Rasa von Werder


Rasa von Werder is a former stripper, female bodybuilder, evangelist, author, photographer and founder of her own church.

Personal life

Kellie Everts was born on July 16, 1945 in Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, as Rasa Sofija Jakstas.

Career

Bodybuilding and stripping

Everts trained for the 1981 competition but was barred from entering the Caesar's Palace Boardwalk Regency IFBB competition in Atlantic City. She picketed them in a white bikini, speaking for 30 minutes on a radio show.
On February 2, 2007 the World Bodybuilding Guild awarded her "Progenitor" of Female Bodybuilding and in August 2007 inducted her into their Hall of Fame.

The Stripper for God

By strutting and bouncing around totally nude in front of a totally nude audience Rasa won the titles of Miss Nude Universe in July, 1967, Miss Americana 2nd place and Best Body in 1972, Miss Body Beautiful 2nd place in 1973, Miss Body Beautiful U.S.A. first place in 1974, and Miss Americana 2nd place & Best Body 1974. She made nine appearances in Playboy. She first appeared as Miss Nude Universe, hers was the first female body builder as "Humping Iron", May 1977, predating Lisa Lyon's appearance by three years. She had two pages of pictures on her "Stripping for God" in Playboy. Her dancing career went from March 1966 to August 1987, dancing coast to coast and all over Canada. She quit to become a producer of her dancing and female domination videos, making enough money to purchase a large property with island upstate New York in 1989.

Ministry

In Sept. 1973, Everts gave her first spiritual talk at the Melody Theater in Times Square. religious minister. The combination of stripper and evangelical religious conviction led to the creation of what the press called the "Stripper for God".
Everts traveled in the United States and Canada, giving over 1,000 sermons in burlesque theaters and nightclubs.
She also travelled several times to Canada, and made one trip to the United Kingdom In 1988, she appeared on ''The Morton Downey, Jr. Show.
Everts later changed the emphasis of her mission to the return of matriarchy and the feminine divine. On June 16, 1978 she preached on the message of the Three Secrets of Fátima in front of the White House, with the aim of bringing about the conversion of Russia.

Author

On May 24, 2004, Everts, under her present name Rasa von Werder or Guru Rasa of the Church of MotherGod, started the Woman Thou Art God Website. She has since continued publishing online on her religious beliefs, and has twenty two books published, on female empowerment, her biography, matriarchy spirituality and other subjects.