Kylie Bisutti Quit Modeling After Feeling ‘Like A Piece Of Meat’
Kylie Bisutti quit modeling last year, saying she intended to concentrate on honoring God and her husband. More than a year later, she seems happy with her decision.
Speaking to The New York Post‘s Kate Storey about her decision, Bisutti says she “felt like a piece of meat” during her brief modeling career.
“I was being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men,” recalls the 23-year-old. “It wasn’t about modeling clothes anymore; I felt like a piece of meat.”
Not helping matters were comments from one agent, who allegedly told Bisutti in the early days of her career, “[You] look like a fat cow right now, Kylie. You need to lose 2 inches off of your hips.”
That was despite Bisutti going to extreme lengths to maintain her desired figure. “I pretty much restricted my diet to oatmeal, fruits and vegetables to meet runway expectations,” she says. “I’m 5-foot-10, and I got down to 115 pounds with measurements of 34-24-34.”
The cruel comments from her agent forced her to go even further. “After cutting my diet to just pineapples, watermelon and liters of water while exercising two hours a day, six days a week, I finally dropped down to 108 pounds, which satisfied my agent, and the gigs started rolling in.”
Kylie Bisutti’s modeling career rocketed in 2009 when the model, then just 19 years old, beat 10,000 other hopefuls in a 2009 nationwide contest run by Victoria’s Secret. Yet after an initial burst of excitement, she gradually became more and more disillusioned with modeling. She tells The Post:
“Two years after I won the Angel Search, I realized I didn’t want to model anything that sold sex.”
In December 2011, she tweeted the news that she was quitting modeling to be closer to God:
I stopped being a Victorias Secret model to become a Proverbs 31 wife!@eklund2032 #Proverbs31Movement
— Kylie Bisutti (@VSKylie) December 21, 2011
(Proverbs 31 says a husband can trust a virtuous and capable wife, and that, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”)
23-year-old Bisutti now resides with husband Mike in Montana, where the couple carry out voluntary work at their church. She admits quitting modeling has “probably cost me millions of dollars,” but says she has found happiness in her new life:
“I’ve never been more content. I no longer restrict what I eat. I weigh 124 pounds right now, but my ideal weight is 125. I want young girls to see me at a healthy size.”
Bisutti’s new memoir, I’m No Angel: From Victoria’s Secret Model to Role Model, hits stands May 14.
