On March 18, 2023 Big Top Couture of Clinton, NC hosted their 1st Annual Fashion Design Competition. The Design Competition provides local designers the opportunity to compete for a design award and recognition in the Fashion World. Tamara McKinney owner of Skinflints Closet of Greenville, NC won the winner take all design competition. Her award package includes a $1,000 cash prize, a four page spread in Farbe Magazine owned by LaToya Scott of Jacksonville, NC, but currently living in Japan, two tickets to a New York Fashion Week Show, and a gift card to The Cloth Barn of Goldsboro, NC. The event was sponsored by 810 Studios, a media company based in Clinton, NC.