Tag: Web Designer

  • Fitness Athlete & Web Designer Simin

    Fitness Athlete & Web Designer Simin

    Hello everyone, in addition to thanking SimplySxy for featuring me. My name is Simin being born into a Chinese-Indonesian family. I am a fitness athlete and a web designer from Singapore. A brand ambassador and athlete with My Protein. Fun fact about me: Most people assume I’m a personal trainer. I am a senior web designer full-time.

    Were Health and fitness always a part of your life growing up?

    At a young age, I didn’t focus on health and fitness. I love sports, but I’m not good at lifting weights. I eat whatever I like. I attribute much of my positive outlook on life to my love of fitness and cheerleading. It has been my pleasure to participate in several cheerleading and physique competitions. At the National Amateur Body-Builders’ Association local, I won the title of Miss Bikini Model champion. These competitions not only gave me life experience but also taught me to be tenacious and determined.

    I got into fitness in 2014 after participating in a competition called FitterU. I then hired a personal trainer to help me lose weight and learn how to lift weights. I’ve always thought that if women lifted weights, we would grow to be as big as men.

    In 2015, this was my first experience competing in a bikini show. I came in sixth at Singapore Fitness Model Search (SFMS) and Nutrigirl 2015, Finalist.

    I participated in my first bikini show in 2015. I placed sixth in the Singapore Fitness Model Search (SFMS) and was a finalist in Nutrigirl 2015. My performance in the FM League in 2016 won me third place. I won the short-class championship for another bikini association in 2017 called NABBA WFF.

    What is your exercise or workout regime like?

    I get up at 4 a.m. daily and work out 6 times a week before I head to work. My exercises are spread out during the week so that I can concentrate on different aspects of my training.

    I train in the mornings for strength, core exercises, HIIT in the evenings, or run around my house for 30 minutes, and I take one day off per week to repair damaged tissues and grow more muscle.

    How will you describe a typical day for yourself?

    A typical day for me includes hitting the gym in the morning followed by grocery shopping. On weekdays, I will head home to prep my meal for the day, get showered, tidy my room, take a short break before work starts. Weekends are for influencer content and rest, more self-care time in the afternoon.

    If you could collaborate with anyone past or present, who will it be?

    I would like to collaborate with Demi Bagby from San Diego. She is a bodybuilder and a CrossFit athlete.

    She inspires me because of the life-altering accident that happened to her. Her fitness and talents are remarkable, and I’d like to learn from her, for example, such as muscle up. I’m inspired to follow in her footsteps.

    She has a positive mental attitude that has helped her to keep moving forward in her fitness profession, achieving new heights every time.

    My struggles are similar to hers. Injury is a struggle for me, and I understand it well. Having fractured my right-hand metacarpal bone and continuing to do what I do now is one of the biggest blessings and challenges I’ve ever experience.

    Is there something you’ve always wanted to do but have yet to find the time for it?

    I enjoy spending time with friends while hiking or having a picnic. It is something I’ve always wanted to do.

    In Singapore, pandemics and heightened warnings are increasingly commonplace. It’s precious to spend time relaxing with excellent friends.

    Have you been in an embarrassing situation before that is funny now when looking back?

    I remember an embarrassing incident during my freshman year of high school when our uniforms were all white. It’s a mixed school. I wasn’t expecting my period to arrive; the crimson stain came on my skirt without my knowledge.

    Yet, I walked around the school with the red mark. I was wondering why the students around me were staring at me and laughing but didn’t inform me.

    What turns you off on a date?

    Being tied to their phone and not talking to their partner. Men who attempt to be too handsy or turn every conversation into a sexual one. It’s not just disgusting but also embarrassing. Trying to be overly sexual too soon is a total turn-off.

    Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions Simin. One question before we end, how do you define “sexy”? 

    Being yourself, in a way that fits your personality. While not pursuing expensive, materialistic items too much. In my opinion, being sexy means being confident, powerful, and in control.


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    Instagram: @siminlovecheer

    Website: https://simincheerleader.wordpress.com/

    My protein (Brand Ambassador)

    Attend an upcoming event: My Protein Influencer Lights Up! 2021

    Skechers Friendship Walk on August 2 – 29, 2021 (Online event): https://web.42race.com/race-bundle/skechersfw2021

    Mastering Muscle Up with The District Training


    Images from Simin

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  • Designer & Micro-Influencer Ariel Beninca

    Designer & Micro-Influencer Ariel Beninca

    What I do centers around creating beautiful brands and digital experiences though I can’t sum it up in one title. I am a web designer, graphic designer, UX/UI designer and front end developer. I also do marketing for businesses. Outside of my work I love creating beautiful content for Instagram and I’m a bit of a micro influencer on Instagram.

    I love living a healthy lifestyle. My interests often get changed-up though I enjoy things like playing chess, watching anime, history, science, stock trading, economics and world affairs. I am from the Sunshine Coast, I moved to the Gold Coast for uni and then Brisbane for work. I love Brisbane.

    Was design and art always a big part of your life growing up?

    No it wasn’t, my family was not well off and I grew up in the bush, sometimes living in caravans, sheds and even shipping containers. Though in school, I always wanted to make things look pretty and won many art contests. Even story book writing competitions for my creative stories and pretty pictures. Everything I did I put creativity into it.

    When I finally got access to a computer, I loved playing Sims to design beautiful houses and people. I originally thought about being an artist but then my art teacher was like, “Don’t do it, you will be poor like me.” Later on in my life, I realized art was never my passion, or my biggest skill, it’s creating beautiful, organized, and easy to use things. It’s solving problems through design. When I decided on being a graphic designer, people told me “it’s a very competitive industry” and my response has always been, “I’ll be the competition”.

    What is it like to be a graphic and web designer?

    I saw a meme the other day that said, “I hate clients but love money”, and it resonated with me so much.

    To be honest, being a web and graphic designer can be a nightmare when working for a bad client, or under bad management. Being passionate about what you do and caring about your work can turn against you in corporate politics. Micro management, bad design decisions by stubborn management, unrealistic expectations, frustrating conversations, justifying everything and even explaining to people why design should matter in the first place – a reality I did not expect when being a hopeful passionate design student.

    But when you’re working on your own project or for a good client, there can be so much passion and creativity – it’s exciting to create something that goes out into the world, that people will see and use every day.

    Experience Oz – Branding, UI/UX Design & Front End Development

    Which is the best compliment you have received?

    You were born to be a designer

    How is a typical day like for you?

    I wake up around 6am, make my bed, sometimes go to the gym, come home and make myself a cup of coffee to start the day at my desk. I put my oil diffuser on and say, “Hey Google, play low fi hip hop beats.” Then, I’ll spend the next hour answering emails, realizing I have somehow ended up online shopping instead of doing work. I then try to get into focus mode and work on my client’s job.

    Throughout the day I play live chess matches on break. By 4pm I am like, where the hell did my day go? Then before I can blink, it’s dinner time and I’ve only done 4-5 hours of billable client work as I only track time working on the project. On days like today, I try force myself to stay up late to try be more productive haha.

    City Beach – UX & UI Design

    On a scale of 1-10, how much of a foodie are you?

    10 – OMG I love food.

    I love yummy vegan food, and love to cook.

    If you could be a fictional character, who will you be?

    I am vibing Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit, without the drug issues though.

    What turns you off on a date?

    When I would go on a date with a non-vegan and they make remarks like, ‘I could never go vegan” or “I love meat too much” or “I need too much protein to go vegan” or “This is good, for vegan food

    Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions Ariel. One question before we end, how do you define “sexy”?

    A beautiful design.


    Follow the brilliant Ariel Beninca on

    Website: http://arielbeninca.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arielbeninca


    Images courtesy of Ariel Beninca

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