Miss America – Page 2

The first members of the Miss Connecticut class of 2023 selected

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

The 2023 competition season for Miss Connecticut began on Oct. 29 with the crowning of a new Miss Bristol and a new Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen. At the contest held […]

Talent in action at Miss Connecticut

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss American Organization prides itself on the talent portion of its annual competition. And contestants for Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen put their […]

Miss Connecticut: Just be yourself

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The opening number offers a first impression for the judges at competitions like Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen. When this year’s competition started in […]

Glammed up at Miss Connecticut

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss America Organization calls it “Red Carpet” but evening gowns were still part of the evening’s pageantry as Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen […]

New Miss Connecticut, Outstanding Teen crowned Saturday

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A woman who has been knocking at the door of Miss Connecticut for five years is the new state title holder. And a young woman who […]

Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen savored her power to inspire

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Aicha Diallo hands over her Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen to her successor on April 9, the soon-to-be student at Duke University said she will look […]

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Miss Connecticut competition set for April 9

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

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. […]

Seeking to be an agent of change within Miss America

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Leah Juliett wasn’t sure if competing at Miss Connecticut was going to be on the agenda for 2022. When Juliett was crowned Miss Rockville, before the […]

The secret is out on what Miss Connecticut wore

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Emma Broyles is first Korean and Alaskan to become Miss America

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Emma Broyles was crowned the first ever Miss America of Korean descent on Thursday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Broyles also is the first ever […]

Miss America contestants smile along the red carpet

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Some parting words from Miss America 2020

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Night 2 of the competition: Evening gowns

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Night 1 of the competition: Evening gowns

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss America evening gown category in the competition has been relegated to the history books. But the evening gowns live on, in a way, during […]

Texas and Illinois reps win night 2 of Miss America prelims

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Connecticut’s Sapna Raghavan makes her pitch at Miss America

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Talking Miss America with Connecticut’s Sapna Raghavan

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss America prelim winners talk about the power of poetry and the power of their pitch

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss Connecticut Sapna Raghavan begins her Miss America adventure

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss America panelists for prelims announced

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]