by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you open the 2023, New England Patriots cheerleaders calendar, you might recognize a couple of the faces inside. Eliza Kanner, who grew up in Hamden, and Tiana Dyson, who grew up in New Haven, were part of the squad that traveled to Aruba in September.
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A new Miss Wolcott and Miss Wolcott’s Outstanding Teen were crowned on Saturday night. Watertown’s Monica Fenwick is the new Miss Wolcott for 2023. Bristol’s Sage Cibula is the new Miss Wolcott’s Outstanding Teen. The competition was held at Wolcott High School, Wolcott. Miss contestants competed
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Peyton Troth, Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen 2022 of Bristol, Conn. organized a tour of her hometown Dec. 13 for 39 of her fellow Outstanding Teen titleholders from across the country as well as Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Morgan Greco. State teen titleholders traveled to Connecticut to cheer on their Miss
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Leah Juliett was crowned Miss Stamford and Camryn Patton was crowned Miss Forestville’s Outstanding Teen on Nov. 20 at Wolcott High School, Wolcott, Conn. The contest was held by the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization. Juliett will go on to compete for Miss Connecticut in April and
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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 at St. Paul Catholic High School in Bristol, Conn., Laura Christie was selected as the new Miss Bristol and Emily
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re going to hold the title Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, your style game should be outstanding as well. The latest titleholder, Bristol’s Peyton Troth, demonstrated her fashionable side on the streets of New Britain alongside the New Britain Museum of American Art. PHOTOS by MIKE
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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 talent on the line before the judges at the recent competition. Sylvana Gonzalez won the title of Miss Connecticut. Peyton
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, the contestants not only have to demonstrate they have brains and talent, but that they live a healthy lifestyle to keep those brains and that talent chugging along. Donning athleisure wear, the contestants stepped out in front of the judges at
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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 earnest on April 9 at the Mohegan Sun Cabaret Theater in Uncasville, the candidates were dressed in casual outfits that
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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 contestants glided across the stage in their formal finery before the judges at the Mohegan Sun Cabaret Theater on Saturday.
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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 was first trotted out on the Miss Connecticut stage while still an infant, is the new Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen.
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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 back fondly on the opportunities she had to inspire young girls. “I think I’m going to miss the way the
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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 for issues they have taken to heart. Laura Christie, 23, of Milford was selected as the new Miss Wolcott. Ashlyn
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The countdown is underway for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Aicha Diallo of West Haven will begin preliminary competitions for the national crown on July 28. And by the time the weekend is done in Orlando, Fla., Aicha will know whether she will be the new queen
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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 seasons were delayed, shortened or shelved; proms and other social activities cancelled and frowned upon; and, more importantly, family and
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The candidates for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen arrived at the Mohegan Sun on April 9, greeted with flowers from the reigning Outstanding Teen Lindiana Frangu and posed for photographs to officially kick off the competition weekend. The Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen finals will be held Saturday,
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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 the Mohegan Sun Cabaret to rehearse together as they readied for tonight’s competition. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN The Miss Connecticut
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization has announced a new date for the annual competition. The date is now April 9-11. The competition, which selects a Miss and an Outstanding Teen, usually is held in June. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postpone. It originally
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With many of her peers from the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen contest this past summer in her home state for Miss America, Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Lindiana Frangu demonstrated some New England hospitality, inviting them to spend the early afternoon playing arcade games and eating pizza
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Lindiana Frangu, Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, unveiled her wardrobe for the national pageant at her farewell party, the guests were told all was hush-hush. No one at the event prior to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen was allowed to photograph the garments (the press was asked
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Woodbury, Conn. teen Lindiana Frangu didn’t walk away with the title of Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. But she still had an amazing time. Frangu spent three nights in the preliminaries for the national title competing in the evening gown and onstage interview, lifestyle and fitness, and
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com After being sequestered away during competition week, each night during the preliminaries of the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen contest, candidates were given the opportunity afterward to meet with family and friends during a special visitation. On the second night of preliminaries, July 24, Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding
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By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The preliminaries for Miss America’s Outstanding Teen wrapped up on the night of Thursday, July 25 and Connecticut’s representative danced her way to the finish. Woodbury, Conn.’s Lindiana Frangu competed in the talent category in the contest at the Orange County Convention Center. The first night
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Lindiana Frangu jumped in head-on in the second night of preliminary competition at the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen contest in Orlando Wednesday night. Frangu already has competed in the private interview behind the scenes. On Tuesday night, she competed in evening gown
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com This Tuesday, July 23, the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen competition begins in Orlando, Fla. Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Lindiana Frangu will find out if she wins the national crown on Saturday night. In recognition of the impending national competition, here’s a look back at the evening
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In two weeks, Woodbury teen Lindiana Frangu will find out how she ranks among teens from across the country. Frangu, who is the reigning Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, will be heading to Orlando, Fla. to compete for the title of Miss America’s Outstanding Teen starting July
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The new Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen attribute their victories on Saturday at Waterbury’s Palace Theater to their ability to present their true selves to the judges. Jillian Duffy of Burlington, who was competing as Miss Wolcott, is the new Miss Connecticut. She will
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The first night of the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant is in the books. The 16 Miss candidates and 13 Outstanding Teen candidates participated in talent, on-stage interviews, evening gowns, social impact statements, and fitness. The finals were scheduled for Saturday night, June 8 at 6 p.m.
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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 do titleholders wear when the sash and crown are stashed away. Meet Miss Forestville’s Outstanding Teen Irelynn Janell. For those
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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 do titleholders wear when the sash and crown are stashed away. Meet Miss Greater Waterbury’s Outstanding Teen Allie Maisto. “I
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