Tionna T. Smalls from VH1′s “What Chilli Wants,” to Headline Meeting in the Ladies

Tionna T. Smalls from VH1′s “What Chilli Wants,” to Headline Meeting in the Ladies Room: Let’s Talk About Sex, Love and Relationships Co-Ed Panel in August 

New York, NY, 07/16/2010: Over a million viewers watched Brooklyn born author and relationship expert, Tionna T. Smalls play matchmaker for eight weeks to musical trio TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas on VH1′s hit reality show, “What Chilli Wants.” Now it’s time to find out what New Yorkers want when it relates to love, as Tionna is set to headline an interactive panel discussion that is strictly for grown folks!

 Hosted by Harlem’s own pastry chef, Danielle Moore of Annie Mae’s Cheesecakes & Moore and produced by Blissful Elegance Events, this first co-ed Meeting in the Ladies Room: Let’s Talk About Sex, Love and Relationships event will take place on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 7 PM at Avents Loft, 15 W 28^th Street, Suite 10B, New York, NY.

 Sharing her relationship expertise and open minded approach to finding love, Tionna Smalls will be joined by a diverse group of panelist who will educate, stimulate and reevaluate all people think they know about love, sex and relationships. Other panelists include poet, author and motivational speaker,Keith K.L. Belvin, MS Edu; Ms. New York Plus America 2010, Tiffany Braxton-Belvin; Radio personality, blogger and activist, Lynx Garcia ; Sex specialist LNP, Tanisha Jacobs; erotic toys and pleasure expert, The Professor; and Author and Hip-Hop artist, Super Nova Slom.

 And while guests mentally satisfy in their love, sex and relationship appetites, Annie Mae’s Cheesecakes & Moore will serve up their infamous cheesecake shots. Guests will also be able to enjoy signature cocktail drinks and for those who prefer non-alcoholic beverages, Izze Sparkling Juice will be on hand to wet their palettes with an amazing variations of their products. For those who want to take what they learned to go, Pearls of Black will have all their personal pleasure items on sale for purchase.

Tickets are $30.00 for singles and $50.00 for couples. Advanced tickets to this one of a kind event can be purchased by logging on to: http://ltaspart2.eventbrite.com/?ref=esfb. Tickets will be $50.00 at the door. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Divabetic, diabetes outreach for women.

 For more information or press inquiries, please contact: Renee D. Jennings: reneejennings@rmediagroup.com

About Blissful Elegance Events: Meeting in the Ladies Room Series
Blissful Elegance Events, founded by Ms. Denise Best is proud to introduce the newest addition to the Blissful Elegance roster: Meeting in the Ladies Room; a series of savvy events that are produced for and by women! The goal of Meeting in the Ladies Room (MITLR) is to foster sisterhood between the ladies that attend. These empowering, inspiring, and entertaining events give women an opportunity to network and share experiences. For more information on the Meeting in the Ladies Room series, please visit: http://www.mitlr.info/.

 About Tionna T. Smalls
Tionna Smalls calls herself a relationship expert today, but it did not come easily. After ending a six-year relationship, Tionna began her career by re-evaluating her past mistakes and triumphs. She used the closure that came with her relationship as inspiration in writing the book titled, “Girl, Get Your Mind Right!” It was from here that her career unexpectedly took an upward turn. Tionna began simply with a letter written in the third person to the editors of Gawker.com, a popular New York City-based blog, in hopes of them promoting her book. After a few postings, a letter from one of the editors asking for advice changed her relationship with the site from fan to columnist.

Her column, Ask Tionna received over 20,000 unique views daily during its run on Gawker.com With her tell-it-like-it-is attitude, and catchphrases such as “catbag,” Ask Tionna became one of the sites most visited sections, receiving over 100 comments a day. Reaching Internet celebrity status, Tionna’s book saw a rapid increase in sales and her blog maintained a steady fan base of daily viewers. Tionna then went on to pursue developmental opportunities with television networks, host her own Internet Radio Show “Talk Dat Ish” on BlogTalkRadio and was quoted in various publications including The New York Post. Her pursuit also led to freelance writing opportunities with other websites such as Global Grind and Radar Magazine Online. Although Tionna’s schedule had become somewhat overwhelming, she was still able to remain heavily active in her community, serving as an advocate for at-risk youth within her neighborhood.

In April of 2009, VH1 approached Tionna with an opportunity to turn years of hard work and past heartache into a position as relationship expert to Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. In Chilli’s new series, “What Chilli Wants,” Tionna will guide Chilli on her journey to find true love in her life post-girl band TLC. With Tionna’s no-nonsense attitude and experience giving relationship advice to tens of thousands, she is sure to help Chilli find a man. What Chilli Wants was a hit for Vh1; receiving over 1.3 million viewers per episode. In June 2010, Tionna also received a book deal from Harper Collins Publishers. Her new book, Girl, Get Your Mind Right! The Tell-It-Like-It-Is Advice Your Love Life Has Been Missing will debut in December 2010.