Victoria's Secret Model Reveals Faith!

Dear Crosswalkers,

Here's a secret about one of Victoria's most popular models that has just been revealed! At the age of 19, Kylie Bisutti beat out 10,000 other contestants in the 2009 Victoria's Secret Model Search contest. This had been one of the major dreams she had for her life. But Kylie said that getting married and growing in her Christian faith caused her to see her career in a different light. In an interview Kylie said,

[The modeling world] is a very hard industry to be in without falling into things you don't want to do …. It's a very tempting industry …. Victoria's Secret was my absolutely biggest goal in life, and it was all I ever wanted career-wise …. [But] I'm a Christian, and reading the Bible more, I was becoming more convicted about it …. My body should only be for my husband, and it's just a sacred thing. 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 OK for them to walk around and show their bodies in lingerie to guys. It was pretty crazy because I finally achieved my biggest dream, the dream that I always wanted, but when I finally got it, it wasn't all that I thought it would be.

That last sentence could be written over the lives and on the gravestones of millions of people! Kylie was interviewed by George Stephanopolous of ABC's Good Morning America, and predictably he didn't delve very deeply into questions about her faith. However, Kylie proudly proclaimed it and shared the profound life lesson that beauty is not an outer issue but a matter of the heart. You can see her interview by clicking HERE.

Personaly, I am greatly blessed when someone makes a stand for his or her faith and does the right thing. To swim against the powerful cultural forces in America takes a tremendous amount of courage. May God grant us that courage as well!

Love in Jesus,

Pastor John Christie