Miss Connecticut – Page 2

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 […]

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 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 Connecticut Sapna Raghavan makes her mark as she represents the cause of diversity

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As an Indian-American holding the title of Miss Connecticut preparing for the Miss America competition, Sapna Raghavan is a success story on the road to ethnic […]

Miss America tickets on sale; event in Connecticut in December

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

The Miss America Organization announced tickets to the 100th Anniversary Competition are now available for purchase. This year’s competition will be held Sunday, Dec. 12 through Thursday, Dec. 16 at Mohegan Sun. […]

New Miss Wolcott representatives ready to take on favored issues

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss Wolcott is back

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss America returns to Connecticut Dec. 12-16

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

The date has finally been decided for the finals of the next Miss America competition to be held at the Mohegan Sun: Thursday, Dec. 16. The Miss America Organization released […]

Miss America: Action, it’s shoe time

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss America contestants to put their shoes on parade

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Watch out world, here’s Sapna

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

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, […]

Miss Connecticut has historic moment

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com History was made this past weekend at the Miss Connecticut Scholarship competition when the top two titles of the organization were awarded to women of color. […]

Miss Connecticut candidates reflect on a year of change

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com 2020 was a year that will change people, many have said. COVID-19, social unrest, economic uncertainty. The calendar was shaken to its foundation as plans were […]

Outstanding Teens say pandemic will impact their generation

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 has disrupted life across the globe. Teens in America have not been immune. For the past year, classes in school have gone remote; school sports […]

Greetings and hello to the Miss Connecticut candidates

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Friday, April 9, the prelude to the Miss Connecticut scholarship competition at the Mohegan Sun this weekend sounded its initial notes as the candidates for […]

Miss Connecticut: The grunt work must be put in before the elegance

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Getting ready for the real thing, the candidates for Miss Connecticut rehearsed Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Cabaret, learning the opening number as well as […]

Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen: Time to roll up the sleeves

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The candidates for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen have been preparing for this year’s competition from their respective socially distanced corners. Friday, April 9, they gathered inside […]