Discovered as a teenager while performing with her dance troupe, Damaris Lewis started modeling while attending New York’s famed LaGuardia High School. A Coney Island native, the 21-year-old has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated‘s Swimsuit Issue, done print campaigns for Victoria’s Secret and still finds time to cop the latest Air Jordan release. Here, she heads back to her old stomping grounds and tells Thomas Harden of Life + Times why she’s still one of Brooklyn’s finest.