From Porn Star to Princess…
01/11/07
Upon meeting this vibrant, beautiful young lady you
would never suspect the harsh reality of her past,
but once upon a time things were very different for
Katreena Walters. This young wife and mother has a
dark history behind her, but now she calls herself,
‘more than an overcomer’* according to her renewed
faith and love for life.
‘I was buried in a heap of issues that held me back from knowing my own potential.’ says Katie.
‘I was a single mother who didn't have full care of my child. I had a drinking problem and took drugs to lose weight. I would throw my food up after meals and run for miles.
‘I was tiny and pretty, but it was never enough. I was hurting and crying out for love and attention, so I changed my name and made up a character who I thought people wanted to know.’
It wasn’t long before she was drawn into the world of adult entertainment; an industry, she says, that seems glamourous on the surface, but is a dark and evil place to be.
‘I made money swinging my body around a pole, posing nude in adult magazines and, at the lowest, selling myself to the porn film industry.
‘I slept my way to popularity but little to my knowledge at the time I was giving myself to men and a world who had no love or respect for me.
‘They were making money off of me; I was there for ‘a good time, not a long time,’ and they would discard me when they were done.’
It wasn’t long before her small-town family and friends heard about her new career.
‘I was famous in my town and in the adult world; obviously for all the wrong reasons. Friends were dropping left, right and centre, and all true friends could do was watch on in pain.’
Katie says that she used the industry and its brand of ‘false love’ to try and fill a hole in her heart, but all it did was cause more damage.
‘Deep down was a little child inside of my heart who still didn't feel happy or loved. Then there was my own child, my son, who was losing his mummy.
‘I really loved him, but I was trapped in sin. I had never truly to love myself or my son.’
She says that even though there were times when she wanted to take her own life, she realised that it was not hers to take, rather, it was God’s entrusted to her and she had a responsibility to take care of it.
‘I was the girl who had a Christian upbringing, the girl who knew what God was about, the girl who loved God and wanted to serve him, the girl who went to a Christian school ... I was the girl who turned my back on God. But He never turned His back on me.
Her advice? ‘Remember that love will conquer all things and love will stay true.’
* 1 John 4:4, NIV Bible
‘I was buried in a heap of issues that held me back from knowing my own potential.’ says Katie.
‘I was a single mother who didn't have full care of my child. I had a drinking problem and took drugs to lose weight. I would throw my food up after meals and run for miles.
‘I was tiny and pretty, but it was never enough. I was hurting and crying out for love and attention, so I changed my name and made up a character who I thought people wanted to know.’
It wasn’t long before she was drawn into the world of adult entertainment; an industry, she says, that seems glamourous on the surface, but is a dark and evil place to be.
‘I made money swinging my body around a pole, posing nude in adult magazines and, at the lowest, selling myself to the porn film industry.
‘I slept my way to popularity but little to my knowledge at the time I was giving myself to men and a world who had no love or respect for me.
‘They were making money off of me; I was there for ‘a good time, not a long time,’ and they would discard me when they were done.’
It wasn’t long before her small-town family and friends heard about her new career.
‘I was famous in my town and in the adult world; obviously for all the wrong reasons. Friends were dropping left, right and centre, and all true friends could do was watch on in pain.’
Katie says that she used the industry and its brand of ‘false love’ to try and fill a hole in her heart, but all it did was cause more damage.
‘Deep down was a little child inside of my heart who still didn't feel happy or loved. Then there was my own child, my son, who was losing his mummy.
‘I really loved him, but I was trapped in sin. I had never truly to love myself or my son.’
She says that even though there were times when she wanted to take her own life, she realised that it was not hers to take, rather, it was God’s entrusted to her and she had a responsibility to take care of it.
‘I was the girl who had a Christian upbringing, the girl who knew what God was about, the girl who loved God and wanted to serve him, the girl who went to a Christian school ... I was the girl who turned my back on God. But He never turned His back on me.
Her advice? ‘Remember that love will conquer all things and love will stay true.’
* 1 John 4:4, NIV Bible
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