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In December 2011, 21-year-old Victoria's Secret Runway Angel Kylie Bisutti stunned the fashion industry when she chose faith over fame and fortune and made the switch from supermodel to role model.In I'm No Angel, Kylie shares her story--from her early years as she struggled to make it big in the cutthroat world of modeling, to her "big break" winning the Victoria's Secret Runway Angel competition, to the disillusionment and spiritual warfare that followed. After finally realizing that she could no longer reconcile her career with her Christian beliefs, she surrendered her life to God and dedicated her life to preaching a message of modesty and inner beauty.Along the way, Kylie talks about her personal struggles with inadequacy, low self-esteem, and her near-constant quest for approval in a world where you can never be thin enough, pretty enough, or sexy enough. She helps readers understand that true beauty lies within and that real fulfillment comes from knowing, loving, and serving Christ.… (more)
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It is a very well written account of the path of one time VS Angel Kylie Bisutti as she discovers what it means to be a Christian woman. It details the life of a supermodel and puts up front the forgiveness Jesus won
She is primarily writing to young women as a way to show them the importance of living according to their faith. She wants them to see that they have value because God loves them (in Christ). There is a very nice set of devos at the end of the book pushing toward that goal. (I would prefer them to have a bit more cross and Jesus, and a bit less law. The Gospel is the power of God for salvation, Romans 1:16. It is the proclaimation of the Gospel that motivates Christian growth).
The account Kylie gives is very real. She is a sinful person who doesn't gloss over her mistakes and sins. And she credits Christ with her forgiveness. When you read the book you get a real sense of a real person behind the "angel's wings and underwear" so to speak. She talks about the means that Satan used to keep her trapped and how she was used by men (and women) as an object. After reading the book I think any Christian man would have second thoughts about what pornography (even so called "soft porn") does to the people behind the pictures.
I highly recommend this book for Christian women and men.
Rev. Jonathan C. Watt
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (LC-MS)
Creston, Iowa