I don't know, my option of her has shifted slightly over the yrs based on what I've read about and what she herself had to say. My impression is that she was looking for something to psychologically ground herself to, as a core focus, if will. Initially it was bodybuilding, and it seemed to work for her, even getting involved being a "Big Sister" role model / fostering parent.
Then with her last yr or two of bodybuilding, she rapidly rose to high promenance, and I can't help but wonder if she suffered major burn out as result of the pressures of competition. This combined with the more unsavory elements of bodybuilding – sessions, etal – that she encountered along the way. (If I'm not mistaken, I think she did some nude work for Bill Wick.) Probably because she needed the extra money, and yet was a serious turn off to her.
All this, taken in combination, along with the last part, probably was the straw that broke the camels back – and she balled out.
In retrospect, that she drifted into religion doesn’t really seem too surprising – the same thing happened to Betty Page.
That's absolute top-quality muscle morphing there, jdm!
As for Denise, I'm, not attacking anyone for becoming religious, but she was obviously doing good work already looking-after kids, so why stop and become a recluse when you have a religious epiphany? I may upset people by saying this, but I cannot help wondering if her "religious experience" was actually a breakdown complete with voices in her head which she assumed belonged to the Almighty.
“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)
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