It is well known that any fuzzy set X in a classical set A with values in a complete (residuated) lattice V can be identified with a system of a-cuts X a , a [ V. In this paper analogical results are presented for sets with similarity relations with values in V (e.g. V-sets) which are objects of two special categories Set(V) and SetR(V) of V-sets and for fuzzy sets defined as morphisms from V-set into a special V-set (V, $ ). It is proved that also such fuzzy sets can be defined equivalently as special cut systems (C a ) a . Finally, models of first-order fuzzy logic based on these cut systems are defined and relationships between interpretations of formulae in classical models (based on V-sets) and in models based on these cut systems are investigated.Keywords: similarity relation; fuzzy sets in sets with similarity relations; cut systems; fuzzy sets in cut systems; models of a fuzzy logic; categories of V-sets