After Kylie Bisutti, the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Angel Search competition winner, revealed to the New York Post how she truly felt while modeling for Victoria's Secret, the company didn't stand down and released a statement regarding her comments.
In the New York Post story, Bisutti spoke about what the photographer told her to do during a photo shoot and said she didn't feel comfortable and "felt like a piece of meat."
She also revealed how she had to keep a very strict diet and even had to play down her marriage to her husband, Mike, but Victoria's Secret finally responded by releasing a statement to People.
"Ms. Bisutti has made numerous fabrications and misstatements of fact regarding her brief association with Victoria’s Secret. In 2009, Ms. Bisutti won an online amateur modeling competition and hasn’t worked for us since that year. The prize for the winning contestant was the unique opportunity to a one-time walk in the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show," Victoria's Secret said.
The company continued on, saying, "Ms. Bisutti also participated in a swim photo shoot in 2009. That was the extent of Ms. Bisutti’s involvement with Victoria’s Secret. She was never a Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’ as defined by the terms of our Angel model contract."
"And contrary to Ms. Bisutti’s claims, she was never offered any subsequent modeling contracts or opportunities with Victoria’s Secret despite her multiple appeals for further work. She has repeatedly fabricated her work experience with Victoria’s Secret — including a relationship that simply did not exist," the statement concluded.
Bisutti, whose upcoming book is titled I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model, took to her Twitter Thursday saying, "I'm not slamming VS brand by the way. I still shop there all the time. My story has nothing to do with that."
In her next tweet she added, "My story is all about honoring God with my body and being the right kind of role model to women and girls. Living for Christ vs myself..."
My story is all about honoring God with my body and being the right kind of role model to women and girls. Living for Christ vs myself...
— Kylie Bisutti (@VSKylie) April 25, 2013