Lust List 2015: Jamillah: Seafood clerk, Publix

? ?Eric Cash?

Age: 20

Relationship Status: Single

Takes one to know one, as the saying goes. When Lust List 2010 alum Ree de la Vega made a Facebook post after spotting “the most beautiful girl in the whole world” behind the seafood counter at Publix on Ponce de Leon Avenue, several of her social media followers turned into pseudo-stalkers — myself included. More than 80 likes and 100 comments later, Jamillah is still mostly unaware of the minor following she inspired. But the freckle-faced aspiring model and Georgia State University foreign language major has met her share of lurkers in the market for fresh fish — like the creep who offered to be her sugar daddy. But she’s dead set on buying her own Lamborghini, thank you very much.

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SUCCESS BEFORE MARRIAGE

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A lot of relationships end so fast. Even older people, everybody’s divorced or something. My longest was almost a year and a half. I don’t have any friends that are married, but my parents were married for a long time, until my dad passed. They were best friends. They had a good marriage. You should wait to really get to know the person. I wouldn’t want to get married until I’ve been with him for about 10 years. I just want to be able to know him inside and out. Then we can get married.

People ask me out, but I don’t feel like they’re that serious. If you don’t seem easy enough they just never speak to you again. I hope to be married by 30. I want to have twin daughters and a ranch. And I want to be married with someone that actually loves me. But first I want to be fluent in Spanish and French. If I can model, I would like to have started that. I want a Lamborghini, and I don’t want him to get it for me. I want to have it myself, so he sees me in my Lamborghini and he’s like, “Oh, I love her.”

It doesn’t really have anything to do with him. Once I get married that’s like taking on somebody else’s dreams, so I’ll have to compromise and all that. And you may not ever get to do what you want to do because he may want to have kids. And when you have kids, I feel like it stops half of everything you wanted to do. I’d just rather, not necessarily be alone, but, not be committed to where I have to stop my life for someone else’s, or they have to stop theirs for mine. Because in the end, even though you don’t want to resent it, you will. I don’t want any regrets.

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What band were you obsessed with when you were 14?

I like Taylor Swift. Everybody hates me for it.

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Who was your first crush?

My first crush was in first grade. His name was Kordell. My famous person crush would probably be Michael Ealy because of his eyes. He always plays a really smooth character that’s super sweet.

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What would be your last meal?

Macaroni and cheese and a red velvet cupcake.

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What’s your guiltiest pleasure?

I like the way new tires smell in the store. I don’t go around and smell them, but if I’m in the store I like the smell.

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What did you like least about your ex?

He was interesting to talk to but what I liked least is he’s a liar.

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What’s the first album you bought with your own money?

Plies, Da REAList laughs.

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What happens when you die?

I don’t know. I try not to think about it.

Have you ever been dumped? If so, what was the reason?

It was in 10th grade. I threw a tomato at my then-boyfriend. I was just having fun. I thought it was funny. He got a stain on his shirt, and I guess he was mad. He just walked out the room and never spoke to me again. I tried to talk to him, and I said, “Oh no, I’m gonna dump you.” But I’m pretty sure I was already dumped.

Who would play you in a movie?

Me

What’s the sexiest part of the male anatomy?

Giggles No, I can’t.... arms.

Is there a drawback to being attractive?

Yeah, because people don’t really wanna get to know your personality. If you don’t wanna have sex they’re just, like: OK, next.

Name the last movie you cried during.

Steel Magnolias. It was the new version. I thought it was going to be funny. It said “comedy.” So I was watching it and the girl, the main character, just died. It wasn’t real crying; they were thug tears.

What one item would you save if your house was flooding?

Probably a picture of my dad and my collection of coins from different countries.

Why do you think you’re on the Lust List?

I don’t know. It’s weird to me. Isn’t it, like, for your looks or something? I mean, a lot of people come up to me at Publix. There’s this one guy that always comes and he’ll make kissy faces and ask to be my sugar daddy. He’s really creepy though, so I try to run. And a few photographers have come up there. Some of them just say that I’m pretty, and they like my smile or something. It’s creepy sometimes because they’re a lot older. Some of them will be like, “I’ll come back for you.” I appreciate the compliment. I don’t know. I don’t want them to kidnap me or anything.

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What do you think is the meaning of life?

From a religious standpoint, it’s just to be closer to God somehow. I ask my mom this all the time. Sometimes I feel like there is no purpose because you just die, but there has to be some reason. Maybe there’s a prize or something that we don’t know about, like if you did good. That’s what I’m hoping for.

What do you know for certain about your mother?

She’s really firm, but she’s really like soft on the inside. She’s actually really nice, but she looks really mean. People always say that we look alike.

Have you ever been in love?

I think so, but I don’t know if I’m having doubts now. I feel like you can be in love a million times.

What do you think would create world peace?

Unlimited resources.

Have you ever been depressed?

Yeah, it was really weird. It was last year when I first started school. It was new, this whole school thing. And it’s not as bad now, but I have this really big fear of death. I always felt like I was going to die somehow. All these signs were pointing to it. Now it seems kinda stupid when I look back at it. Me and my then-boyfriend had broken up for the first time. So I felt like the whole world was crashing down. Now it doesn’t seem like it was that bad. It was just a new environment. I just found other things to do. I got the job at Publix so I wouldn’t just sit around all the time. And I started going out with my friends and focusing on other things.

What do you think God looks like?

I don’t know. Just like some black guy walking around in a suit.

Like Morgan Freeman?

Maybe laughs.