by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A little crown power was put to work on Tuesday, Dec. 18 to brighten up the Christmas of some Connecticut children. An anonymous donor continued a 20 year tradition at Walmart on Farmington Ave., Bristol with the purchase of 100 bicycles for children served by the
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Hosting with a holiday panache
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re going to play host at a scholarship pageant in December, you just might reach for some holiday colors. That’s what Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Morgan Mancini did at the Miss Bristol-Forestville Scholarship program at Chippens Hill Middle School in
Continue readingThe job ‘interview’: Night 3 for Miss CT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -With swimsuits gone from Miss America, this year a new phase of competition was introduced to take the place of Lifestyle and Fitness. The new wrinkle in the scholastic competition is the on-stage interview. Contestants are now asked one question by the judge
Continue readingMiss CT keeps on styling
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com All eyes were on the stage in Orlando, Fla. as contestants from across the country competed for the honor of being the next Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. However, the women who would be Miss America also were in attendance showing off their style at the Linda
Continue readingDance, dance, dance with Miss Connecticut
Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei danced her way to the state title demonstrating her agility with Irish Step Dancing. And now she will be teaching others some fleet-footed steps in Irish Step, ballet, contemporary, and jazz over the coming weeks. And it is intended to help raise funds for the Children’s
Continue readingNew Miss Connecticut titleholders tapped
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A Wolcott High School student, competing in her first ever pageant, was crowned as the new Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen and a former Miss Southingtonwon Miss Connecticut. Sixteen-year-old Morgan Mancini, competing as Miss Farmingbury’s Outstanding Teen, was selected by judges from among 21 candidates at the
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