Destiny, 25, from Houston, was six months into her first 'real job' — a junior analyst position at an energy consultancy — when she realised she was using her lunch breaks to answer modelling inquiries she didn't think were going anywhere. They were going somewhere. A sportswear label out of Los Angeles had been following her for three months and made a formal offer on a Wednesday at 12:47pm. She accepted at 12:49pm, posted about it at 12:51pm, and was back at her desk at 1:02pm. (She tendered her resignation at 1:04pm.) Her manager said she was 'making a mistake'. That was fourteen months ago. Her manager's opinion has not improved her bank balance the way the sportswear deal did.