Miss Connecticut Monica Fenwick is dressed for a display of talent
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At her send-off party for Miss America, Miss Connecticut Monica Fenwick showed off her talent wardrobe for the national competition. This...
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Prelim talent winners at Miss America, Miss America’s Teen announced
The Miss America organization announced the delegates who excelled in the 2025 Miss America’s Got Talent Preliminary Competition. Held at the Walt Disney Theater in...
Showcasing talent at Miss Connecticut 2024
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The candidates for Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Teen demonstrated their talents for the judges as part of the competition held...
A parade of talent at Miss U.S. of America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Talent was offered as one of the optional categories for competition at the Miss U.S. of America competition. At the Sheraton...
Talent in action at Miss Connecticut
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...
From the first night of Miss CT
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Pageant dreams in suburban Connecticut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There are pageants all across the country on any given weekend where young girls set into motion their dreams of becoming...
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...
Scenes from Miss Naugatuck Valley
On Sunday, Dec. 17, the Miss Naugatuck Valley pageant was held at Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School. At the local competition, which is a preliminary for...
Some scenes from Miss Nutmeg
On Saturday, Dec. 2, the Miss Nutmeg Scholarship pageant was held at Derynoski Elementary School in Southington, Conn. This is what the audience saw in...
Four women selected to compete at Miss Connecticut
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Four new titleholders were selected on Saturday night to represent the city at Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen in...
Potential fame waits for you– up close and personal– at ‘Get Discovered’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com These days, breaking into modeling or acting can be impersonal. You submit your comp card or voters via a website… and...
Meet the new queens of Connecticut
It’s been a long journey for the new Miss Connecticut, Eliza Lynne Kanner of Hamden. Kanner has a long history– 17 years– as part of...
Double prelim winners on 1st night of Miss CT; contestants glide in their gowns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the preliminary competition was over with for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant on Friday night in Hartford, two women found...
Let them entertain you as they seek the crown
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR There will be two new representatives in the Miss America Organization crowned this weekend. But the two days worth of...
Styling at the pageant
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com From opening number dresses to talent routine costumes to the all important evening gowns, there was plenty of style on display...
Meet Connecticut’s latest queen
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The 2017 Miss Black Connecticut USA pageant was held this past weekend with Charrisse Gudger, competing as Miss Black Stamford, taking home...
Miss Connecticut stays Miss Connecticut as another is crowned Miss America
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The journey toward Miss America for Wolcott’s Alyssa Taglia ended Sunday night as the reigning Miss Connecticut failed to make it...
The first night of style for Miss Connecticut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion icon Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia evoked the spirit of music icon Tina Turner as the Miss America preliminary competition began...
Function over fashion for Miss CT’s Outstanding Teen
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com ORLANDO– On the third night of preliminary competition for Miss America’s Outstanding Teen, practicality ruled for Connecticut’s entry in the national...
