Bold Beautiful Perfect: Toy

By Brandi Stage / January 19, 2021

Bold Beautiful Perfect: Toy   “Beauty comes in all hues, shapes, sizes, hair styles, and ages – that include me (and you)!” Tell us about yourself, Toy! I’m hard to sum up. I’m a believer. I know that God is with me every step of the way as I navigate reaching for my best self.…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Ashton

By Brandi Stage / December 15, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “I have finally found peace within myself. I no longer search for approval of others. I am in competition with no one. I only desire to be better than the person I was yesterday.” – Ashton Tell us a little about yourself, Ashton! As a young mother with a very strong…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Shanna

By Brandi Stage / December 8, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “Don’t determine your value/self-worth by comparing yourself to others. God didn’t create us to all be the same; that would be boring.” – Shanna Tell us a little about yourself, Shanna! I am not a native Coastie, but I’ve been in the area for quite a while now. I was the…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Stacey

By Brandi Stage / December 1, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “Regardless of my children’s imperfections, I want them to always feel beautiful and know their value. They will only be able to do this if they see me practice it authentically.” – Stacey Tell us a little about yourself, Stacey! I recently turned 41 years old and I try every day…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Dominique

By Brandi Stage / November 24, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “Beauty has various stages: bare as a seed, budding with innocence, tattered/weathered, flowering with confidence, or beginning to wilt.” – Dominique Meet Dominique, our first pregnant woman to feature in the Bold Beautiful Perfect series! My name is Dominique Murphy; I’m 31 years old and 30 weeks pregnant with our first…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Helen

By Brandi Stage / November 3, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “We need to take care of ourselves to enjoy this world.” – Helen Meet our gorgeous Helen! My name is Helen Stogner. I am 50 years old this year and celebrating my 25th Anniversary with my husband Robert. We have two children and one wonderful little red-headed granddaughter. I am a…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Niki

By Brandi Stage / October 27, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “You have everything within you needed to accomplish all that God has created you to be.” – Niki Introducing Niki I’m a lifelong Mississippi Gulf Coast resident (besides the year my parents and I went to Russia to be missionaries for a year – I have to mention it bc it’s…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Emily

By Brandi Stage / October 20, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “I was purposefully created in His image. This is what my mind and heart needed to understand what’s beautiful and recognize my inner beauty.” – Emily Introducing Emily My name is Emily Schaepe and I’m 31 years young. I’m a mom to four beautiful children and a military spouse to my…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Ashley

By Brandi Stage / October 13, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “My inner beauty grew when I gave God the opportunity to show me.”  – Ashley Tell us about yourself, Ashley! Hi, there! My name is Ashley Rundberg and I am 32 years old. I grew up on the Gulf Coast before moving to Germany as an “Air Force Brat” during my…

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Bold Beautiful Perfect: Casey

By Brandi Stage / October 6, 2020

Bold Beautiful Perfect   “Inner beauty is finding the passions inside yourself, what ignites you to succeed.”  – Casey Casey, how did you come to understand your inner beauty? As a dancer, self image has always been a struggle with me, continuously looking in the mirror in leotard and tights. Sometimes I continue to struggle,…

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Brandi Stage is an international award-winning portrait photographer based in Bay St. Louis, MS. She creates an exceptional magazine-style photo shoot and timeless heirloom portraits for women, men, children and pets in her studio or on location.