When you take a look at a piece of art whether it is a sculpture, a painting or a carefully designed dress, you will most likely spot some imperfections. Creation is a process and in that process there are Read more

Back in the day of mega-supermodels like Janice Dickenson, Tyra Banks, Iman, and Kathy Ireland (to name a few), Clarissa Burt dominated the runways and was a supermodel muse for Valentino! In her candid interview on the Bella Petite Read more

During recession, I don’t recommend going to work every day blindly, wondering if you are going to be laid off. Chances are a job loss will happen to you during your career. How do you know if you are Read more

CHEW ON THIS WITH STEFANIE: GRAS is Never Greener

No, I don’t mean “grass”. I mean GRAS as in “Generally Recognized As Safe”.

Now, before I get into it, a little on food politics…

The United States Food and Read more

Leadership Skill: The Rule of “3” for Powerful Communication

Public speaking and/or giving presentations can be one of the most nerve-racking experiences in any professionals’ life. Some people are naturals at it. Others loose sleep over the very Read more

Mention the word gossip and many people think of spiteful rumors spread without regard to the truth. In reality malicious rumormongers make up on a small fraction of what constitutes gossip, media and networking expert Shawne Duperon says.

This Read more

YOU ARE THE PRODUCT AND THE PACKAGING MATTERS

In an arena where companies now have their choice of personnel, having a personal brand – especially one that meshes with the branding message of a company, can make all the Read more

LOOKING FOR WORK?

The new trend in interviewing may require you to brush up on your camera skills. In 2011, it’s estimated that 42% of first round interviews were conducted via webcam according to the Wall Street Journal.

Video Read more

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

Nearly every morning over this past summer I’d take the short walk up to our roof top garden. As an urban dweller Read more

STEFANIE’S FOOD SOLUTIONS

Well, the holidays are upon us. I’m Jewish, married to a non-Jewish man thus we celebrate all holidays. And I am not just talking Chanukah and Christmas. Let’s add Easter, Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur 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

Cyndee San Luis represents the next generation of entertainment, a 5’2″ petite model and actress who is making it in LA by utilizing innovative methods to market her talent.  No longer do you need to mail in your 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

The Break-Up  Love-A-Licious Candace Chambers-Belida

Acceptance is important in the break-up. Accepting that the relationship is no longer meeting each other’s needs, that its time to walk away from each other, with different directions and purpose. Again, everything 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!

You hear about this thing Read more

The Break-Up! By Love-A-Licious Part One

Relationships don’t always turn out the way we hoped for them to be. No one goes into a relationship expecting a low survival rate, nor a relationship doom before it even gets out Read more

The model ego always craves attention.  The disappointing thing about the ego is that cravings are never quite satisfied, the ego always needs more. How does that make you feel?  If you are a model, it’s not likely that Read more

GIRLS RULE!

How do you know if you are a good leader to your team? How do you know if you are even suited to be a leader? Here are some traits of a great female leader.

Trait Read more

The Kiss that Stays Upon My Lips! 

There is nothing more exciting than the perfect kiss. Amazingly enough I feel that every woman knows without a doubt, when the man in her life has given her the perfect Read more

Mirror, Mirror Syndrome: The Power of Reflection

When I was a little girl I used to play “Snow White” and gaze into the mirror asking the question “Mirror, mirror who is the fairest of them all?”

Of course, I Read more

Vanessa DeLeon’s  interior design is inspired by her Cuban roots and the Art Deco styling that so strongly influences her culture. This, coupled with her innovative sensibility and keen eye for details, results in her signature Read more

Is it possible to intermingle Sex, Romance and Careers- According to Radio Host Candace Chambers-Belida, it can be done, but done carefully. With the rise of social media, and workplace romance, can two people really have a successful Read more

HOW IT HAPPENED

Bella Petite Model and World’s Sexiest DJ Colleen Read more

Your Answer Will Determine Your Happiness

Is your relationship to your work one of a Job, a Career, or a Calling? Research suggests that people who consider their work to be a Calling report greater life and 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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Are you making these missteps in your summer office wardrobe?

DONATE TODAY TO BELLA PETITE MAGAZINE’S OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER

In a July 2010 global survey conducted on by Thomson Reuters/Ipsos on Workplace Attire, 2/3 (66%) of respondents said 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

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

20 Small Acts of Civility to Help Your Career

It wasn’t until I entered into the world of image consulting that the term “civility” became one of my favorite and treasured words. It’s a word that I try to 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 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

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

One of the Five Behaviors That Will Kill Your Career (and stifle your advancement)

Knowledge is Power (and you don’t have any)

The young lanky girl took my order at Subway. She was slow, but accommodating. I tend to 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

This week’s Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will feature co-host and Bella Petite job-seeking expert Elizabeth Lions. Our special guest is corporate image and style consultant Jacqueline Peros.

This show is about female empowerment in 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

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

Bella Petite would like to welcome newly contributing writer Elizabeth Lions!

AGE DISCRIMINATION: There is the age old question about age discrimination. Am I not getting the job because I’m too old?

Age is a concept.

Age and how Read more

Imaginary Media Photography: J Chan MUA/Stylist/Costume Design: Petite Model 5’2″ Melodye Joy

BEAUTIFUL

I am sick of the “standard model’s need only apply” or the answer constantly being “they are looking for industry standard models only.” What 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

This week on the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will be co-host Bella Petite business expert  Maria Gamb author of best selling book “Healing The Corporate World”. We will be talking about  how to 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

“Lawsuit Claims Nightclub Fired Waitresses for Being Too Short”… This headline is unfortunately very real, as reported by Ti-Hua Chang of Fox5 News New York.    According to Mr. Chang’s report, two women have filed suit Read more

This week on the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will be co-host Maria Gamb author of best selling book “Healing The Corporate World”.  We will be bringing talking about business, your career and how to hone 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

Have you ever felt like there was a landslide of opportunities that all of a sudden appeared?  You look left and you can choose to take the opportunities on that pathway. Then you look right  Read more

This week on the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) and co-host Maria Gamb, Bella Petite’s resident business expert and author of best selling book “Healing the Corporate World “.

Our Special guest will Read more

Lauren Conrad just can’t get enough of living in front of the cameras!  She reportedly left all the mishigas on “The Hills” to take a break from the craziness of life in the spotlight, and has since tried Read more

Free Falling

There are so many interesting things happening in my life right now, interesting, challenging, inspiring, overwhelming. And every time I turn around the universe is screaming, “Let it go Nia. Let it go!” In Read more

Hidden dangers in plastic packaging: what you don’t know has been hurting us!

Amidst the pre-packaged wonderland of our modern supermarkets, everything is quite conveniently packaged in plastic bags and containers. One can shop for years, and take these Read more

As a professional romance and relationship matchmaker coach, I’ve helped many women with dating and relationship issues.

THREE TYPES OF WOMEN

This has led me to identify a few client “types,” and coaching methods that tend to Read more

This week’s Bella Petite Hour radio show hosts the “Who Needs a Jersey” promotional campaign, created by Eddie Drummond of the NFL.  The campaign message for  “Who Needs a Jersey” is that you don’t need to be Read more

The September 14th Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) and co-host Bella Petite business expert Maria Gamb the “Change Agent” will be all about relationship building in business and our personal lives.  Ann and Maria will talk Read more

Bella Petite’s resident “Business” Expert Maria Gamb valuable words of wisdom!

Most people believe giving is only measured in terms of money, but there are no-cost ways to give through expressing and demonstrating your internal abundance. This is your Read more

Many of you have been following the latest shift in my gym regime on Facebook. I’ve been in search of a new, more energizing workout that is more fun and rewarding. The operative word is FUN. I work Read more

“As a kid I wanted to be a writer. As a teen I wanted to be a performer. Now I just wanna be happy.” And happy she is. My next guest writer, Jessica, is a wonderful kindergarten teacher, Read more

Bella Petite Chicago Regional Director and newly Contributing Writer Jennifer Bollinger.

As a petite model working in the business of modeling and entertainment, I know the word “rejection” far to well. When I was first starting out the “door Read more

Sincerely, Nia: I’m just going to say it: GOing green can be tough. To suddenly shift everything in one’s life to a kinder, more gentle way of living, can seem daunting and even impossible even though we know Read more

Take Your Networking Event by Storm: 5 Quick Ways to Read the Room™ and Meet “Your People”

This week’s Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) and business expert Maria Gamb will focus on the importance of meeting the Read more

Nia Peeples is taking the month of August off!  Yes thats right.  I’m off to Bali to regenerate, rejuevnate, refill, relax. everything RE. so in the meantime I have my wonderful guest writers coming in directly from Read more

This week’s Bella Petite Hour Lifestyle show hosted by petite celebrity Nia Peeples will feature Nia’s co-star from the hit ABC television show Pretty Little Liars, Shay Mitchell.  We will get the scoop on what’s happening with this Read more

Ladies, here is a man worth paying attention too!  Meet a totally delicious hot male model, “Who Love’s Petite Women!”  My experience has been men prefer petites.  In fact, evolutionary facts support my point of Read more

Let me ask you some questions:

Do you feel alive?  Do you get excited?  Are you curious? Are you aware and living in the moment?  Or do you feel like you’re living in a box, in Read more

Written by Angela Phillips a Bella Petite Regional Director and newly contributing writer.

Life is sometimes very tough.  We often think our journey is far more difficult than others and feel like giving up.  When I feel Read more

My experience with FaceBook seems to mean “business” as usual for FaceBook.  A recent report on ABC 7 News shows FaceBook to be one of worst companies for customer service ranking them at the bottom along with MySpace. Read more

Sincerely, Nia….Don’t make Mountains Out of Your Mole Hills

I live at the beach, so it stands to reason I’ll be wearing a bikini much of the time.   I’m okay with that. I’ve been good to my Read more

Don’t you hate it when people tell you to stop and smell the roses? Especially when you feel like if you stop for even a moment its all going to come crashing down around you. How can you stop Read more

ARE YOU A LIPSTICK BULLY? By Maria Gamb Bella Petite’s “Business Expert” and newly contributing writer!

Most believe that competitiveness in business is an activity engaged in amongst the males in the society.  Women, the loving, nurturing souls Read more

THIS PETITE, NOT PUSSYFOOTING AROUND! (My response to New York Time’s and Vanity Fair’s Freelance Writer, Maria Ricapito):

It appears to me that “ignorance” remains bliss…to some people.  Freelance writer, Maria Ricapito, wrote and published Read more