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Miss Connecticut Monica Fenwick is dressed for a display of talent

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Mike Chaiken

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 is the outfit audiences in […]

Prelim talent winners at Miss America, Miss America’s Teen announced

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Mike Chaiken

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 the Dr. Phillips Center for […]

Showcasing talent at Miss Connecticut 2024

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Mike Chaiken

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 Saturday, June 22 at Ridgefield […]

A parade of talent at Miss U.S. of America

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

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 Hartford at Bradley Airport on […]

Talent in action at Miss Connecticut

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

From the first night of Miss CT

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Persistence pays off at Miss Bristol

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

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, […]

Talent costumes shine with star power

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Pageant dreams in suburban Connecticut

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 the next Miss America or […]

Adding some razzmatazz to their talent pizzazz

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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. […]

Scenes from Miss Naugatuck Valley

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 Miss Connecticut, Courtney Ouellette of Bristol […]

Some scenes from Miss Nutmeg

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 this local pageant for the […]

Four women selected to compete at Miss Connecticut

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 June. Jillian Duffy was crowned […]

Potential fame waits for you– up close and personal– at ‘Get Discovered’

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 wait for someone to get […]

Meet the new queens of Connecticut

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 the Miss Connecticut system, she […]

Double prelim winners on 1st night of Miss CT; contestants glide in their gowns

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 themselves double-winners. In the preliminary […]

Let them entertain you as they seek the crown

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 events to declare the next […]

Styling at the pageant

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 in Southington, Conn. as the […]

Meet Connecticut’s latest queen

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 the title. Charisse Gudger was […]

Miss Connecticut stays Miss Connecticut as another is crowned Miss America

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Mike Chaiken

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 to the final round of […]

The first night of style for Miss Connecticut

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Mike Chaiken

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 on Tuesday night in Atlantic […]

Function over fashion for Miss CT’s Outstanding Teen

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Mike Chaiken

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 scholarship pageant. After competing in […]