Ukwazisa ubuso obutsha uTion Watkins usuka eForest City, eNorth California, uneminyaka engama-24 ubudala. Kwaye ufumana ipotfoliyo enkulu efotwe ngu Seth eLondon . Kufuneka sihlale simjongile. Kufuneka sazi ngakumbi ngaye:
Ndaqala ukwenza imodeli ndikwi-18yrs ubudala xa ndisuka kwi-NC ukuya e-NYC kwaye ndandidlala i-basketball e-West 4th St. kwaye abantu bahlala bendixelela ukuba ndiyayimodeli. Amehlo am lolona phawu lwam lomzimba kunye nethambo lesidlele. Ndifumana inkuthazo ngaphakathi kum kwaye into endiyivayo okanye endizibeke kuyo kukuziveza. Eyona nto ndiyithanda kakhulu malunga nokwenza imodeli kukuhlala kukho indawo yokukhula kunye nokwenza, kufana nohlobo lwakho lobugcisa bobuqu. Ubuntu bam, ndilele kakhulu kodwa kwaye ndisile kakhulu. Ndine-balance malunga nam. Ndiyakholelwa nje ukuba lixesha kunye nendawo yayo yonke into. Ke, ubuntu bam busekelwe kwindawo endingqongileyo ngendlela. Ndisuka kwisiXeko saseForest, eNorth Carolina. Injongo yam njengemodeli kukuguquka kwaye ndenze into abayithethayo ukuba ayinakwenzeka okanye into engazange yenziwe kwimodeli. Ndina 24yrs ubudala. Afrika yaseMelika. -Tion Watkins.