Karlie Kloss opens up about why she ditched Victoria's Secret, Trump family ties

Karlie Kloss says she clipped her own Victoria's Secret wings in the name of feminism.

She explains in an interview with British Vogue on newsstands Friday that she ended her lingerie modeling gig while studying feminist theory at New York University.

“The reason I decided to stop working with Victoria’s Secret was I didn’t feel it was an image that was truly reflective of who I am and the kind of message I want to send to young women around the world about what it means to be beautiful,” she told the outlet. “I think that was a pivotal moment in me stepping into my power as a feminist, being able to make my own choices and my own narrative, whether through the companies I choose to work with, or through the image I put out to the world.”

Last month Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner, who wed in October, celebrated their union with a star-studded, long weekend in Wyoming.

With British Vogue, the "Project Runway" host discussed her husband's famous family–Kushner's older brother is Jared Kushner, adviser to President Trump and husband to Ivanka Trump since 2009.

“It’s been hard,” said Kloss. She and her spouse are Democrats. “But I choose to focus on the values that I share with my husband, and those are the same liberal values that I was raised with and that have guided me throughout my life.”

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