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Model and actress Blac Chyna has made headlines with her announcement that she was closing down her OnlyFans account, removing facial fillers and tattoos, and undergoing breast and butt reductions after finding Christ. She had previously earned $2 million in two years through OnlyFans, which often shares sexually provocative images with account holders. The socialite has also announced that she will now go by her birth name, Angela Renee White and that she received a doctorate degree from Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College in January.

White stated that the changes in her life began after she was baptized last May. At the time, she shared a video of herself being baptized on Instagram, writing, “Born again on my Birthday 5/11/22 #newbeginnings.” Just a week before the baptism, White had been involved in an alleged bar fight with a friend, Sequoya King. Her baptism helped her to realize she wanted to change the way her life was going. “I think my baptism on my birthday played a big part,” she told Daily Mail. “Everything has been kind of trickling down for me and lining up perfectly. Now I’m just going by faith… Let me just let God lead me.” On addressing her decision to quit OnlyFans, she said, “It is one of those things where I did what I needed to do at that moment because of the circumstances I was in. Besides, with me being baptized, that’s just not what God wants me to do. It’s kind of degrading.” She said she came to Christ because she was “…sick and tired of being sick and tired of the same repetitive things.” “‘I thought, ‘Let me dig deep and see what it is that I’m doing wrong.’ Because obviously, there’s something I’m not doing right, even if I think I am. Now I’m doing the right thing to the best of my ability so I can become whole.”

She spoke out about her decision to reverse a number of her cosmetic surgeries, which began when the 34-year-old mother of two was 19. Saying she had the surgeries done because of being “insecure,” she also acknowledged that it’s not “normal.” “…that comes from insecurity and different things of that sort and just being in that certain kind of life and lifestyle. So I’m kind of done with that type of lifestyle, and I just want to step into my own and own it,” she said. With the recent Easter holiday, White posted a picture of herself looking more natural in a fancy dress as she posed in front of a massive cross. She quoted 1 Corinthians 16:13, which says, “Watch stand fast in the faith. be brave, be strong.” When asked what’s next for “Angela White” on The Ingraham Angle, she said, “I plan to continue my journey with the Bible and work on myself.” She stated she planned to find other ways of income because the way she was making money before “wasn’t right.” White has received many supportive responses for the changes she has made, with life coach Solomon Buchi tweeting out his support, saying, “She’s saved now, she got baptized, and now dresses decently. She accepted the prevalence and popularity of Satan in the entertainment industry. Women, anything that tells you to go naked or show off your body publicly is Satan. And it’s not empowering; it’s belittling.” There have been some detractors, however, with White’s own mother, Tokyo Toni, sending out videos that claim it is a “PR stunt” and that she “is not a child of God.” However, in speaking with Daily Mail, White has said she will keep her eyes on God. “If you don’t like it, then you just don’t like it. But I will tell you this, there is a God.”

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