Recently I had the honors of collaborating with a Beautiful young lady, Kristine. Being that she was competing in one of our competition pieces we decided to do a short essay and learn all about her, her experiences competing, and more!

Name and age?

Kristine Cenon, age 23.

 

What made you decide to compete and what class?

John Fettes who is my personal trainer and also my coach noticed me at the gym. He said I caught his eye and wanted to train me for competitions. And ever since then, I’ve always wanted to compete. My first competition was the 2012 Jay Cutler Baltimore Class, Bikini Class A.

 

How important is the competition bikini?

A competition bikini is very important. When picking your suit, you should find a designer who can create a bikini to perfectly compliment your physique and your skin tone. You want to feel confident in the suit you are wearing. Ravish Sands by Jessie Becker is my suit designer, she makes all my competition suits and they all look absolutely stunning.

 

Did you place?

I got 2^nd place out of 20 girls in my class and I qualified for Nationals.

 

As a 1^st time competitor, do you have any tips that you would give to new upcoming competitors?

NEVER EVER GIVE UP. I know it may get hard and there will be times you may want to give up, but don’t. All the sweat and tears will be worth it in the end. When you feel like giving up, think about why you started in the first place.

 

Will you compete again and where?

Of course! Competing is my life now and I’m so grateful to have such a great coach and my amazing boyfriend (Tou Phung) for being my support/biggest fan! My next show is on October 27^th, it’s the Shawn Ray Pro Classic and then I fly down to Atlanta for Nationals in November. I’m hungry for my pro-card!

 

What’s your favorite health foods and or recipe?

Haha, there’s so many! People don’t realize how many great, healthy, and delicious foods out there! But anything in its natural state is best. Oh, and I LOVE peanut butter! (the chuncky kind, yummy!)

 

(Miscellaneous) Fun fact about yourself:

On my free time, I enjoy playing Call of Duty, but I never have any free time anymore. I also like doing yard work. lol

Our latest summer 2012 collection photo shoot with the one and only Michael Falco...www.michaelfalco.com was a success. Models Jamila Jones, Natalia Bueno, and Juliet Del A Hoz were stunning. Stay tuned for our BTS video shot by Chris Hedlund! It's going to be HOTTT. Makeup By Toshi made the girls simply ravishing in the sands. As many of you now know we are open for business at Fort Lauderdale's Beach Place on the 1st floor near CVS Monday thru Sunday 10:30am-8:30pm. With all the amazing designs online who would think we would have even more to offer at our store front but WE DO!! Plenty of One of A KIND suits to choose from so you can be the next talk of the party. Hope to see you there soon!

In life we cross paths with all sorts of different people...some we interact with...others we pass on by without a peep. Lets just say no one was passing by our hotspot this past Friday at Gryphon without a show! There was dancing, calendar signings, and lots of interaction regardless of the weather. I wanted to give a big thanks to everyone for that made it a success.

  Can't wait to see the amazing photos by Pedro Heshike and Robert D Ashby...Stay posted for amazing BTS photos from our event ;)  That little white Pearly bikini is something no one should want to miss!!! To all the beautiful Ravish Sands Calendar girls, Michael Falco for the amazing photography (www.michaelfalco.com), Eden of Pangaea for making us all family, to the fabulous DJ Vertigo for representing all night at Pangaea, Lily Taylor for holding the fort when things were getting a little crazy, Meg liz and the Redline family for being an amazing title sponsor, and all my supporters and friends! 

With 2 more months left we will continue to raise money for Susan G Komen of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. We feel honored to be giving to a great cause...we feel lucky to be able to give our first company calendar a purpose... A means to give back to our community and make a difference in someones life...See, it was only the beginning of this year we had begun to chit chat about creating the first calendar...how we wanted to create something different, some unique, artistic, appealing to the masses, and still sexy. We did that and more...because with every calendar sold, we donate $5 to Susan G Komen. How we look at it...people suffer from breast cancer 365 days a year...not just in October...so we, Ravish Sands are here to make the next 2-3 months count...If you didn't get your hands on one at our release party no sweat!!! They are available on www.ravishsands.com and www.amazon.com!

Oh and if you haven't heard our dance track yet produced by Hard Dinero himself....please feel free to download it FREE on www.reverbnation.com/ravishsandsswimwear! On this site you will find a 40% discount coupon code for any swimsuit on www.ravishsands.com just for downloading our song! And even better...I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!

So far 2011 has been a great year, thanks to everyone that supports us. We are grateful and HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all :)!!!!