It’s 2016!  A new year, a new beginning, another chance.  I’m a petite model, former NPC figure competitor and now a fitness expert for Bella Petite.

I am originally from New York, a place where we have Read more

For the model type, focus on being healthy and fit, although you are thin, you still need to eat right and exercise to keep your body strong and even prevent against ailments like Osteoporosis as you age.

For the Read more

Finally petite women are getting the right advice when it comes to diet and fitness. It may surprise you to know that petite women should have an entirely different diet and fitness plan than taller women that are 5’6″ Read more

BELLA PETITE MAGAZINE: Daily Shopper GUIDE Petite Fashion For Petite and Plus Size Petite Women

METABOLISM: Podcast Playing! Tune into Bella Petite Fitness Expert Jeanene Cannon on The Bella Petite Hour with Kathy Ireland!

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ADJUST YOUR ATTITUDE

You need not be an Olympic Athlete to possess a winning attitude. Just be willing to put in the necessary work to get it!

• Set performance: oriented goals that you can attain. It might be Read more

Have you been feeling a little over worked and with not enough playtime?

Perhaps you can remember a time when you felt the glow of your sun kissed body radiating from beneath a silk sundress blowing in the breezes Read more

Four Words Every Woman Should Know for Unstoppable Confidence!

A tremendous amount of evidence indicates that people who are fit and healthy tend to be more successful, in their chosen fields. Why is this?

The answer lies in the Read more

Dispelling the Myths Around Food & Fitness: by Bella Petite fitness expert Jeanene Cannon of Physique Complete

1. If I only eat one or two meals a day – I won’t gain as much weight.

Contrary to what many Read more

Bella Petite would like to introduce and welcome Dashama to our team of contributors! Dashama is Bella Petite’s LifeStyle Expert. She will be on the Bella Petite Hour radio show for a new lifestyle edition Tuesday, April 26 Read more

This week’s Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will feature a great guest line up that is one of petite empowerment with world class petite athletes.  We will talk with conditioning coach Jennifer Oswald and one Read more

In the upcoming New Year, like previous years, we are faced with many challenges. Whether it’s a failing economy, a planet in peril, or changing the fashion industry standards, the challenges remain. But within all these challenges, there is Read more

This article is written by Bella Petite’s health and fitness contributor Jeanene Cannon.  Jeanene is a Certified Personal Trainer & Corrective Exercise Specialist via the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

MAINTAIN, DON’T GAIN

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How To Become a Petite Model 

1. Regional Work:

Look for local work available in your area. Submit to your local city magazine, as well as lifestyle, fitness, and health-related magazines for their editorial campaigns to  Read more

Bella Petite Magazine’s how-to advice on finding work as a petite model. We are passionate about creating an industry with opportunities for petite models.

Bella Petite Magazine thrives as the industry-standard for petite models.  We are developing the Read more

PopSugar Fitness Host Mandy Ingber: Watch this video and learn how to do the Sun Salute.

Celebrity Jennifer Anniston Hod Bod Fitness Secrets!

Petite celebrity Jennifer Aniston (5’4″ age 47) has one of the best bod’s in the biz! Read more

The Body Weight Workout

You don’t have a home gym and you don’t feel like forking over a monthly fee to the gym down the road where the meat heads stare and grunt…No problem. All you need is your Read more

Bella Petite Jennifer Lopez Swimsuit Shoot

JENNIFER LOPEZ SWIMSUIT SHOOT

Bella Petite Latina Jennifer Lopez (5’4″ age 45) ! The Song said it first: She’s all about that booty—and she’s not sharing! “Being single is good,” Lopez Read more

Bella Petite Magazine Editor Ann Lauren

Bella Petite’s  ‘Supermodel Food’ advice is the world’s most glamorous food suited for every-body! We are bringing you some of our favorite foodie secrets and recipes to help you live a happy harmonious lifestyle Read more

Recently, a Bella Petite reader posted a question about who we think is the perfect man? After some intense thought and deliberation, here is our top 10 list of the most eligible bachelors.  Of course, our criteria  Read more

Three Simple Tips: How to Prepare and What To Do To Become a Model.

1. What’s your look?

Establish what your range of looks are.  Look at current fashion magazine advertisements and replicate what you see.  Don’t Read more

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Chardae left her job at the Mayor’s Office to begin her career as a model. After working with several professional photographers, she decided to enhance her ability to become a notable Read more

BEAUTIFULLY PREGNANT RAFFAELA

Raffaela Jeurissen-Oratmangoen (age 31) is the perfect example to show that it is completely fine to train at the gym, even while pregnant. She is proud to show that a pregnancy is not an excuse to Read more

Authentic Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability 

For my fellow adventure travel lovers out there, I have some very exciting news to report! Last month, while I was leading my annual 30 day yoga teacher training retreat in Bali, Read more

This is an amazing time for petite women, fashion and Bella Petite models! We are proud to announce our partnership with the Ujena Network for the Bella Petite Model Search. Ujena manufacturers the largest line of swimwear in the Read more

Recently, we had the pleasure of interviewing “Male Model of The Year” Martin Grassberger. We learned that Martin was born in 1979 and raised in a small Ski Resort in the Austrian Alps called, Aflenz-Kurort. Martin started out with Read more

Your “High BMR” To Do List:

Breakfast – Always eat breakfast within the first hour of waking up to get your body out of “Starvation Mode”, which it enters into during 4-5 hours of sleep. Rolled Oats/Oatmeal make a Read more

Dr. D Ivan Young is a renowned relationship & holistic life coach, engaging & entertaining motivational speaker, and gifted teacher who conducts life-changing workshops and live events across the globe.  As the author of Break Up, Don’t Break Read more

FITNESS ADVICE FOR PETITE WOMEN AND FOR MEN TOO! Diet TIPS – Starvation or extreme dieting will reduce your BMR up to 30%. This is why I do not believe in, nor recommend diets. Remember – “If I Read more

All’s Fair in Love and War!

I’m sure many of you have heard the cliché “All is fair in love and war” at least one time or another in your life, you may have even said this cliché yourself.

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Bella Petite Exclusive interview

Over the last two years, since her appearance on America’s Next Top Model (ANTM), Sundai Love has continued to pursue her career as a petite model and actress.  Sundai was Bella Petite’s first petite Read more

Bella Petite proudly presents contributing expert Candace Chambers-Belida on Dating and Relationships!

How do you know when its love?  Amazingly enough everyone on the face of the earth has been captivated by the four letter word love. Read more

Hollywood Celebrity Couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Sex Secrets!

Latest news on Hollywood celebrity marriage Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and how they are the perfect couple!  Giving us additional reasons why 6’4″ manzon Will Read more

WHEN LOVE IS LOST! Part II Bella Petite proudly presents newly contributing writer Candace Chambers-Belida on Dating and Relationships!

Now please understand, we all want to have a perfect relationship that has eternal bliss and longevity, but nothing this Read more

Bella Petite proudly presents newly contributing writer Candace Chambers-Belida on Dating and Relationships!

WHEN LOVE IS LOST: part one

If you have ever been in a marital situation or circumstance that had all the makings of an incredible love Read more

Bella Petite was given an all-access pass to the world of fashion with international celebrity stylist and fashion editor Kithe Brewster!  You can say his name is synonymous with fashion and beauty.   He consistently reinvents celebrity Read more

Bella Petite’s LifeStyle Expert Dashama  will be on the Bella Petite Hour radio show April 26 live broadcast at 10am PST on America’s Web Radio.

VOTE NOW! For Bella Petite’s LifeStyle Expert Dashama Konah in the Read more

A BELLA PETITE MODEL PROSPECTIVE

JEANENE CANNON

Petite modeling inspiration and petite model tips about getting into the petite modeling industry. Written by Bella Petite fitness and nutrition expert Jeanene Cannon of Physique Complete.  Here’s Jeanene’s story on Read more

Ever wonder how Obese people on the Biggest Loser can lose the amount of weight you weigh almost in totality and yet, you struggle to just lose 10 pounds? It can be quite frustrating especially when you are active Read more

Fashion, entertainment and lifestyle has never looked so good! I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Klein the CEO and co-founder of the Fashion One Network on the Bella Petite Hour.  Klein oversees operations and business development of Read more

The next Bella Petite Hour with (host Ann Lauren) will take a voyeuristic journey into the ordinary lives of people with special guest producer and writer Adam Rifkin of the popular new Showtime series “LOOK”.

Our second Read more

She’s Got the…“height”

So I found myself in my mid-30’ s addicted to reality TV modeling shows & I developed a love & passion for the art of modeling. Every mirror was a camera & every hallway  Read more

The Wisdom Of 10

Stage 7 at Warner brothers studios, I was on the set of Pretty Little Liars watching the playback from my scene with Shay Mitchell, admiring her bright eyes and beautiful lips, how easily and perfectly Read more

At age 16,   I went to work at Pam’s figure salon in West Covina—my very first job. My duties were simple: Teach aerobics…sell memberships. Clean the hot tub… sell memberships. Tout the grapefruit diet… sell memberships. Strap women Read more

On the next Bella Petite Hour host Ann Lauren introduces Bella Petite’s new lifestyles host Nia Peeples.   Together Ann and Nia will have fun talking to you about “faith! ”

Faith in who you are, faith in Read more

The “Bella Petite Hour” (with host Ann Lauren) and petite celebrity Nia Peeples will be focused on the importance of “individuality.”  Every month we will have a lifestyle show with Nia to talk about the “Elements of Life.” Read more

Written by: Nia Peeples

Women are Read more

SWEET PETITES ACTIVE AND CASUAL APPAREL

Fashion month continues on The Bella Petite Hour this week with Ann Lauren hosting the founder and lead designer of Sweet Petites Apparel, Elizabeth Dutra.  Petite ladies have never looked so good Read more

ANTM Cycle 13 Episode 6: JABBAWOCKEEZ & Guest Judge Petite Supermodel Josie Maran

By Ann Lauren: This week’s ANTM “Dance With Me” show, with the JABBAWOCKEEZ and judges Benny Ninja and Lil Mama, was uninspiring. Thank goodness for my Read more

Internet PR News Wire Sept. 25 Wilhelmina Hot Body Search

By: Ann Lauren

Wilhelmina International, Inc. announced today that its special event activities have been extended to the category of fitness, and that the first-ever Wilhelmina Hot Body Read more