsa, Okla. for the Miss Teen USA competition in late […]
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Miss America panelists for prelims announced
With the 100th Anniversary Miss America competition beginning this weekend, the Miss America Organization announced the panelists for the two-night competition preliminaries scheduled to take place on Sunday and Monday at 7 p.m. at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The preliminaries […]
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A queen in her castle
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re a queen, you’re going to seek out your castle. And that’s what model Lauren Crawford did during Ohio Fashion Week as she stepped away […]
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The 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 […]
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Another kind of crown
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A title holder in the American Royal Beauties, Ohio resident Stephanie Caple got a chance to wear another kind of crown recently. Stephanie was a recent […]
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New Miss Wolcott representatives ready to take on favored issues
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Three women were selected as representatives of the Miss Wolcott organization. Not only will they represent the community, these three women also will serve as representatives […]
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Miss Wolcott is back
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The local competitions for the Miss Connecticut crown are off and running this Saturday as the contest for the next Miss Wolcott is held – live […]
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Miss America: Action, it’s shoe time
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss America took an early jaunt to Connecticut on Labor Day. The annual Show Me Your Shoes parade was transplanted to Mystic, Conn. this year to […]
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Miss America contestants to put their shoes on parade
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A piece of Miss America history will play out in southeast Connecticut this weekend. On Monday, Miss America contestants from all 50 states will step off […]
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A Begonia along the beach
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Scarlet Begonias may be named after a Grateful Dead classic, but her parents weren’t fans of the San Francisco jam band. However, Scarlet was. And […]
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We’re golden
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It’s only appropriate that a contestant crowned Miss Bikini Golden Beach should be shot at the golden hour. Danni Marie is seen at Miami Beach as […]
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You’ve gotta love Virginia
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Virginia, it’s been said, is for lovers. And you had to love Miss Bikini Virginia Model Vanessa Vargas, at the recent Miss Bikini US competition held […]
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Pageants have been her life
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Anna-Grace Parker, 4, is a pageant veteran. She’s been competing since she was 5 months old. And as a pageant competitor, her mother Lauren Parker said […]
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Coincidentally 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.” […]
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Getting to know Miss Connecticut USA Amanda Torchia
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Amanda Torchia admits the cultural melding of her parents is an unlikely one. Torchia, a Waterbury resident and the current Miss Connecticut USA, is the daughter […]
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In the south, but not south enough
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com North Texas is in the south. But it’s not as far south as Miami. So, model Katie Marie Edwards traveled to North Beach in south Florida […]
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Sail 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. […]
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Marleigh 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 […]
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Dare Taylor: A hostess with the mostest
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dare Taylor could have tried to take it easy over the weekend as she prepared to give up her Miss Bikini US Model crown in Miami […]
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From Montenegro with love
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Bikini US competition in Miami Beach finished with an international flourish July 8 when Jovana Nikolic, who was competiting as Montenegro Fit, won the […]
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Getting to know Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Aicha Diallo
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The countdown is underway for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Aicha Diallo of West Haven will begin preliminary competitions for the national crown on July 28. And […]
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