Center Stage Magazine August-September | Page 18

Editor’s Note ‘Fitspiration’ is a combination of two words – fitness and inspiration. Fitness is the quality of being suitable or good physical condition. It may result our competency. On the other hand, inspiration is an arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity. It is also a product our creative thinking and work. Basically, fitspiration is a competency based on a product of creative thinking and work. It may be in sports, showbiz, entertainment, theatre, bodybuilding, fashion and modeling. And that is why we came up with this theme that is not just limited to one area. This issue shows the wide array of talents and capabilities of selected men – fitspiration beasts; and women – fitspiration beauties beyond the lens of a camera. In this issue, we focus on different icons that embody empowerment to the society in various fields. Sometimes we think that being fit has to be bulk, shredded, super muscular, thin, curvy or sexy, but it actually is not enough. It is about how you live your lifestyle and how you equip other people with your work and influence them. Looking good is not enough, how you look a nd live inside and out matters. This fall, we celebrate our 2nd year anniversary special dedicated to contemporary men and women, as well as our supportive readers. We are grateful to everyone for making this special issue even more possible – to our editorial team, to our brilliant featured models, to all the amazing photographers and make-up artists, and our contributor writers. I’d like to acknowledge my fitspiration feature models in this issue for taking rigorous time and for giving an effort to make this special feature very creative. We are privileged to work with these talented and incredible people. We look forward to more years as we venture more captive moments and interesting features to tell to our dear readers and followers. I remember an unforgettable advice of my wise mentor back then when I was starting my writing and voice-over career during my senior college, he told me once that “Life and career are the same. Always remember that it’s not about how small or big you are, the amount of ‘likes’ you get, number of ‘followers’ you have, countless ‘comments’ you received, or even the total of fans you can have; but it’s always about how you value and en joy your work. Career was never about quantity, it is always about the quality you put effort to it and how you empower the society.” He was right and I agree that it’s never about the amount of accomplishments but how and why you work. No words can truly express for all the gratitude. Enjoy and happy reading to everyone! Cheers for more years and issues to come! Editor-In-Chief Ian Carlo Bajada