MySpace Hottie of the day - Jennifer Nicole Lee

Today, let's meet Jennifer Nicole Lee, a fitness model and personal trainer born in Rochester, New York, raised in Tennessee, but now living in Miami, Florida. Jennifer is a new beauty icon for today's women: a woman with a career and children who is sexy, fun, happy, and fit. Crowned Ms. Bikini America in 2004, Jennifer (also known as JNL) brings the term M.I.L.F. to a whole new level. With swimsuit calendars, workout DVDs, magazine covers, a swimsuit line, endorsement deals, and her own book, she has clearly transformed herself from an overweight mom to a bodacious, international sex goddess.

But she wasn't always so fabulous. At a very early age, JNL struggled in her life on all fronts. Her parents divorced when she was only a year old, leaving her mom and three siblings to fend for themselves. By the age of 13, she was living a poverty stricken life, sometimes being racially attacked for her dark olive tone skin. Though her mother struggled to provide even the basic necessities, she did equip the now JNL with the tools to succeed no matter what came her way. "Even though my mom could not give us toys, she did give us the greatest gift of all, the gift of learning how to never give up." It's this fearless and sometimes ferocious free spirit that landed JNL the nickname "La Tigra", which translates to "The Tigress". And her passion is now waking up this invincible spirit in others as she works with them either in the gym, on her consultations, JNL Bikini Boot Camps, or her Fitness Evolution Program. "It's my mission to help everyone increase the quality of their life. If I help one person realize their true potential, then I have succeeded".

After giving birth to her second child, JNL found herself overweight and unhappy. After years of yo-yo'ing up and down on the scale, suffering from emotional eating, and being a size 2 to a size 12 and everywhere in between, she made a radical decision for herself at the time and decided to enlist herself in a bikini competition. In the process, she sculpted her body from overweight to overwhelmingly beautiful, losing a shocking 70 pounds and winning the bikini competition in 2004. In 2006, JNL was crowned the first ever Miss Muscle and Fitness, making her one of the most sought after fitness models in the world. “I wanted to prove the point that you can be a mother and still be sexy and fit,” she says. And that she did: Today, she is the one of the world's most sought-after fitness models, and has posed for Maxim, FHM and Body Fitness International.

This empowering experience catapulted Jennifer Nicole Lee into the health and fitness industry and gained her the respect of countless professionals. She has shared her compelling weight loss story on national talk shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Inside Edition, The CBS Early Morning Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and Fox & Friends.

JNL works as head CEO of her company and the JNLTM Brand. She runs many diverse businesses while also raising a family, thus being coined "The Mom-prenur of the Century" by E! Entertainment. Of her half of dozen diverse businesses are the following: Club JNL Consultations (www.clubjnl.com), JNL Fitness Evolution 16 Week Program (www.jnlfitnessevolution.com), her JNL Bikini Boot Camp (www.jnlbikinibootcamp.com), her JNL Collection of Workout Apparel (www.jnlcollection.com), and of course her own JNL Memorabilia Shop (www.jnlstore.com).

JNL is the co-creator of the 6 exercise DVD's entitled Fabulously Fit Moms. The 6 titles include "Total Body Workout", "Sleek and Sexy", "Lower Body Burn", "Upper Body Blast", "New Moms Workout", and "Super Energized". Her varied and diverse collection provides the fitness enthusiast with a rich selection to choose from based on her fitness needs and goals. Mind you, these workouts are both challenging and not only for moms!

JNL enjoys providing a safe, fun, and motivational fitness weekend retreat for all fitness levels to come and reconnect and rediscover themselves. She is the host and creator of the JNL Bikini Boot Camp: Fitness Evolution Retreat, a three-day wellness escape at South Beach's luxurious Hotel Victor. Desiring to help women obtain a healthier sense of self and to build their confidence, Jennifer Nicole Lee has designed a fitness program that will include yoga, pilates, weight training and cardio exercises. Additionally, the getaway will feature motivational seminars; cooking demonstrations of JNL approved meals using her secret "Super Food" ingredients, as well as one-on-one fitness consultations with Jennifer Nicole Lee. More information on JNL's Bikini Boot Camp is available online at www.jnlbikinibootcamp.com.

In addition to being a Certified Personal Trainer & Specialist in Sports Nutrition, JNL shares her wisdom as the Official Fitness and Wellness Expert of the Hot Mom's Club. Through this partnership, JNL was published in the Hot Mom's Handbook. Since JNL's children were the motivational force behind her lifestyle transformation, she finds the greatest pleasure in working with other mother's seeking to succeed in their weight loss and fitness goals.

JNL says that her best asset is her smile because "it’s something that’s carried me through thick and thin -- literally. Even when I was heavier people would say, 'Oh, you have such a nice smile'; it’s authentic and it’s genuine and it’s something that comes naturally to me. Everyone says, 'Oh you smile so much,' but I’ve just always been very smiley."

She also says that her decision to become fit catapulted other areas of her life in the right direction. She knew that with the victory of losing weight she could do anything else, and that transferred into her family life, career, personal relationships, and her professional relationships. So now, in anything that she does, she has much more confidence knowing that she can do just about anything she puts her mind to, that there is a way to accomplish it. As for the things she had to give up in order to get where she is now, she says, "I had to give up unhealthy, negative people in my life -- which really was a blessing. Number two, I had to give up crying and playing the victim -- like a lot of people do, which is really [what] I had to [do to] become more self-accountable. And number three, I had to also give up a big idea that everyone lives by, which is that we will have the rest of our lives to do something. I had to shed that imaginary concept that, 'Oh I will always have tomorrow,' because we really don’t have tomorrow, all we have is today. So I really worked on that mindset. I gave that mindset up."

As for the qualities the man of the future should have, JNL says that men need to understand that sometimes being submissive to their female partner can be very sexy, and that they don't have to be a macho man to attract women. She really likes someone that is more intimate, that they can talk to, and is intelligent; "it’s not always about being in the sports bar or drinking and being with our buddies and downing our beers. That intelligence -- having meaningful conversations -- can lead you to the bedroom in no time, right?"

If you would like to know more about this ugly duckling turned stunning sex goddess, check out her profile at http://www.myspace.com/jennifernicolelee.