To some of you, this ^ lady may look familiar.
To fill the others in, her name is Kylie Bisutti.
And she is known for being the 21-year old woman who won the Victoria's Secret Model Search, competing against 10,000 other women in 2009.
{To any gentlemen reading this article, please be cautious of clicking on the source links. I tried to find ones that had as-appropriate-as-possible photos of her, but some of them may not.}
While being a model for such a well-known company can offer fame and fortune, Kylie says that she is quitting because she 'has been convicted of honoring the LORD and my body and wanting to be a good role model for other women out there who look up to me'.
Bisutti adds that a conversation with her 8-year-old cousin helped motivate her to make this decision.
"I was doing my makeup in the mirror one day and she was watching me," Bisutti says. "She looked at me and was like, 'You know, I think I want to stop eating so I can look like you.'"
"It just broke my heart because she looks up to me and I didn't want to be that type of person that she thought she had to do that to be beautiful," she says. "Thousands of girls that think that being beautiful is an outer issue and really it's a heart issue."
{source: here}
“Victoria’s Secret was my absolutely biggest goal in life, and it was all I ever wanted career-wise,” Bisutti is quoted as saying by IBT. “But the more I was modeling lingerie, and lingerie isn’t clothing, I just started becoming more uncomfortable with it because of my faith. I’m Christian, and reading the Bible more, I was becoming more conflicted about it.”
Kylie, who married shortly before she won the model search in 2009, also admits her role as a wife and someone that was looked up to in her church body played a large part in her choice to quit.
“My body should only be for my husband and it’s just a sacred thing,” she said. “I didn’t really want to be that kind of role model for younger girls because I had a lot of younger Christian girls that were looking up to me and then thinking that it was okay for them to walk around and show their bodies in lingerie to guys.”
{Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/192809/kylie-bisutti-christian-victorias-secret-model-quits/#jFLtb8lwzV7LIGC4.99}
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What are you thoughts on Kylie Bisutti and her recent conviction in not modeling for Victoria's Secret?
Do you agree that following God whole-heartedly should mean to even give up the career you have been dreaming of?
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Fun little trivia fact:
Kylie is the younger sister to Danielle Bisutti - the actress who played the lead lady's role in the 2009 Christian movie 'No Greater Love'.
14 of your thoughts:
I think her decision was probably difficult but very wise! It is hard to give up your dream like that but I really admire it! :-)
Wow!! That is fantastic. I feel like it's so rare for people to recognize their convictions, and to LISTEN to them. I think it's amazing that she'd give up such a big thing so that she could live out her faith and be a better role model...good for her!
~Lauren :)
I totaly agrea with her! congrats to her for making the right choice!!!!!! :)
I saw this on Yahoo,and it made my heart glad that she decided to honor her body and her husband. =)
Wow! Extremely encouraging! I think it's great that she's sacrificing her career and her dreams for HIS Will for her. That's a true act of trust in God! Right on, Kylie!
Thank you for sharing this, Raquel!
God bless you!
Joy :D
That's so cool! Well I think it's good that she's stopping that career. It's tough to stop what you love, but it's also tough to stop the sin you love.
I think her conversion seems genuine...but I still hesitate to say for sure. Lots of celebrities confess their Christianity but never stop what they're doing. However in her case I think she is telling the truth. Only time can tell though.
This was a fun post! I'm glad you shared it.
I saw this on the news the other day and i was like: GOOD FOR HER!
And she IS right our bodies (as women) should be for our husbands only :)
This is SO NEAT! Good for her for doing the very hard thing and choosing to honor God and her husband! :)
this was very encouraging to me!
I remember hearing about this in the news and I really respect her for it. It had to have been hard giving up her career, but she went with her conviction anyway. So she won my approval with that :)
I heard about this the other day and I thought that it was SO awesome! I also agree with DJWILSON's comment, too!:)
Hmmm... I've not heard of her before. It sounds like that "wake-up" call (from her young cousin) really impacted her, and that is awesome. =) Good for her, and I hope that her convictions are genuine.
Still need to check into No Greater Love. Interesting trivia.
This is pretty amazing to hear! I didn't have a clue as to who Kylie Bisutti was. (I know who her older sister is, though.) I don't think I've come across her name until now, here in your post. But I'm glad she chose to give up her career dream just to glorify God. Sometimes we have to give up even our greatest dreams to do the right thing. In that case, I think Kylie's decision was wise and God-glorifying...and sincere as well.
I hope God blesses her for what she has chosen to do. It should shout messages to every woman- your body is sacred and for your husband and God only!! Way to Go KYLIE!!
I think it was very good for her to stop being a VS model but . . . she still wears plunging necklines. But then again, it's better than what she "wore" before.
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