Yumi Well

Yumi Nu, 25, is a plus-size model, cover model, singer, and songwriter for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. Recently, The Cut published an article written by a girl, where she openly describes how she went from a student of a Christian school to a model posing in a swimsuit, and finally explains why she was disappointed with religion. He titled the article: “Destroying Faith. As a teenager, I gave everything to Christ. As an adult, I am finally returning.”

– writes the model. As she said, her grandmother introduced her to the faith, in addition, she sent the girl to a Christian school, where a lot of time was devoted to talking about religion.

Yumi Well as a child

Yumi remembers:

In the future, the girl began to lead her own Christian channel on YouTube, which gained 20 thousand subscribers. There he talked about God with his peers – some shared his beliefs, others criticized him.

Yumi admits that at some point, she started asking herself questions about whether everything the teachers at the school were talking about was true. In particular, she was embarrassed that they called any relationship sinful, except that between a man and a woman. The girl had several gay friends and thought:

Additionally, his teachers viewed any manifestation of sexuality as a sin:

At the age of 20, Yumi moved to New York and met people who call themselves Christians but also go to parties, have novels, can drink – and was surprised that faith could be like this:

Yumi decided to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer: she has been composing songs since childhood, but due to her religious upbringing she could only write about God, other subjects could be considered sinful. She found herself in LA with creative people and “feels free for the first time”:

Yumi concludes her article by saying that she is “still discovering her relationship with God” and has learned to adapt to the world without looking at the principles instilled in her as a child.

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