Ann Lauren, fit our generations look! Introduces the freshest Spring capsule collections! Designer fashion scaled to fit petite women. All new Bella Petite Shopping sector.

Bella Petite fulfilled our mission to create a marketplace to meet the demands of Read more

Devon Aoki Bella Petite High Fashion Runway Model. Bella Petite Magazine Copyright © 2016

Shortest Runway Models, Twiggy, Devon Aoki and Kate Moss. Bella Petite Magazine Copyright © 2016

Few petite models have made an impact on the runways. Read more

REVISITING TYRA BANKS’ AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODELS “SHORTY” EDITION.

As you might expect from your favorite magazine reporting on petite fashion, the appropriate title for the show would have been  “Petite Model Edition.”  Rest assured, we went Read more

Models of Diversity announces strategic partnership with Global Disability Inclusion, LLC Unique partnership will assist companies achieve greater diversity by utilizing models with disabilities.

PRESS RELEASE : SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA (April 30, 2014), Recognizing the Read more

The fashion world can be perceived as a cutthroat monopoly that favors, advocates, promotes, and sears into the brains of “the rest of us” the ideology that the skinny, tall, white girl is what is universally beautiful. In fact, Read more

Bella Petite Swimsuit Creme de La Creme

The Monroe top is flattering for a petite woman’s figure!

Ties at the neck and back with a twist in front, you will look fabulous.

The minimizing bottoms are super slimming with Read more

10 Heart Healthy tips for women from a woman Physician

1. Stop Smoking or for that matter never start in the first place!
2. Exercise Regularly (30 minutes of Aerobic Exercise at least 3 times per week), and I don’t mean 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

Earlier this month we found out on the Bella Petite Hour ( the January 15th live broadcast) that New York Fashion Group International unveiled this year’s nominees for its ‘Rising Star Awards.’   The group is set to Read more

A Petite Model Mission

For over a year now, international celebrity and fashion photographer John Glantz, director of Glantz Media Productions, has been working almost exclusively with petite models. He enjoys using his classic and elegant photographic style, Read more

Editor’s Pick: Petite Celebrities Kristen Stewart & Emma Stone Petite Fashion Style

Bella Petite Magazine on petite celebrity fashion watch. Who’s got the look!   MTV Awards red carpet petite celebrities Kristen Stewart and Emma Stone look Read more

Style Questions & Answers For Everyday Petite Women

Recently two of the most favorite petite women and colleagues I know dared to ask me questions on styling, which I found to be great questions as they are dilemmas that Read more

Miss Rosie the Riveter was the original woman who showed that just because women are petite and beautiful doesn’t mean we cannot get the job done.  Although the battle on gaining respect for petite models isn’t over, these Read more

Editor’s Pick: Petite Celebrities Ashley Greene, Kristen Stewart & Nikki Reed Petite Fashion Style Daily Shopper!

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

Who’s got the Read more

Editor’s Pick: Petite Celebrities Kate Bosworth vs. Eva Longoria Petite Fashion Style Daily Shopper!  

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

Who’s got the look?   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

Change the Industry, Change the World

It’s not every day that you hear about a modeling or fashion company whose mission is nothing short of global transformation. Spend some time with The Network Talent or with Bella Petite, however, Read more

Dive Into the OMP Get Wet Event for Free Prizes and Upgrades!

One Model Place members can beat the heat and get free memberships or upgrades during the hot summer months by attending our rooftop pool party on Read more

Petite Celebrity Mila Kunis Petite Fashion Style!

Petite celebrity actress 5’2″ Mila Kunis (age 28) gave us more proof that “men prefer petites,” at the Guys Choice Awards.  Kunis won the Holy Grail of Hot award and it Read more

TOP 10 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts for the Petite Woman

PETITE FASHION “DO’S”

1. Be ready to hit the beach in low rise cut string bikini!

2. Four inch platform, cork, wood sandals, wedges and a flat sandals are 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 MAGAZINE BRAND AMBASSADOR EDITOR ANN LAUREN ® biography and talent credits on IMDB.

Tune into the Bella Petite Hour on Spring Fashions Trends with Ginger and Ann!  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

Unbelievable! So-called petite “celebrity” or more aptly, reality character, Kim Kardashian towered over Prince on stage Monday night (Feb 7th) at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Apparently, that is all she did when Prince brought her on stage Read more

PETITE CELEBRITY FASHION LEA MICHELE

Petite celebrity 5’1″ Lea Michele from television show Glee showed off her fashion sense and left her sense of humor behind. Showing up on the red carpet at the Funny Men and Women of 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

I must admit I was excited when I booked a gig with Universal Pictures to shoot some promotional posters for one of their upcoming movies called “The Change Up” to be released  in August 2011.

The gig got 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

This week we are proudly celebrating our 50th Bella Petite Hour  (with host Ann Lauren) show, and will be joined by co-host, Emmy-winning producer Christopher Toyne, our resident entertainment expert.

To shake things up, Toyne will turn Read more

No “Italian Vogue” for PETITES

Another season of “hype,” …I mean “height” hits the airwaves as America’s Next Top Model launches Cycle 15. September 8th’s premiere proved to be another demonstration of how “petite” models just do not have Read more

Tyra Banks talks about her new season – Here is what she had to say (and what really chaps my ARSE!!):

Tyra: “Top Model was one of the first times we saw plus-size models treated equally; now it’s a 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

Pretty Petites Popping up in the Swimsuit Edition

Although Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues have not had any petite models on their covers, I must give them some credit due to the fact that they have allowed petites in their 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.

We Read more

PETITE MODELS BEWARE!  A smart general rule to follow: Don’t ever attend a modeling school and  if an agency or a management company is advertising for “petite models” it is a scam.  You will never see Read more

Tyra Banks’ new cycle of America’s Next Top Model successfully demonstrates why the status quo remains the industry standard.  As a petite woman you owe it to yourself to tune out this series, so we are declaring that 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

Women are Read more

Michelle Braun, a Hollywood Madame, claims that the “Tiger” of the golfing jungle prefers his prey “petite, blonde and natural”…oh yeah, and easy on the “breasts!” Although, clearly, that’s not always the case given he carried on a 3-year Read more

There is exciting news on the petite fashion scene, but it seems you need to head out to Mumbai’s fashion circuit if you want to see true petite models rockin’ the runways! Couture fashion designer Archana Kochhar is blazing 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.

Mini Read more

BELLA PETITE MAGAZINE BRAND AMBASSADOR EDITOR ANN LAUREN ® IMDb BIO / Credits

HOW VICTORIA’S SECRET DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN

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

After our Read more

PHOTO CHALLENGE WINNER NICOLE

By Ann Lauren: It’s mid-season and America’s Next Top Model is becoming tedious for me to write about.   In fairness though, all of ANTM’s shows tend to bore me at this point.  I Read more

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER AND PLAYBOY PLAYMATE

The Bella Petite Hour with Host Ann Lauren will launch its premiere radio webcast on October 20th with world-renowned fashion photographer Peter Baratti and Playboy Playmate Colleen Shannon.  Peter has had the pleasure Read more

ANTM GUEST JUDGE CHINESE SUPERMODEL 5’3″ China Chow

By: Ann Lauren

Admittedly,  I wasn’t looking forward to ANTM’s episode 5.  I was expecting the same old tired routine and I just could not bare the prospect of Read more