By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The queen of America was in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 15. The reigning Miss America, Cara Mund, was on hand as a special guest for the […]
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Meet Miss America Cara Mund: National titleholder to speak at Miss CT fundraiser May 15
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When local golfers come out to support the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization on May 15 and take their turns on the greens at Stanley Golf Course […]
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Gala, gowns, and crowns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization celebrated in style as it held its 90th anniversary gala at Aria in Prospect, Conn. Friday night. The young women vying […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Naugatuck Valley Courtney Ouellette
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 […]
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No masking their style at the ball
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag The primary accessory—a mask. The primary color scheme (by request)—black. At the second annual Masquerade Ball to benefit the next winner of the Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding […]
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Petition seeks clean sweep of Miss America Board of Directors post-scandal
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A petition is being circulated to force the current board of directors of the Miss America organization to step aside and bring in a new board […]
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3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) _ The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse […]
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Scenes from Miss Greater Waterbury
On Sunday, Dec. 17, the Miss Greater Waterbury pageant was held at Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School. At the local competition, which is a preliminary for Miss Connecticut, Danielle Radeke of […]
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Some scenes from Miss Southington
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 […]
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Ten 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 […]
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And 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 […]
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Making 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 […]
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Miss 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 […]
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Meet 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 […]
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Double 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 […]
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Let 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 […]
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Stashing 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 […]
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Stashing 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 […]
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Stashing 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 […]
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Stashing 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 […]
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Miss 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 […]
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Miss 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 […]
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Add 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 […]
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Individualizing 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 […]
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Stopping 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 […]
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Miss 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 […]
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Neutrals 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, […]
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Dress 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, […]
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