Jessica Wong

Jessica Wong is a model, designer and social media personality. She is a self-love advocate, who prides herself in being authentic, professional and creative. She was born in Sumter, South Carolina on Shaw Air Force Base. Jessica is of Jamaican descent and proudly represents her culture at every opportunity.

At four years old, she relocated to Miami, Florida and attended Sunset Park Elementary and Glades Middle School. She attended Miami Killian Senior High School and played power forward on the Lady Cougars girls’ basketball team. Jessica graduated from Miami Killian at the top 15% percentile of her class and received numerous scholarships to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Jessica  obtained her Bachelor’s in Arts in English and Minor in Psychology.

In 2017, Jessica took the ultimate leap of faith, and entered the Miss Jamaica Universe pageant in Kingson, Jamaica. She placed Top 10 and won the Gleaners Most Popular Contestant.

The Miss Jamaica Universe pageant propelled Jessica into the world of modeling and social media fame as @jessleewong. Subsequently, Jessica was the solo model in the Official 2018 J. Wray & Nephew Ltd. calendar and various promotions which was distributed worldwide.

There has never been a time more important time, to celebrate the beauty and uniqueness of women and Jessica is doing just that. Jessica launched her women’s handmade swimwear collection, XhaleSwim in 2018. Her premium pieces are meant to be worn as an extension of the woman wearing them and an expression of their own personal style.

XhaleSwim’s signature designs are chic, sophisticated and vibrant.  XhaleSwim is for woman who exudes confidence and believes beauty has no limits. The handmade, luxurious collection caters to different shapes, ages and sizes of women. XhaleSwim has a community of roughly 34,000 body positive followers on @xhaleswim and featured in the Miami New Times as “Best Swimwear of 2020” and Deco Drive. Jessica and XhaleSwim have been featured in various articles:

• Jamaicans.com

• Island Origins

• Cosmopolitian

• Essence

• Harpersbazar

• Essence

• Travel Noire

It’s bikini season all year long for Jessica Wong. The Miami resident of Jamaican descent is the owner and designer of her own swimsuit line, XhaleSwim which celebrates women and bodies of all shapes and sizes—an attribute that clearly aligns with our inclusive mindset here at Good American and motivated her to apply to our open casting.

Jessica is also a professional model who has experienced some of the size bias in the industry, aka not getting typical “fashion” jobs, but doesn’t want to be typecast just because of her killer curves. (AMEN!). As she puts it, “I’m anything but someone who should be put into a box.”

Somewhere amidst modeling and designing, Jess also finds time to share her learnings and “life hacks” with other women via her second Instagram handle @howjessdidit. How sweet is that? From her consideration around uplifting and supporting other women to her boundary-breaking outlook on the fashion industry, and it was clear we had to make her part of the Good Squad.

“There is a reason why you came looking like this so, you might as well fall in love with every piece of you. If there’s something you don’t like, work on it.”