Victoria’s Secret has come out fighting over an exclusive interview model Kylie Bisutti gave to the New York Post on Wednesday. Bisutti claimed that modeling lingerie made her feel “like a piece of meat,” and that after she won a Victoria’s Secret Angel search contest, an executive at the company encouraged her hang out with a celebrity even though she was married. “I was encouraged to play down my marriage,” she said “Because I was supposed to be flirting with everyone all the time.”
Today the lingerie company released a statement, claiming Bisutti is a liar:
“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. 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.”
Clearly, the land of Victoria’s Secret Angels isn’t as heavenly as you’d think.