Result WINNER: Gina Carloto is CROWNED Miss Connecticut 2023
Emily Anastasio is CRWONED Miss Connecticut’s Teen 2023

Fri, June 16, 2023 Hollywood and Montville: The Sun Blvd, Uncasville located 4-star hotel Mohegan Sun has completed Preliminary Competitions with 20 Miss & Teen Contestants vying for Miss Connecticut 2023 & Miss Connecticut’s Teen 2023 crowns, the pass to Miss America Stage. The Miss Connecticut 2023 Competition Program Book for $20 with Cash and Venmo Payment Purchase Option. The first 30 program books purchased will receive a FREE Miss America 2023 Competition Program Book as announced by the organization.

Friday Prelim Results

• Talent Miss Preliminary Winner: Lindiana Frangu
• Evening Gown Miss Preliminary Winner: Monica Fenwick
• Talent Teen Preliminary Winner: Camryn Patton
• Evening Gown Teen Preliminary Winner: Camryn Patton

The Lottery Sets Competition Order for 11 Miss Connecticut 2023 Contestants

• Miss Connecticut 2023 Lottery Concludes at the orientation on Fri, Apr 14th
• Book In-person Tickets On Sale Mon, Apr 24th

Sat, Apr 22, 2023 Hollywood: Last weekend was dedicated to all contestants at the Class of Miss Connecticut 2023 & Miss Connecticut’s Teen 2023 getting their Order of Appearance On Stage by a Lottery in personal orientation program. Family Violence Awareness Advocate, Reigning Miss Connecticut Sylvana Maria González commented next day on Saturday, April 18, 2023 revealing the nature of interaction as “Last night contestants, families, and our Miss Connecticut board of directors came together to formally introduce the power and significance of this once in a lifetime opportunity.”

New age eligibility, phases of competition, and the dates for Miss Connecticut 2023 Competition as joint pageant with the Teen Sisters was announced in January this year.

Newly Branded Miss America Opportunity Pageant and its State Preliminary for Connecticut are going to have new queen when Sylvana González Miss Connecticut 2022 will crown her successor after her final walk, the Winner in 11 Contestants at the end of Grand Finale as Miss Connecticut 2023 on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at The Pageant Venue, Mohegan Sun, Montville in New London County, Connecticut. 
The New Miss Connecticut 2023 will represent her CT State at the upcoming 96TH Miss America 2024 Pageant. 
Connecticut is still waiting for the second Miss America Crown to come home. The First & Only One National Crown Holder is West Haven native, Late Marian Bergeron Miss America 1933 and Miss Connecticut. Additional the Teen of 15 Years Age Marian Bergeron was the youngest Miss America in its history since 1921 and the only from New England, a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The Reigning Queen Miss Farmington, Sylvana González was crowned as Miss Connecticut 2022 by Ellington’s Sapna Raghavan Miss Pleasant Valley    and Miss Connecticut 2022 on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Mohegan Sun Uncasville, Connecticut. Sylvana González represented her CT state at Miss America 2023 Stage at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, December 16, 2022 and was not included in semi-finalists.

Pageant Details Miss Connecticut 2023 Pageant June 14-18th

Pageant Venue: Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard Montville, CT 06382 United States

Venmo Based Online Vote: 20 Miss & Teen Contestants, Send your votes via Venmo (@missconnecticutorg) and put the contestant name in the memo OR Cash votes will be accepted onsite, Deadline on Sunday, June 18th at 1pm!

Miss Connecticut Black & White Gala on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 6pm Tickets missctgala.eventbrite.com, at Earth Ballroom A, Mohegan Sun

The Miss Connecticut Talent Show at Earth Ballroom, Mohegan Sun on Saturday, June 17 at 12pm,  $25 entry fee per participant, per performance. Payments via check or Venmo

Prices Prelim Friday June 16, 2023 at 7pm @ $75 and Sunday June 18th Final at $110

Grand Finale & Coronation Gala Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 11:00 AM, Tickets Weekend Pass $165 at Missct2023.eventbrite.com

Crowning By: Sylvana Maria González Miss Connecticut 2022 & Peyton Troth Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2022

Ticket sales LIVE to the general public on Monday, April 24!

Now Check the 11 Miss Connecticut 2023 Contestants in competition order decided by the lottery:

1. Margaret Carpenter-Dove Miss Mountain Laurel
2. Victoria Lemme Miss Shoreline
3. Micayla Barrows Miss Greater Rockville
4. Gina Carloto Miss Fairfield County
5. Lindiana Frangu Miss Litchfield County
6. Taliyah Mcgee Miss West Haven
7. Emerson Forbes Miss New Haven County
8. Nicole Funk Miss New London County
9. Monica Fenwick Miss Wolcott
10. Alexandria Palmer Miss Hartford County
11. Brooke Cyr Miss Naugatuck Valley

Check The 9 Miss Connecticut's Teen 2023 Contestants

1. NUTMEG - Maggie Wernicki
2. MUM'S CITY - Carson Gagne
3. WOLCOTT - Sage Cibula
4. BRISTOL - Emily Anastasio
5. GREATER ROCKVILLE - Mikaylin Foster
6. CHYRSANTHEMUM - Olivia Chapdelaine
7. FAIRFIELD COUNTY - Simar Soni
8. TOLLAND - Alexis Hayes
9. FORESTVILLE - Camryn Patton

Miss Connecticut 2022, Sylvana González said after the conclusion of Miss Connecticut Lottery and The Orientation Program "There they are, Connecticut I want you to meet the beautiful, talented, and capable women competing for Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Teen 2023!!! 
Don’t wait another moment to get to know them, check out our official competition order! And follow along on social media to see what these phenomenal women are doing to make an impact leading up to the competition this June!!!"

Image showing The Candidates Posing at The Orientation