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PETITE CELEBRITY HAYDEN PANETTIERE PETITE FASHION STYLE

[Petite celebrity] actress 5’0″ Hayden Panettiere was at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday in New York City.  She was supporting her manzon 6’6″ Wladimir Klitschko to the Read more

[Petite celebrity] Carrie Underwood’s [petite fashion] style! This [petitefashionista] should start her own [petite clothing] label! The ACM nominee looked gorgeous stepping out on stage in an amethyst Jean Fares Couture gown, wearing Sutra jewels and a pair of Read more

Bella Petite Hour Entertainment Edition:

Big Foot Studio’s New Movie Release “Deep Gold”

This week’s Bella Petite Hour “Entertainment Edition” with host Ann Lauren features special guest interviews with Big Foot Studio’s CEO Kacy Andrews and celebrity Laury Prudent Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY ANNA KENDRICK AND PETITE FASHION STYLE!

Fashionable hip young petite actress 5’1″ Anna Kendrick (age 25) was seen on the red carpet for the Rag & Bone Intermix cocktail party.  She was with designer David Neville Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY EMMA STONE PETITE FASHION STYLE!

Recently, at Paris Fashion Week petite celebrity 5’4″ Emma Stone was sitting pretty in the front row at the Louis Vuitton 2011 Fall fashion presentation.  Stone was wearing an indigo wrap Read more

The news is in David and Victoria Beckham are expecting a baby girl!

The couple already has three sons, now the couple can decorate in pink for the first time. “Obviously, we’re very lucky to be expecting again, and Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY MILA KUNIS PETITE FASHION STYLE!

Perfectly petite celebrity 5’1″ Mila Kunis is on fire with style!  Sitting pretty in the front row this week in London at the Miu Miu Fall 2011 show.  No doubt Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY MAGGIE Q PETITE FASHION STYLE

Petite celebrity 5’4″ Maggie Q was seen on the red carpet at the People’s Choice awards with her boyfriend actor 6’0″ Shane West. The la femme Nikita actress is wearing a Read more

Once again we are proving you don’t have to be tall to beautiful! May the fashion and beauty industry take note of Bella Petite’s list of ten A-List petite actresses in entertainment.  These leading ladies are setting new 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

PETITE CELEBRITY VICTORIA BECKHAM AND PETITE FASHION STYLE!

One of the most fashionable mammas-to-be petite celebrity 5’3″ Victoria Beckham, seen leaving her clothing line’s presentation during N.Y.C. Fashion Week.  As you can see pregnancy isn’t slowing this petite Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY DEMI MOORE AND PETITE FASHION STYLE!

Beautiful petite celebrity 5’4″ Demi Moors age 48, has it all!  Great style, she’s gorgeous, successful career and happily married to Hollywood hunk Ashton Kutcher age 32, who could ask Read more

The petite twins 5’0″ Mary-Kate and 5’0″Ashley Olsen made news when they arrived at LAX recently, draped in fur (maybe faux?).  Good thing PETA wasn’t there, but they did have Ashley’s French bulldog with them for the trip.

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Good looking, fresh-faced rock n’ roll singer Matthew Zeiss is a charmer and a heart-breaker with a rich bluesy voice that some have compared to King of Rock n’ Roll himself, but don’t go too far with any Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY RACHEL MCADAMS PETITE FASHION

The red carpet was seeing “RED” with stunning petite celebrity 5’4″ Rachel McAdams.  Looking beautiful in Berlin for another press appearance and premiere for her movie “Morning Glory,” with mega co-star Harrison Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY KERRY WASHINGTON ON PETITE FASHION

This beautiful petite celebrity 5’4″ Kerry Washington knows how to pick the best petite fashions.  This week Washington stepped out in the latest designs from Calvin Klein’s current collection.  She Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY FASHION SARAH JESSICA PARKER

After party celebration held in N.Y.C. for the premiere of Sex and The City 2.  Leading lady petite celebrity 5’2″ Sarah Jessica Parker attended wearing a black Elie Saab dress, with Kimberly Read more

PETITE FASHION ON LAUREN CONRAD

This reality show petite celebrity character is lapping up Kim Kardashian’s heels! 5’3″ Lauren Conrad recently attended Covergirl’s 50th anniversary celebration party held in West Hollywood.  She was wearing an easy breezy vanilla Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY FASHION WITH RACHEL MCADAMS

Petite celebrity 5’4″ Rachel McAdams was on a press tour in France a couple weeks ago for her latest movie “Morning Glory,” starring Harrision Ford.  She was wearing a sweet feminine frilly Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY KIM KARDASHIAN BACKSTAGE AT THE TODAY SHOW

Petite celebrity 5’2″ Kim Kardashian was spotted posing backstage after her Today show appearance with sister petite five-foot-nothing Kourtney. Kim was wearing a Rachel Roy tuxedo designer dress and black Read more

This is the exact headline I cringe to see in the press “Tiny Porn Star-Fashion Industry Hates Little People.” This is no joke!

This is the exact consistent negative media stereo-type of petites we are tired of reading.   Read more

A couple months ago the press almost had it right, all except for the timing!  It is now official, petite celebrity 5’1″ Reese Witherspoon and her agent  Jim Toth at Creative Artists Agency are engaged.  Last Read more

Welcome to the first New Year’s week “Industry Special” on the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren).   We have a wonderful show lined up with two excellent guest to ring in 2011!

Top industry professionals will be Read more

This week on the Bella Petite Hour we will focus on “model and talent industry news,”  featuring guest host of FOX News Ginger Puglia, as she interviews two intriguing guest.

The discussion will include new pilots, model Read more

This week on the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) and co-host Ginger Puglia, Bella Petite’s resident fashion expert, President of GingerFinds and fashion entertainment and lifestyle trends television host for Fox News NYC.

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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

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

All that can be said for Paris Fashion Week (at the Christian Dior fashion show) held this week for the Spring 2011 collection is: nothing new!  Pretty boring, in fact.

The fashion world is fresh out of ideas. Read more

Celebrity Red Carpet Look on Julie Benz

The red carpet always inspires celebrity looks at discount prices.  You can find tons of celebrity inspired looks online at edressme.com, or you can order direct and check out discount stores Read more

This article is the first in a series of fashion trend reports from Bella Petite’s newest fashion, entertainment and lifestyle trend expert, Ginger Puglia of GingerFinds and Fox News Trend Host.

In this article Ginger and Fashion Stylist 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

MATERIAL GIRL

The petite “material girl” herself, 5’3″ Madonna, launched a new clothing line and accessories at Macy’s New York on August 3rd.  The line was inspired by her daughter, 13 year old Lourdes Leon, who collaborated Read more

This weeks Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will direct you towards some exciting new talent and new channels to explore when embarking on a career in entertainment.

The old rules of how to break into the industry Read more

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

For years it has been defined that a “runway” model has to be 5’9″ or taller.  This illogical definition has killed many aspiring petite models’ Read more

PETITE FASHION TRENDS: Best and Worst of 2010

As we reach the half way point of 2010, it’s natural for our minds to spring forward towards 2011’s seasonal trends.  We can’t help hoping that some of the big Read more

6/29/10: The Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) features Fortune 500 business experts Maria Gamb and Michael McMillan. We are going to talk about the importance of saying what you mean and meaning what you say.  Plus, Read more

Sincerely, Nia…The Momologue

A couple days ago was my son Chris’ 21st birthday. Yikes!  How time flies.  Hard to believe 21 years ago today I was at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, just a stone’s throw from The Read more

On the next Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) we will explore the petite model, fashion and entertainment scenes.  We have three great guests scheduled for the show to let us in on what’s happening in the Read more

PETITE FEMALE CONSUMERS REPRESENT 10 BILLION DOLLARS OF RETAIL BUYING POWER IN THE UNITED STATES.

Petite women are 70% of the U.S. Population.  Women 5’9″ or taller are only 3% of the market place and they are the Read more

Down the Ave de Gaulle at the Cannes Film festival I was shoving my way through thousands of fans and photographers who were trying to get a glimpse of their favorite stars on the coveted red carpet when suddenly Read more

Swimsuits, Swimsuits, Swimsuits…OH MY!

Well petite ladies…have you “done it?” Have you swum through store upon store, floated down isle after isle, and dove into the perfect swimsuit for the season yet? Or, have you sunk to the bottom Read more

WRITTEN BY: New Bella Petite contributor Fariha Alhassen

Fashion represents changing seasons.  We see trends and styles come and go like night and day.  A majority of us women, if not all, are entranced by the styles Read more

On Tuesday, June 1st, the Bella Petite Hour LifeStyle show with hosts Nia Peeples and Ann Lauren.  Nia will tell us about her activities in France at the Cannes Film Festival. She will also have two excellent guest Read more

“BATHING SUITS” – WHERE THEY’VE BEEN, WHERE THEY WENT, AND WHERE THEY ARE TODAY!  A Petite’s Chronicle thru the Centuries PART-3

Power of Petites, And the Reduction of Fabric!

As the 1920’s rolled around and the emancipation Read more

Now Playing, the Bella Petite Hour (with Ann Lauren) with petite powerhouse Fortune 500 Diva, Maria Gamb. In a collaborative effort Maria and Ann will breakdown all of the negative stereotypes and debunk myths relating to women and height Read more

FROLIC AROUND WITH THESE 10 BARE-BIKINI FACTS

Did You Know…?

1. The World’s largest “Bikini Parade” was set in Las Vegas, Nevada in May of ’09! Leading the 281 bikini-clad-sexy-babes was Hugh Hefner’s, Playboy…playgirl, ex-petite “Girls Next Read more

Meet new petite model faces for Bella Petite!

5’3″ Sundai Love, 5’2″ Colleen Shannon, and 5’4″ Shannon Hall they are a few of the many new faces that will be appearing in Bella Petite Magazine’s editorials.

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There has been a been an outcry in the press recently over the Lane Bryant advertisements, but the real forgotten woman is the petite woman!  The actual discrimination happening in the fashion industry is only against using petite Read more

THE TRUTH ABOUT: COMMERCIAL PRINT AGENCIES ON HEIGHT AND PETITE MODELS

Can I get Commercial print as a petite model?  (Petite Modeling)

The current “status quo” practiced by the fashion and beauty industry, leaves the petite model Read more

Petite women want to wear the latest fashion trends just like our taller counterparts.  The truth of the matter is that if you follow a few simple rules for putting outfits together, there is actually very little a Read more

Can a 5’2″ petite model work in the industry?

Sure they can, but to become a fashion model it is not likely.  Even for commercial print modeling, the market for petite models is nearly non-existent.  The realistic Read more

Written By Nia Peeples: A Daytime Emmy Awards experience to remember.  It is 3:45 pm and it’s a sweltering 95 degrees. The last thing I want to do is pour myself into a skin tight sequin gown and Read more

The Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will have “Fashion Industry News and Trends Forecast” for 2010.  Ann will be joined by two fashion industry experts, including “Oscar Designer Challenge” top nine finalist Fernanda Carneiro!  We Read more

The Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) is exposing the truth about the modeling industry with East Coast model and talent agent Suzi Hosfeld.  Suzi is 5’10” and began her career as a model, working the runways Read more

America’s Next Top Model Finalist Sundai Love is a newly contributing writer on Bella Petite and will be sharing her industry experience and petite model insight.

PETITE MODEL ADVICE

I have received a million questions about the modeling industry. Read more

TICK TOCK…TICK TOCK…you realize the weeks are flying by, the days are spilling into the next faster than you can keep up, and before you know it you have less than 72 hours to plan…SOMETHING! Then, suddenly Read more

On February 2nd the Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will discuss Spring petite fashion trends with public relations and marketing expert Vanessa Urenda of AM Northwest in Portland, Oregon. We will also have two excellent petite clothing Read more

The Bella Petite Hour (with Host Ann Lauren) will feature “Wheely Famous,” petite model Tiphany Adams. Tiphany is a living exhibition of courage and inspiration, and her story needs to be heard and shared around with world. In life, Read more

By Tana Corporon:  With fashion trends changing throughout the seasons each and every year, sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what’s in, what’s out or what’s staying for awhile.  Breaching fashion etiquette is easier than one Read more

“PETITE” REFERS TO STATURE (HEIGHT), NOT WEIGHT.

Industry-standard size women at 5’9″ and taller only represent 3% of women.  The fashion industry is alienating the majority of women around the world.

According to most old-school fashion designers, petite Read more

By Ann Lauren: Lady Gaga owned the 2009 pop charts, snatching up numerous awards this year! The singing, dancing, piano playing 5’1″ petite pop star sensation is making a fashion statement appearance that’s all Gaga on Bravo’s “Launch My Read more

The Bella Petite Hour (with host Ann Lauren) will feature a look from above in the modeling and entertainment world, special guest Jillian Rabe.  Jillian is a business woman, entrepreneur and an “industry standard” 5’9″ Read more

Powerful petite celebrity icons take on the business of HIGH FASHION!

By Ann Lauren: Petite stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen became millionaire moguls by age 10! Their careers were launched as infants on the tv series, Full House.

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For the last decade petite fashion diva 5’4″ Rachel Zoe has been styling the stars. Formerly of Gotham and YM Magazine, she is now starring in her second season of The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo, a reality show Read more

The Bella Petite Hour with Host Ann Lauren is coming to you live with “Holiday Fashion Highlights” on December 15th! The show will feature two guests: author and fashion marketer Kim Williams Dahlman, and fashion designer Fernanda Carneiro. The Read more

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HOW VICTORIA’S SECRET DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN

BELLA PETITE QUESTION: How many petite women buy clothing, lingerie and swimsuits from Victoria’s Secret?

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On December 1st, professional petite business women on “The Bella Petite Hour” with host Ann Lauren.  It’s always great to highlight professional women making a difference, and we have two excellent guests who exemplify that image.  Cynthia Read more

By Ann Lauren:  Last week my hopes of having a true petite model winner on ANTM were dashed, though I had been anticipating this disappointment for some time.  Despite this, I caved and watched the finale. Read more

Season Premiere September 9 on the CW Network

By Ann Lauren

ANTM breaks the mold for cycle 13 by offering women “below the industry height standard” (5’7″ and under) the chance to become America’s Next Top Model.

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Janet Jackson: “You don’t have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.”

By: Ann Lauren

Even the dynamic, unstoppable petite-powerhouse, Janet Jackson, was caught in little fib to OPRAH when she mentioned, “I am little, I’m Read more

5'0" DANICA PATRICK

US RACE CAR DRIVER AND INDY 500 STAR, DANICA PATRICK: PETITE, HOT AND FAST! By Ann Lauren

“Eat my dust boys!,” says 5’0″ Danica Patrick as she looks back at the following pack.  Danica has Read more

2009 MTV MOVIE AWARD RED CARPET PETITE HOTTIES RULE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD! 

Who’s telling the truth about their height in Hollywood? It appears nobody. Even the men lie.

High School Musicals star petite hottie 5’0″ Vanessa Hudgens and Transformers Read more

5’5″ Tracy Austin

PETITE POWER ON THE TENNIS COURT, YES WE HAVE SPORTS!

By Ann Lauren

Petites prove to be powerful on the tennis court.  Former world No.1 Tracy Austin is 5’5″ and was quick to give her Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY HAYDEN PANETTIERE PETITE FASHION STYLE

[Petite celebrity] actress 5’0″ Hayden Panettiere was at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday in New York City.  She was supporting her manzon 6’6″ Wladimir Klitschko to the Read more