{"id":3734,"date":"2023-12-01T10:40:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2023-12-01T10:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:40:28","slug":"ex-victorias-secret-model-who-quit-modeling-to-follow-christ-reveals-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2023\/12\/ex-victorias-secret-model-who-quit-modeling-to-follow-christ-reveals-cancer-diagnosis.html","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Victoria&#8217;s Secret Model Who Quit Modeling to Follow Christ Reveals Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3737\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3737\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2023\/12\/nicole-weider-cancer-diagnosis-credit-nicole-weider-facebook.png\" alt=\"nicole weider\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Weider\/Facebook.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An ex-Victoria\u2019s Secret model who quit her job to pursue her Christian faith has announced she faces an unexpected Stage 4 cancer battle and is asking fans and friends for prayer. Nicole Weider wrote in an Instagram post, \u201cPlease pray for me and over me. I noticed a large lump had grown under my left breast (ignored it for a while), but then, today, as I felt it was enlarged, I knew I needed to see a doctor immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weider said she assumed the lump was \u201cjust a cyst or a piece of fatty tissue,\u201d but her doctors were concerned and sent her to get a CT scan before a radiologist quickly confirmed she has breast cancer. The former model also revealed the cancer has spread to other areas of her body. Weider said in a separate post, \u201cBecause it\u2019s spread to more than 3 places, the oncologist told me I have stage 4. I had a biopsy today from the mass in my liver, which spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cz2sNcfMnMw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cz2sNcfMnMw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Nicole Weider (@nicoleweider)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She said her doctor told her younger people tend to get more aggressive forms of cancer since it\u2019s less common. Despite the negative news, Weider said her faith is undeterred. She said, \u201cI\u2019m staying positive and always trusting God. Thank you for your prayers; I feel them.\u201d Weider made headlines after leaving her job as a model to focus on her faith. She told CBN, \u201cI realized that being a model was truly not what it was cracked up to be. I felt degraded, that I was never \u2018perfect\u2019 enough, and being judged only on my appearance was hurting my self-esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weider continued, \u201cI realized I wanted more for my life. I rediscovered my faith that I had as a little girl, and it changed my life because I was passionate about using my gifts for God instead of the empty modeling industry.\u201d Please be sure to keep Nicole Weider and her family in your prayers as she endures this cancer battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ex-Victoria\u2019s Secret model who quit her job to pursue her Christian faith has announced she faces an unexpected Stage 4 cancer battle and is asking fans and friends for prayer. Nicole Weider wrote in an Instagram post, \u201cPlease pray for me and over me. 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