Model Mormon: Fighting for Self-Worth on the Runway and as an Independent Woman

by Rosemary Card

Happiness is developed. Happiness is a strange but good cocktail of time, disappointments, do-overs, and hard work.

My parents were acting on revelation as quickly as they received it. They were running into the darkness with faith that He would light the way.

After months of disappointment, tremendous pressure, and determined faith, my dad was able to secure a job at the same advertising firm as our bishop.

I know anyone who grew up in a military family is probably rolling their eyes right out of their head by this point.

not that agressively ngl

I know everyone feels this change, whether they recognize it or not,

As far as I am concerned, the girl posting a sexy selfie on Instagram and the woman busting her butt to get that raise at work are doing the same thing: searching for love, acceptance, and, in turn, happiness.

Braving the Wilderness

The morning of the move, I found a litter of kittens in the wooded area behind our home.

I will always remember lying to my Primary teacher. I knew what I was doing wasn’t right, but I don’t think I understood how creepy and messed up our actions really were.

God doesn’t make mistakes. I believe our Heavenly Mother and Father were mindful of every detail when creating us. We are Their favorite creation! Which is pretty incredible when you think that these are the same masterminds behind golden retriever puppies, the Maldives, tree blossoms, and peaches.

Where the heck is the “smart” door? Or the “capable” door? The “hardworking” door? The “clever” door? Congrats on your “beautiful” door, Dove. I’m more interested in the “tough and good at stuff” and “doing my best to be a good person”

yes. the other annoying thing about this campaign was that it wasnt as though they bothered to simplify the product line

My model friends, many whose actual faces were regularly in Vogue, would later tease me that people were going to stop me on the street because they recognized my legs.

They loved and cared for each other and the people around them.

We did not covenant to judge when we think we should judge.

I also wonder what in the world those adults could have been thinking sending me out at 2 a.m. alone.

the realization of this shoot introduced an immense sense of shame and pain into my life for quite some time.

modesty is more than body parts to cover.

If we are hypersexualizing children, we have far greater issues on our hands than tank tops.

considering that’s what the scriptures talk about when modesty is mentioned, it might be a good adjustment.

I feel deeply blessed for the divine intervention that protected me on this occasion, but in this fallen world, heaven can’t always take the bullet for you.

There may be times in your life that it feels like any good Heavenly Parent would have spared you. In fact, it’s better that you expect a handful of those moments.

As I read these words that I had read countless times around the world, I cried even harder. But this time, I cried because I felt strength. I knew what I needed to do.

Temples matter because inside of them we take part in soul-saving ordinances that enable us to fulfill our purpose and return to God.

I still think it’s a genius idea that someone should make zillions of dollars off of, if they can get around the whole electrocution issue.

Big Magic

Looking back now, I recognize that it probably broke her desperate-to-be-exactly-obedient heart too.

One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly

Falling Upward

Elsie Mae Brandley,

“The Religious Crisis of Today”

We must act in the light of the best we know at any given moment, but we must be willing to hold our beliefs open to revision in the light of new facts.