Destiny Payton-Williams Biography
Becoming famous is okay. Many people want to become famous. Others go extreme measures to make their names popular. The cost of becoming popular is unveiling your personality, opinions, and values to the public. While becoming vulnerable can inspire many people, the opposite can be costly when vulnerabilities turn to shame. Many celebrities have failed to comprehensively meet the demands of the public. The majority succeed in their business and fail in their marriage, which the public would want to see succeed. Destiny Payton-Williams found herself in the shoes of celebrities who failed in their marriages despite being succeeding in her business and as a TV personality. In this article, we reveal how her story unfolded to her present state.
Destiny Payton-Williams Personal Life
She was born on 1st May 1982 in Detroit, Michigan. Destiny was raised by her father, Donnie Williams, single-handedly. In an interview with WAAY TV during Black History Month, Payton confessed that her father supported her all the while in her journey to become the person she is. As of now, Destiny is a single mother to her son, Law, after previously having several miscarriages. Her marriage to her husband Le’Berrick Williams lasted for 2 years despite dating for 7 years.
The two met at a party invited by a mutual friend. After the first conversation, the two became close friends and started dating later on. In the 7th year of dating, Le’Berrick proposed to her. They later got married in 2019. Their personality differences began showing immediately after they started living together. Destiny displayed the strong character woman raised by a single parent.
LB had an issue when Destiny failed to take his last name. The issues in their marriage became evident in the show Love and Marriage: Huntsville when Tiffany claimed LB was seen with another woman. In the show’s Season 3 premiere, Destiny confirmed to everyone that her ex-husband had filed for a divorce 3 weeks after their son was born. She also opened up to the OWN-run show that she worked with counselors, her pastor, and a life coach to get through the painful divorce journey.
Education and Career
Growing up in Detroit taught her to be ambitious. This character was evident when she joined Clark Atlanta University for a degree in International Business. She also did a master’s in psychology at Capella University. In 2003, Destiny took up a license as a realtor.
With everything she had learned, she joined the real estate business and worked there for 11 years. Destiny later became a senior sales consultant at Wyndham Destination for 2 years.
While working in the real estate sector, Destiny started saving to start a beauty business, which she had desired for a long time. After 3 years, she has saved at least $100,000 to sufficiently run her business. In 2013, she opened MaDonni Beauty Supply and Salon Suites in Jordan Lane Northwest, Huntsville.
Building the business was a dream come true because she desired to start a beauty salon that provides all beauty essentials like makeup services, weight loss plans, yono steaming, and other services.
She has expanded her business online and has leveraged the power of Instagram to get reach potential customers found online. The business was almost an immediate success as many of her friends and friends of friends supported her by purchasing what she sold. The business was also celebrated by WAAY TV during black history month.
Future, Net Worth and Podcast
Destiny is further displaying her ambition to become great. Her experience on TV motivated her to start a Podcast called The Unbreakable Podcast with Destiny Payton where she plans to invite people and share inspiring stories with the listeners. The podcast is promising to address issues like Trauma, mental health, and relationships.
Even without the podcast coming up, Destiny is already an inspiration to many single mothers. She has been able to make things work for herself and her son. In fact, her net worth could be approximately $1 million. Destiny is on the same path with ambitious women like Quaina Watson, April Divah Style, and Ronne Brown.
