SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER 

TO ALL THAT ARE NEAR!!!

Love the Lia's! 

xoxo

chasing dreams.

I'm so excited to announce Natural Model Management's new partnership with A. Che Swimwear for a national model search for the next "Naturally Perfect" supermodel! A. Che Swim is looking for curves more like Kate Upton than Kate Moss, and a

re partnering with Natural Model Management to find the new face and body of the A. Che Swim campaign plus the winner will get a one year contract with Natural Model Management!!!! 

I know that I am already signed but to be the new face for A. Che swimwear line would be so amazing!! I practically LIVE in a bikini for 8 months while living in LA for the summer! This is exactly what I needed to help motivate me to get the bikini body that I've always wanted!! I love modeling and I think being a lighter and "healthier" weight will help me book more jobs and gain more clients and be better at volleyball!! I want to be versatile and be able to get the best of both worlds!! I know that I will never be a Kate Moss but curvy, healthy,and active is what they are looking for I'm going to give it my all and look the best that I can!! 

Wish me luck everyone submissions begin January-Feburary 2013 so that gives me at leas 2 1/2 months to lose some weight and tone up!! I'm so excited!! I am making the change now to have a new start in the year 2013! Big && GREAT things are coming my way!! I just got to work hard for them!! In it to WIN it!! <3

portfolio update=)

Phographers: Bradford Willcox & Katie H. Willcox<3

PLAYING DRESS UP. NEED TO TEST SHOOT TO UPDATE MY MODELING BOOK. PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED. . .

(HELP)

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

HALLOWEEN is one of my favorite holidays!! But I cant ever make up my mind what I want to be because there are too many options . . . the sky is the limit!! Costumes are always so pricy and nothing ever fits right! So last min && most importantly on a tight budget I decided to be MISS NICKI MINAJ<3

I put my outfit together most of what I already owned so that was sweet!!  The only thing I paid for was my Blonde Wig $18. My Pink Hair Spray $3. && my Funky legging $6. So my total came to $27!!!!

Smile because it's MONDAY

To see my updated online portfolio VIST:

Stylist: Kayla Mcgee
Photographer: Bradford Willcox

Prepped & Polished

GOOD MORNING BLOGGERS!!!!

So Today I have a fun test shoot with overstock.com && so I wanted to explain in detail ALLLLLLL the prep work it takes to prepare to look my best and be on top of my game because when opportunity strikes I need to look & feel my best!!  So I'm more than Happy to share my Secrets to My Beauty Regimen =D

For Radiant, Healthy, Beautiful Skin that GLOWS!

• GENES VITAMIN E CREAM.

•  DOVE'S MOISTURIZING BAR OF SOAP

I always wash my face at night with Dove's moisturizing bar of soap. 

Then I apply the Vitamin E cream before I go to bed!!

 I NEVER EVER EVER SLEEP with makeup on ESPECIALLY MASCARA . . . WHY?!?! 

Because the mascara makes yous eyelashes brittle and hard so if you sleep with it ON && sleep ON your FACE you could BREAK OFF your eyelashes and wake up with NONE!!!!! 

Ladies  let your skin breathe!!!! =)

Do it yourself Mani & Pedi! 

• Sally's Opal Nail Polish 

Update on whats been going on these past few weeks. . .

IM SO EXCTIED FOR FALL!!!
Living with my parents is so much fun having the gang all together is such a BLAST this winter is going to be amazing! We went to the cabin for my mamas birthday! We all got a little crazy on the four-wheelers & relaxed watching movies and playing board games with everyone! It was the perfect homecoming!!

I am so happy I finally have a routine going for me balancing out working and exercising! I am a lot more productive & focused here in UTAH then when I was in CALI!! I had too much time on my hands . . .
(laying out at the beach)!!!!  I know it might sound a little crazy but the SUN JUST DRAINED EVERYTHING OUT OF ME i didnt want to do anything but eat chips & salsa & drink margaritas all day! Which is exactly what I did! =)

As for our little bet going on :

I'm HALF WAY there!! Almost to my 20 lb goal! && I still have exactly ONE MONTH to go TODAY!
I'm still pushing for  25 lbs!!! Wish me luck!! I will post before and after pics OCT. 20th!! =) 

My mamma is cooler than your mama!

Today I want to wish My Mother Ann a very Happy Birthday!!! 

Love you so much mama!!<3

My mama . . .

She is the MOST:

caring.

giving

loving.

kind.

generous.

thoughtful. 

sweetest,

charismatic.

PERSON I KNOW!

She will drop anything she is doing to help another. 

Always puts others before herself.

Will do anything to make you smile

Loves to crack jokes

She will write cute notes and hide them in your room to find later.

She is an INCREDIBLE woman

LOVING MOTHER

CARING WIFE

Genuine Friend

Great listener

Wise Advisor.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND!!

LOVE YOU MAMA<3

week #1 Results.

Its been exactly ONE week and  I've lost . . . 6LBS! 

It would be amazing if I could lose that much "every week" but I know that won't be the case! boo! Anyway I'm going to keep pushing myself and keep working hard! Til next weeks weigh in. . . =) Wish me luck!!

IN IT. TO WIN IT.

 At times when you have a house full of WOMEN. . . . we can get a "little" competitive with one another! The women in the Sau Fifita household made a bet yesterday to see who could lose the most weight in a certain amount of time! We all weighed in && are taking ACTION!!

COMPETITORS:

• Me: Melissa
• My Sister: Emily
• My Mama: Ann

THE GOAL:
LOSE 20LBS by October 20, 2012.
-20LBS in  7weeks!

WINNERS:
Receive $50 from "each" person who DIDN'T lose 20LBS.

LOSERS:
Give $50 to "each" winner!

**IF. . .  WE "ALL" LOSE 20LBS by 10-20-2012 "NOBODY" GIVES away any MONEY AND WE ALL SPEND THE $50-100 WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN AWAY IF WE LOST ** 

The beautiful women in my family are all really trying to be more healthy and sticking to Weight Watchers and working out CONSISTENTLY! So I figured why not make it a little more exciting so that we CHECK OURSELVES whenever we start to feel a little discouraged or want to give up??!!

I know that is a huge thing for me personally, I start to see results fast and than I am content and I STOP!
So losing weight for me it is always a start over again process because I never . . .

FINISH WHAT I STARTED!!

I hope that in the end we all are successful and 20 LBS lighter & healthier so we can ALL celebrate & treat ourselves to a $100 shopping spree in St. George when we head down for the Volleyball Closer!!

51 days && counting!! 

LET THE GAMES BEGIN . . . 

AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!! 

-NOTE TO SELF-

The time has finally come for me to say GOOOOODBYE to Sunny Southern California!!

 Summer 2012 has been epic for us! It's been a crazy/beautiful time here and to be honest leaving is a little BitterSweet! I think I've learned alot about myself being here. . .

I can do anything I put my mind to! 

Coming here I had my mind set that I was going to pursue modeling and I really focused on that for awhile. I have been blessed to sign with an amazing agency that I love!! Now I just need to develop myself and my portfolio and gain some more experience and book more clients.
Practice && Patience is KEY!

My goals for Summer 2013:
-Compete @high level vball
-Have a set/perm partner
-Model full/time

THIS SUMMER WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME IF IT WEREN'T FOR OUR DEAR FRIENDS JAMES AND ALEXANDRA HOWARD!
WE LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!

Too many to count!

(click here)
My Mommy always said that 

"Freckles are kisses from ANGELS"!!

The beginning to a NEW chapter =)

It's final everyone I OFFICAILLY  SIGNED MY CONTRACT WITH 

NATURAL MODEL MANAGEMENT!

I am feeling so blessed! Im  so proud to say that I took a risk and a huge leap of faith to put myself out there and follow my dream! I love my agency and EVERYTHING we represent and believe in! GOOOOOO HEALTHY IS THE NEW SKINNY!! 

HERE  is the link to my online PORTFOLIO!!
Natural Model Management


My 1st Booking EVER . . . was with Kohls!!! =)

I flew out to Milwaukee and stayed at the Raddissan Hotel. Everyone from the Taxi drivers to the hotel staff were so incredibly welcoming and nice. I was nervous to say the least that it was my 1st time traveling and being somewhere I have never been before & sleeping in a hotel room all by my self!

My call time was at 1:00 which was awesome because I didn't get into Milwaukee until about midnight and the other models staying at the Raddissan as well had a call time at about 7:00 a.m. so I was lucky that I could rest up for my big shoot the next day! ( I slept GREAT. . .  with almost all the lights on!)

When I arrived at the studio I automatically clicked with my makeup artist, hairstylist and art director! They really helped calm my nerves and gave me the confidence boost I needed! They're all so talented in what they do! I hope I get to work with them again sometime in the near future! =)

SNEAK PEAK

HEALTHY IS THE NEW SKINNY SHOT

more to come . . . =)

Time Flyes By When your having TOO MUCH FUN

SO FAR THIS HAS BEEN EASILY THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE AND ITS NOT EVEN "OFFICALLY" SUMMER YET! 

summer lovin. cruisin with my hubby. sunshine. sunsets. sandy beaches. warm sand. cool breezes. volleyball. eating out. chips n salsa. guacamole. strawberry/mango margaritas. laying out. friends. family. && laughter. no worries. no problems. nothing but BLESSINGS.

We play volleyball. We eat out. We take naps during the day. We are obsessed with MAD MEN.
We try to be there for our family && friends.

I am so grateful for my husband and everything he does for our little family! I am so lucky! We are truly doing what we came here to do! We are trying to live everyday as if it were our last!

As for pursuing modeling I have my 1st test shoot this Thursday with the agency of my dreams I am so excited/nervous/anxious/thrilled/i/could/just/pee/my/pants/happy! Wish me luck!

Pictures will be coming soon....=)

Modeling Update

I hate not being able to post pictures my blog is so boring!! Sorry followers!! Whoever you are! Anyways so . . . About a week ago I went into the modeling agency!!
I was a hot nervous mess!! 
 They had called me and asked if I could come in that exact morning! Sooooo I had to hurry and get up brush my teeth fix my crazy hair and FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO WEAR!! hahah!! **The stress if you can only imagine** Especially when Im not unpacked and I have a huge bin of clothes in the garage outside!! haha

Anyways got myself together!! Put on some skinny jeans a black tank top and some black pumps && was on my way. I figured LESS IS MORE!

I met with Katie Halchishick and a few others! It was so awesome! They were way chill and laid back I swear they could hear my heart beating out of my chest! We took some digitals and I was on my way!

Today I received an email from them and now I'm just trying to set up a test shoot with their photographer Bradford who is amazing and so so talented to get my portfolio going! Can't wait to see what the feedback is and hopefully get some castings calls going!! Til then!! CIAO!!

California Update

California has been amazing so far! We have been staying with Uncle Paul & Aunty Linda while we search for a place to live! ANNNNND . . . We finally found a winner in Redondo! We will be moving in Monday & I can't wait! We will be literally 5 blocks away from Hermosa Pier! I transferred to the Red Lobster here in Torrance! It's been good ... a huge culture shock but I'm adjusting! I'm just so lucky to have a job so fast! Can't wait to put our new place together and call it home for Summer 2012 pics comging soon!! =)  To be continued...

family.friends.vbll.&&funn

  Landen and I had an amazing weekend spending time with family && friends in good old St. George before we both leave our winter home in Utah && head to Sunny CALIFORNIA for the summer!!  

 

 Yup!! It twas that time again. . . Time for the St. George Opener!! We are truly blessed with such amazing supportive families{tusi && fifita) who "both" drove 4 hrs && sat in the hot sun [84 degrees to be exact] all day and cheered us both on!! I am so grateful for all that they have done for us and for loving us both UNCONDITIONALLY!!

 This year I decided I wanted to play sand with one of my besties Miss Morgan Hill instead of grass!! It was our 1st sand tourny EVER! We didn't do great but we had an amazing time, learned a ton, but prob Laughed MORE!! I am so proud of her she worked her butt off she was basically doing everything from passing the entire time, hitting, and BLOCKING!! She was a freakin BEAST && I cannot wait to play with her again!

Landen played with his friend Darren again and they took 1ST PLACE!!! They both played amazing and I'm so proud of both of them!

Hot like Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire

I really felt a "serious" need of a quick *PICK-ME-UP*/CHANGE in my life to make me feel a little
va vaaaa voooooooom ;) Because lately I've been in . . sort of a funk [blaah.]
So . . .  last night my sissy Christina did the works on me! I am always so boring when it comes to color and cut. I always take the safe route and go dark and add extentions! But this time I was feeling a little daring and I love what she created!! She is so talented and funny!! We had a blast catching up and she had fun using me as her little barbie doll!! I love having a sister who can cut/color/doextentions anytime I want or in this case desperately NEED. So if anyone needs the above you can contact my sister!! Just let me know!! =D
Now I'm ready for our trip to St. George!! yeeehaaaaawwww!!

Before:

&& After:

CHANGE. slowly but surely.

I've been thinking a lot about my personal physical goals and feeling stressed out and frustrated with myself for NEVER accomplishing/reaching my goal!! I've been dieting for as long as I can remember to be exact I believe I first started dieting in 10th grade!!

Soooo after thinking of the 7-8 years of stressing over body image I think I've hit a wall and I'm so tired of caring about "how many calories, fat, sugar, etc something has before I eat it!!" I've done some thinking and looking back on the past I have come to find that I am an EXTREMEST!! Meaning that when I want to lose weight I will lose 10 lbs FAST and than I'm happy=) and content but then I will let LOOSE a LITTLE and give into my sugar addiction and I will gain 15 lbs faster than I had lost the first 10!! Why does my body FLUCTUATE 10 LBS!!!??? It has to be the Tongan in me!!!!! Anyway feeling down in the dumps I can't help but be mad at ANYBODY but myself!!
We have a choice. We can choose to deal with the things we are given in life like for me:
my fab healthy body that likes to fluctuate 10-15 lbs OR we can choose to ignore the fact and be upset and frustrated with the increased numbers on the scale!!!

So the quote above has helped me come up with what has really been going on in my head. I have made some improvements & I can honestly say that I love my body. But the reason why I get so crazy and obsessive over body image is because there is ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND I feel that I havent made any "PERMANENT" IMPROVEMENTS!!

I don't know if anyone cares I just know that this is the ONE THING THAT IS CONSTANTLY on my mind and wanted to know if anyone else was feeling the same way && I needed to get it off my chest because I'm driving my poor husband crazy!!!
( && he isn't very sympathetic when it comes to this sort of stuff)
* he loves me & my body regardless but its hard to keep up and talk to him especially when he is just naturally fit and his 6 pack is just staring at me when we're talking about my weight issues!!!
So ladies feel my pain!!
Lets LOVE OURSELVES. OUR BODIES. BUT IF YOU DONT LIKE SOMETHING. CHANGE IT.. . . WITH A SMILE OF COURSE!!!!! =D

Namaste Everyone!!

This morning my sister and I went to another Bikram Yoga session and I feel amazing!! Really sad that my groupon deal will be ending this week!! Gotta make it count and go everyday!!!! We are thinking of extending our memberships!!
Well I have exactly one week to DETOX/workout && look good in my BDAY suit because Ill be turning 22 next MONDAY!!! It's coming whether I'm ready or NOT. =)

March Madness

March Madness Baby!!!
I have 31 days left til the St. George Opener. . . volleyball tournament. My goal is to lose 10+ more lbs before we head to good ol St. George. So today at the gym I did some High Interval Intensity Training (HIIT) with my hubby. It involved:

10 box jumps x 7

 50 jump ropes

15 lunges x 3

50 jump ropes

switch lunges x 3

50 jump ropes

In between sets I did some volleyball lateral movements (shuffling side to side) while working on passing and setting.

Im going to do HIIT every other day and in between I will either do Bikram Yoga or Arms and Cardio!! =)
Cant believe summer is almost here!!! I'm not panicking BUT I'm definitely in BEASTY mode!! No more playing around!!! 

Click here to see a little sneak preview of my shoot with Kayleen T. =) 

Latest obsessions

CINNAMON TOAST:

Whole Wheat Bread 45 Cal
Butter, TRUVIA, & Cinnamon!!

Yummmmmmy in my tummy.

BERRY SMOOTHIE:
Diet Green Lipton Tea
Spinach
1/2 Cup of frozen berries & Ice

All good things come to those who wait...

Instead of making a "special trip" to California to meet with Katie H. and the rest of the agency I've decided to wait til Landen and I move down there for good in April. I just feel that its the best thing for right now. So in the mean time I'm going to tone&tighten everything up as much as I can so I feel and look my best!
NO matter what happens I want to feel confident and sexy this summer!

Don't get me wrong I love my body and my voluptuous curves I just want to be able to play beach volleyball and not worry about being out of breath just walking on the sand. Hopefully I will be in the good enough shape to enter a tournament!!

SunBeam LoviN

Tomorrow will be my 1st Sunday as a "Primary Teacher" in our new ward!! I will be teaching my little SUNBEAMS!!! There are 4 kids in my class. . .  3 ROWDY BOYS and 1 shy little girl they're all 3 years old and soooo adorable!! I'm feeling so blessed to be given this opportunity especially since I studied to be an elementary school teacher! I sat in the classroom last Sunday and the kiddies don't really say much but the things that do come out of their mouths are  HILARIOUS!! They are all so quiet . . . well at least for now! haha! =)

 

 

UPDATE ON MODELING

So I don't know if anyone is even following me hahah but if you are here is a little update about modeling. . . =)

It's been less than a week and being the IMPATIENT person that I can be sometimes last night I called the agency to see if they had received my pictures that I submitted. The girl on the phone told me that she hasn't gotten anything new so she told me to resend them to another address from my personal email address. So I did.

And this morning I received an email from Katie H. and she told me that everyone loved what I had to say and she wants to meet with me in person!! =)

I'm feeling so blessed and so lucky now I just need to figure out when I can head down there to meet with the agency in person!! Wish me luck!! =)

LOVE EM

Photoshoot W/ my Sister!!

So here are some pictures my sister took of me to submit into some Plus Size Modeling Agencies!! 

I'm so HAPPY & RELIEVED that I finally did it & now I can just relax and know that I did "MY PART"

& if it's meant to be it WILL BE!! 

Now I just have to wait . . . 

 I believe that  it is . . .

I'm absolutely grateful for my Hubby, friends & family who have supported me and inspired me to go after my dreams especially this one in particular!!