Sisters are doing it for themselves

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Stepping out onto the fashion catwalk, model Miranda Rio wants to provide a positive role model to all women. The 25-year-old from Golden, Colorado said one of her biggest interests is “fighting for my fellow women.” “I want to show that women of all sizes, shapes

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Trinitee has hearT

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Trinitee Hyssen is working to ensure that no one goes through what her brother and family have had to go through. Trinitee, a 13-year-old fashion model from Baton Rouge, La., plays an active role in the Traeh Thyssen Have a hearT Foundation. The organization was created

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Shrugging off all doubt

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion models have a perceived image. And Jamie Johnson wasn’t sure if she fit that image. That left her with some trepidation when she dipped her toes into the world of fashion modeling this past year. “I was excited but scared to start because I thought

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The pride of natural

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the 1960s, Black activist Kathleen Cleaver spoke about why she, and other women in the Black Power movement, wore their hair in a natural Afro. “We wear our hair like this because we were born like this,” explained Cleaver in a news interview during the

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Not just another pretty face

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Do not discount the ambitions of model Wuxia Sara Zhang. “More than a pretty face,” said Houston-based Wuxia, “I am a force of nature.” Wuxia was born in “beautiful Anhui, China,” she explained, “I came to the United States with nothing.” “I had no family, no

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Time to be social

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For Cole McCown, modeling is an opportunity to be social and interact with others. Although the high school rising senior from North Carolina is looking to study business in college, he wants to spend the next year seeing how far he can take a career in

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Mastering the modeling trade

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As a model, versatility is a must. You just don’t know what a potential client is looking for. Here, model Mallory Godfrey shows she’s just as comfortable wearing athleisure wear as she is wearing a gown. She’s just fine with a business casual look. And she’s

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Change your spots with Connecticut’s KARO

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A leopard can’t change its spots. But the latest swimsuits from Connecticut-based brand KARO Swimwear can change their spots, or not, it all depends on your mood. The two-piece and one-piece suits from KARO–which are designed by Berlin, Conn.’s Kasia Roginska–utilize on-trend leopard prints. But then

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She feels pretty

In her yellow dress perfect for a summer’s day by the shore, model Daviana Plaza evokes memories of Maria singing “I Feel Pretty” in the bridal shop as she anticipates her rendezvous with Tony at the dance in the classic stage musical “West Side Story.” PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

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Feed the passion

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Adrianna Stanley has a passion for modeling. The model also has a passion for  high fashion editorial looks. Adrianna was a recent winner at Magnifique Showcase, held by Victoria Henley in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on May 22. With some experience under her belt, Adrianna has ambitions

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All hail the queen

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Madaya White sparkles in her photographs like a pageant queen. And that’s because she is. In October 2019, the Tennessee resident was crowned Teen Miss Harvest Queen 2019 at the Newport Harvest Street Festival. She also was crowned a winner May 22 at the Magnifique

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Pixie dust

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The iconic 1960s model Twiggy broke the mold of what a model was supposed to look like when she rocked a pixie hair cut. Still, today, the pixie is an anomaly that not many models can pull off or even bother to attempt. Model Brianna Mills

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A teenage dream

Sheila Lambert had a dream since she was 14. She wanted to be a model. Now signed with Bellah Modeling Agency, she was a winner at the Magnifique Showcase held in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on May 22. Magnifique is organized by former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Victoria Henley. CONTRIBUTED

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Watch out world, here’s Sapna

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Connecticut Sapna Raghavan is preparing to take on the Miss America world when the competion comes to the Mohegan Sun in December. Along the way, she is staking her claim to a career in the business world. Along the way, Sapna is demonstrating she can

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The therapy of being a model

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A tragic moment in Sydney Houston’s life compelled her to dive head first into the world of modeling. Sydney said her boyfriend died in 2019. And Sydney, who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., said modeling became a way to get past the grief. When she first

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She won’t be held back

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Ji’Rea King refuses to be held back by perceived limitations. “I’ve wanted to be a model since I was 7-years-old, but I never had the confidence I didn’t think I was pretty or tall enough to do that,” said Ji’Rea. Now, however, Ji’Rea said, “My

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Career goals

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Nadia Jordan is a junior in high school who has career goals. Although she just started working as a fashion model, Nadia said she knows she wants to make it her career. She counts modeling as one of her talents and one of her great passions.

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Twinning

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Nazariea Oliver is one of a pair who is part of three. The Louisville, Ala. resident, who recently was a winner at the Magnifique Showcase held in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on May 22, is the sister of a twin brother. She also has an older

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Drive her to success

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Deonna Goode aspires for life as a singer and an actress. But the North Carolina youth’s primary passion is for modeling and fashion. A recent winner at the Magnifique Showcase in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Deonna recently completed modeling school and entered headlong into the scene last

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Sea his fashion sense

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Go ahead, go near the water. Model Alphonso Gordon, a former Bridgeport, Conn.  resident, is a recent winner at the Magnifique Showcase for models held in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Here, the Fort Myers, Fla. male model demonstrates that a sharp looking suit will take you anywhere.

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Her great love is fashion

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Olivia Wall loves the different facets of fashion. First of all, Olivia — a recent winner at the Magnifique Showcase organized by Victoria Henley in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.– enjoys being the focus of a fashion photographers. Her first fashion editorial job was shooting for Venus Beaute,

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Anyone for brunch?

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As masks come off, people are asking themselves, “Where do you want to go out to  eat?” Suddenly, brunch and dinner at cute little bistros or upscale eateries are no longer verboten and out of reach. Thus, the question becomes… what should I wear? Model Lili

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Stretch it out

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although sweats and PJs are still considered the fashion of necessity during these days of COVID-19 and pandemics, as restrictions ease, it’s a nice change of pace to get dressed up and get out onto the streets of New York City and stretch your atrophied fashion

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Summer of the swimsuit

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Swimwear sales have seen an uptick in 2021, according to a Vogue Business story released earlier this month, as retailers jump back into the bikini and one-piece game after a lull last year due to surging COVID-19 numbers. With vaccines making their way into the arms

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