by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pull out your golf clubs, or simply pull up a seat at the dinner table, on May 23. The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization will be holding […]
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Tag: Miss Connecticut
Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss North Haven Sherry Wu
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits or athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. […]
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Hats off, well, really ‘on,’ for fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Part of the pageantry surrounding the Kentucky Derby is the fanciful hats women will wear at parties celebrating the historic horse race. Part of the pageantry […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Naugatuck Valley Ariana Puglisi
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits or athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Bristol Micayla Barrows
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits or athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Wolcott’s Outstanding Teen Monika Korbusieski
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders […]
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Rookies join the Miss CT team
The Class of 2019 for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization is now complete after two more women were crowned at the Miss Rookie pageant on Sunday, Feb. 24. Ariana Puglisi […]
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Doing it for the kids: An Outstanding Teen lets her fashionista flag fly
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pageant and prom fashions – as well as formalwear for young girls‑ were strutted across a catwalk on Saturday night as part of a fundraiser to […]
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Titleholders help effort to bring bikes to kids
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 […]
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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 […]
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Persistence pays off at Miss Bristol
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A year made a difference for the new Miss Bristol, Micayla Barrows. Barrows was crowned at Chippens Hill Middle School Saturday night. And it was a […]
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More women join Miss CT 2019 sisterhood
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Three new competitors for Miss Connecticut and three new competitors for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen were selected Saturday night at John F. Kennedy Middle School in […]
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And they’re off… Miss CT hunt begins with Miss Wolcott
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The 2019 Miss Connecticut pageant season is underway as the first competition for the year, Miss Wolcott, was held on Saturday, Nov. 3. At the pageant, […]
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Bridget Oei makes it to top 2 at Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com ATLANTIC CITY– Bridget Oei of Hebron became nearly the first Miss America from Connecticut since Marian Bergeron did it in 1934. Oei, who was crowned as […]
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One more night: Miss CT talks about Miss America on night 3 of prelims
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Braving an interview sans makeup during her lunch break at rehearsal for Miss America on the third day of preliminary competitions, Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei talks […]
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The 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. […]
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Talent costumes shine with star power
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although the evening gown at Miss America traditionally gets a lot of fashion attention– with talent now garnering 50 percent of the contestants final score, how […]
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Putting on that swimsuit pose for the Pats
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut’s Jonet Nichelle is a freshman cheerleader for the New England Patriots’ in the NFL this season. And as a newbie, she had a chance to […]
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CT woman represents home state on Patriots’ sidelines
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut once again will be represented on the sidelines of the New England Patriots’ as the cheerleader squad welcomes a freshman from the Nutmeg State. Jonet […]
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Miss 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 […]
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Dance, 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 […]
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A treasure trove of evening gowns at Miss CT, Miss CT OT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The evening gown phase of the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen competitions has traditionally been about showing the contestants’ poise and style. After the […]
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New 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 […]
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Adding some razzmatazz to their talent pizzazz
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If your talent is going to wow the audience– and a panel of judges– you better make sure your on-stage costume has that all important wow-factor. […]
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Bye bye bikini
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss America Organization made waves this past week when it announced that the Lifestyle and Fitness—the swimsuits—phase of competition are no more. However, as the […]
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The Miss CT class of 2018 keeps it classy dressed in classic black
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Basic black, they say, is a must for any woman’s wardrobe. And at the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant finals on Saturday night at The Palace Theater […]
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First night of Miss Connecticut out of the way
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A Wolcott woman and a contestant representing Litchfield County were among the preliminary competition winners at the first night of the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant at […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Southbury Micayla Barrows
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Southington Karla Aponte Roque
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Bristol Victoria Lemme
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]
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