This entry is possibly rated PG-13.

Remember the secular world’s shock and the Catholic world’s awe when supermodel Adriana Lima told a GQ interviewer that she was a strong Catholic and would remain a virgin until after marriage?

So many Catholic teen and young men wished they could win a girl like her, and Catholic girls my age took her interview as a battle cry — a message that they were not crazy after all and not the only virgins in the world, as supermodel Gisele Bundchen had previously attested to. Adriana became a sort of hero among Catholic girls for her strong witness to the faith.

But wait…

What’s this?

In a more recent edition of GQ, under a feature titled, “Love, Sex & Madness,” Adriana poses nude. The mag’s cover shows a strategically-placed leaf over some more personal parts, but inside the mag, you’ll see a lot more than you need to. GQ’s website even has a video of the shoot, where nipple sightings are not uncommon.

What’s up with that?

I’m sorry, Adriana. I respect your standing up for the Church’s views in so many ways, your beauty, and your obvious comfort with your body. But really — why? Why take this kind of a job? Is it the money? I’m really trying to figure it out.

I’d love the glamor and attention that comes with these pictures, but what’s left to give to your husband that GQ’s 4 million readers haven’t seen? Why pose in a way that might lead some husband to compare his wife’s nude beauty with yours? Whatever happened to the mystery of a woman?

So, I must say it: Adriana Lima is not among my heroes.