by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Snow might have fallen the night before but Kasey Bass Swim was thinking warmer temperatures at The Bureau Fashion Week runway show held in New York City on Feb. 9. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Marianne Kiss, Miss Bikini California Fitness, finds a corner for a pose and a smile for the camera during the recent Miss Bikinii US competition in Miami Beach. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Inca Tide presented a line of swimwear on the runway of the Bureau Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week in Chelsea on Sept. 8. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Kolibri presented its latest collection of men’s swimwear made of bio-based and recycled materials at the Runway 7 fashion show held during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 5 at New York City’s Sony Hall. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Mahogany Coast presented a collection of luxury resort-worthy swimwear on the catwalk at Runway 7 during New York Fashion Week at Sony Hall on Sept. 5. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was competition, yes. But there also was plenty of camaraderie among the Miss Bikini US Model contestants on the shoreline during the contest held in Miami Beach in July.
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The sunrise, that moment when the sun crests the horizon at dawn, is such a fleeting moment. You have to move quickly to capture the light before it explodes over the landscape. Miss Bikini Alabama Model Emma Penn moves quickly through her poses as the morning
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Internet personality Avaryana Rose took a recent break from her film acting gigs to dive back into some modeling on a recent afternoon on Miami Beach’s South Beach. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The contestants for Miss Bikini US hopped into their Bunnies Room bikinis for a fashion show at the Sagamore South Beach Hotel in South Beach during pageant festivities on July 9. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com All of the contestants of Miss Bikini US took to the catwalk in their white Chixit bikinis during a fashion show held July 9, before the final competition on July 10 at the Sagamore South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The contestants of Miss Bikini US put a little bit of Colombian spice on South Beach as they wore Tipe swimwear from South America while strutting down the catwalk on July 9. The runway fashion show at the Sagamore South Beach hotel is a prelude to
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dee Hake of Massachusetts is Miss Bikini US Fitness so, of course, she right at home on South Beach by the surf and sand in Miami Beach. Hake will soon by crowning her successor as the next Miss Bikini US competition is slated for July 10
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Bikini US Fitness Dee Hake of Massachusetts lets her wild side loose in the shade on South Beach in Miami in a swimsuit from Victoria’s Secret. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com DLOVE presented its new Cobalt Blue collection at RXRunway during Miami Swim Week on May 31. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com DeHart Swim presented a luxurious, mature swimwear collection with a mix of two-pieces, one-pieces and cover-ups at The Bureau Fashion Week runway show held during Miami Swim Week on June 1. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Blue skies, blue water and a white bikini, model Geneva Reynolds was ready for fun in the sun as South Beach was thinking two-piece fashion during Miami Swim Week. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dubai’s Zara Al Fayed presented a luxury resort worthy collection of swimwear on the runway at The Bureau Fashion Week during Miami Swim Week on June 1. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Things got tropical in the Middletown Recreation Center on May 11 as resort wear brand JMar presented its debut collection at Middlesex Fashion Week. The collection of swimwear and coverups was created by MFW’s founder Jessi-Mar Ewart. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The finalists for Miss Connecticut USA step in front of the judges in their selected swimwear for the competition held in Windsor, Conn. on April 14. The new Miss Connecticut USA is Shavana Clarke. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The temperatures of New England have many dreaming of warmer climes– Barbados, Brazil, Hawaii — beyond the frigid borders of the continental U.S. And warmer climes mean new swimwear. Chixit (Chixit.com) swimwear is one option. It arrives in colors appropriate for a box of sweets. For
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Boston-based swimwear designer Sinesia Karol brought her unique American meets Brazilian aesthetic to the runway at Paraiso in Miami Beach in June. The line demonstrated Karol’s love of colors, which is typical of designers from Brazil. But she also embraced the American focus on clothing and
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Freya Lingerie presented its Fantasie swimwear line that embraced the sartorial needs of women of all shapes and sizes. The latest line was presented on the Curve runway show during Paraiso in Miami Beach earlier this summer. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion photographer Paul Walker stepped onto the other side of the runway at FIFI Fashion Week in Manhattan July 29. After sitting in as house photographer for FIFI Fashion Week, he stepped backstage to send the models down the runway wearing his own sporty and fun
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MIAMI BEACH — On the fashion runway during the Miss Bikini US competition held during Miami Swim Week, Solidifhy offered a variety of swimsuits that reflected more traditional cuts and a few with edgier creative approaches to bikini design. The fashion show was held July 6
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MIAMI BEACH — After a rain storm that sent contestants and guest running for shelter that delayed the competition for 30 minutes, a new Miss Bikini Fitness was crowned poolside at the Sagamore Hotel South Beach on July 6. Dee Hake, who was competing as Miss Bikini Massachusetts Fitness, took
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before there was McKenzie Primacio the fashion designer, there was McKenzie Primacio the fashion model. This isn’t too much of a surprise. After all, McKenzie was a recent contestant at Miss Bikini US, where she competed as Miss Bikini Hawaii Model. But at the same event,
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Katya Suzdaleva offered some swimwear glam at Miss Bikini US on July 5. As part of the competition, the contestants of the annual competition walked the runway at the Sagamore Hotel South Beach during Miami Swim Week. Suzdaleva used the opportunity to show her
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Faren Aimeé, the 2017 Miss Bikini United States, was at the shore by the Sagamore Hotel South Beach watching the current roster of contestants pose for the cameras of photographers, who were judging them on their photogenic qualities. As photographers stood idle waiting for the next
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Kittenish presented a lively collection of swimwear for women who want to have fun and style during the brand’s runway show at Paraiso Miami Swimweek on Friday, June 9. The brand — which also celebrated body diversity — is designed by country singer Jessie James Decker, a “Dancing with the
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com This bathing suit from Shein worn by model Arielis Gutierez gives you all the information you need. Yes, Arielis can smile because it’s swimsuit season. But the smile is uncertain because Paraiso Miami Swim Week begins Friday, June 9 and she’ll miss out on the opportunity
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