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Closer look at the wardrobe of Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen: No national title but an ‘amazing’ time

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Hugs and kisses all around for Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Elite Connecticut 2019 American Woman of Service Darcy Castro

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Mrs. Connecticut 2018 reflects on year

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Waterbury-native Teresa Ladopoulos Nakouzi’s reign came to an end this past Saturday, June 8. But the memories will linger and her community efforts will continue. Nakouzi, […]

Queens among the stars

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Connecticut Galaxy pageant family representatives recently posed for a fashion editorial, complete with crowns and sash, in Hartford. Meet the queens: Fabializ Rivera, Miss Teen Northeast […]

Honesty was the best policy for Miss CT winners

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

The waiting is nearly over

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The late rock singer Tom Petty sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” For the young women competing at Waterbury’s Palace Theater to become the next […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen Lindiana Frangu

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

CT’s Kaliegh Garris may be getting attention but she’s still a ‘normal teenager’

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On a recent morning, Connecticut’s Kaliegh Garris’s face was beamed across the nation as she sat at a table across from the hosts of “CBS This […]

Local pageant representatives reflect on historic occurrence

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Connecticut’s Kaliegh Garris was crowned as Miss Teen USA April 28, the moment had an inkling of a trend. But when Chelsie Kryst was crowned […]

Hats off, well, really ‘on,’ for fashion

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

CT woman readies for Mrs. pageant in Vegas

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Susan Pagan is gearing up for June when the Connecticut resident competes for the title of Mrs. USA Woman of the Universe in Las Vegas. Pagan, […]

Doing it for the kids: An Outstanding Teen lets her fashionista flag fly

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

With active wear, teen contestants on cutting edge of fashion

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Business reports again and again cite athleisure wear as the hottest segment of the fashion market. Brands that focus on athleisure wear are succeeding on the […]

Stylish in blue at Miss Connecticut USA

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The fascinating aspect of fashion is how different shapes, adornments, textures, and fabrics can create a rainbow of different kinds of garments. Even when constrained by […]

An elegant farewell

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re commemorating your final night as Miss Connecticut USA and Miss Connecticut Teen USA, you’re going to want to do so in style. And that […]

Jamie Hughes fulfilled her dream as Miss CT USA

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Jamie Hughes won the Miss Connecticut USA pageant early in 2018, she was fulfilling a lifelong dream. “I grew up watching the Miss USA contest […]

More women join Miss CT 2019 sisterhood

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

And they’re off… Miss CT hunt begins with Miss Wolcott

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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, […]

Fashion from a Miss Mum perspective

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At the annual Miss Mum pageant in Bristol, Conn., the contestants are judged on casual wear and an on-stage question, in which they wear a more […]

Like father, like daughter: Ieena Duggal

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ieena Duggal shares more than her blood and name with her well-known fashion designer father, Mac Duggal. She shares his sense of sartorial glamour, and the […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Little Miss International Princess and Little Miss International Model Jenalise Rondini

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Miss America 2.0 Eveningwear 3.0

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The third night of the eveningwear “red carpet” moments of Miss America were held on Friday, Sept. 7 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. It was […]

The evening gowns, take 2, at Miss America

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- For those who want to know what the evening gowns going down the “red carpet” looked like on night 2, Sept. 6, of […]

Miss America 2.0, prelim night 1.0: What about the evening gown?

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com ATLANTIC CITY, N.Y. — With the first night of preliminary competition at Miss America on Wednesday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the world finally got […]