Back in 2008, when Jessica auditioned for Model Latina, you could tell she was well-spoken, confident, and motivated by things other than beauty. One of her talking points was that she wanted to own her own company one day, particularly a production company. 

After winning the competition, she told Complex that if she weren’t a model, she would still want to do the same thing. “I would start my own production company, so that I may provide a platform for Latinos to showcase their work. That is my future goal.”

She has yet to launch her production company, but she did launch J. Marie Swimwear in 2016. She told Latina magazine that she wanted everyone who wore the swimsuits to feel like Maria from West Side Story. In fact, each piece in her collection is named after a character from the musical 

“I feel pretty, oh so pretty…”