Nicole Weider
After Nicole Weider had been modeling in Hollywood for a number of years, she got to meet Gisele Bündchen at a Victoria’s Secret photo shoot.
She recalls telling her how pretty her hair was, only to have Bündchen tell her that it was just extensions put in for the shoot. As the shoot progressed some of the photographers called Weider over to look at the pictures on the screen.
She was shocked to see that as the pictures would come up they would Photoshop and retouch them in real time – making the models’ noses thinner, or touching up parts of their body on the screen.
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Weider said it was after seeing the way they doctored the pictures that she realized “the whole industry was so fake and superficial,” and that she wanted more for her life.
Soon after, Weider became a Christian and set out navigating how to be a believer in Hollywood, and also how to be a role model for young girls in an industry with very few. She stopped doing lingerie ads, because she said she “felt like a piece of meat” when she was doing them.
Now, Weider, who has been modeling and acting since the age of 5, only takes jobs that she feels line up with her Christian values and works on her new website called Project Inspired.
The primary focus of Project Inspired is to give teen girls another option. It’s a way for Weider to tell them that they don’t need to abuse their bodies, dress more provocatively, and behave immorally just because that’s what society promotes. Part of the idea behind the website is to help give young girls a direction in looking for positive role models in society.
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