We were lucky to catch up with Perfect Diamond recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Perfect, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
October of 2021. That’s when it all started. I actively started to pursue my fashion model career. People would always tell me that I should model because I had the natural talent for it, my style, the way I did my hair, the way I walk and talk it was already written in stone. One day I took a risk and went to ATL for a photoshoot with my now good friend Tosh Damptey. When the photos came back I was so amazed at how they turned out, I could not believe it was me in the photo, I looked as if I was already a fashion model, that’s when I knew it was time for me to step into the light and show the world who I am. Perfect Diamond the Fashion Model. Be on the look out for me I will be on billboards, runways, commercials, magazines, I won’t stop until the whole world knows my name!
Perfect, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Perfect Diamond. I am a fashion model, a photographer, aspiring actress, a artist with many talents. I have explored it all, dancing, singing, playing instruments, but my passion is fashion and all the arts related to it. For me, and how I got into this business I just created my own lane. Started out with being a photographer. It’s been 6 beautiful years now and I love every minute of it except sometimes when I have to edit photos for too long lol my fellow photographers would know what I mean by this. I realize early on I had no desire to make money off photography, however I did explore the genres of photography such as landscape/nature, music/concerts, and of course my favorite one is fashion/portrait photography. Although I don’t pursue photography as a career I still love to create art with my camera. Later on in my journey I became the fashion model that I am today. I started modeling a year ago October 2021. I can already see the progress from then until now and, I am truly truly proud of myself because I took a chance to follow my dreams and they are coming true right in front of my eyes. I am forever grateful for all the opportunities I have encounter and even created for myself. There’s a lot more to come. That beautiful moment where all I’ll see is my face on billboards, magazine covers, runways, that day the whole world will know who Perfect Diamond is. Now in terms of amazing opportunities, I have created a non profit business called Creators Meet UP (@creatorsmeetups) where creators of all forms can come together and create or co create with other creators like themselves. Creators Meet UP is about family, building a village, a team, THE DREAM TEAM! We support all creators, models, photographers, dancers, singers, artists, everyone that creates the art they love and wants to share it with the world. We’re here to make connections, build long term friendships, partnerships all while we network with each other. Creators Meet UP travels city to city to meet and explore with other creators in their local cities. We create, we laugh, we have a good time. Our goal is to support creators worldwide. We want to see everyone win, cause if the team is winning we all are wining! So far the cities we have travel too are ATL, & Chicago both cities full of amazing creatives, which I am grateful to have met and created with. If you’ve not been to either of these cities it is highly recommended by us!. Creators Meet UP events are only taking place during the summer (for now) while we are still in the process of building and growing, but that doesn’t stop the show!, be on the lookout for us, we may be coming to a city near you very soon! One last thing, to all my creatives, If you’re waiting for the right time to pursue your dreams, the time is NOW! DO IT NOW! You have everything you need to succeed!, so share your creations with the world, the world needs to see your art!
Is there a mission driving your creative journey?
My goal is to see everyone win. It’s the reason why I created Creators Meet UP (@creatorsmeetups). As creators we often long for someone to understand us, someone to relate too, someone that just gets it without us even saying what we want or need. That’s what we are, we’re that someone that gets it, we understand, we know. I’m building a dynasty so unstoppable, it’s going to be hard to believe the journey we been on to become exactly who we are today. Creators Meet UP is about helping one another pursue their dreams with the help from ourselves or others that we connect with along the way.
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
Perfectionism. Burn outs. Depression. Anxiety. Procrastinating. I’ve dealt with these things for a while and was just about to give up but something told me to keep going, it may have been my intuition, or my instinct to survive but wherever it came from I am truly grateful for the message because if I hadn’t listen I have no clue where I’d be. On this journey called life, I’ve learned that “Less is More, and it’s more than enough! I’ve learned to rest when my body tells me I need rest, and when I’m resting I do nothing!, no art, no modeling, no photography, nothing! I learned to honor my body because it’s the only 1 I got in this life time. I had to relearn self love. The journey has been hard but it’s also been very rewarding. Nothing can compare to self love, I am witness to its power. Depression and anxiety tried to take me out but my will power is stronger than any negative energy created around me. When I would feel anixous or sad for no reason I would do anything that would put me in a good mood. If any of you have heard of the laws of attraction, and the quote “You are whatever you attract” I truly believe in this quote. So, I would practice doing positive things for myself and thinking positive thoughts, saying positive words to myself, so that whatever I thought or did was positive. Right after I started all these positive things for myself I started to see a change within myself and the people around me. I can not emphasize this enough to all my friends and creatives when you think and do positive things you will always get positive results! Please be kind to yourself. Like Nipsey Hussle said “It’s a marathon”, “gotta pace yourself it’s all about your breathing”. If you are a creative you may have struggled or may be still struggling with any of these. I’m here to let you know it does it get better but cannot give up, you just cannot! It’s always too early to quit! I’ve overcame all those obstacles that stood in my way, and I know you can too! I just know you can but first you cannot give up the fight! The power lies within you to overcome it all! Unlock that power and you’ll be truly unstoppable!!!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @pictureperfectpink
- Facebook: PerfectDiamond Tucker
- Twitter: _thepinkbandit
- Other: Photography Instagram: @perfectndiamondphotos Creators Meet UP Instagram: @creatorsmeetups
Image Credits
@toshiadvisuals @delthephotographer @galactic.visual @veezyvizion @perfectndiamondphotos @qparadise1