
Having completed a 15 year
professional basketball career not only in the WNBA, but Spain, Italy, France
and Japan, the transition should be a natural one. The world for Kym has always
been a stage.
A graduate of Arizona State
University, not only did she receive her bachelors degree in theater, but will
go down in the university’s history book as one of the most decorated hoop
players to wear a Sun Devil’s jersey.
During Kym’s WNBA career and
since then, she has become a plus size model in fashion as well as cosmetics.
She is an original Cover Girl Queen Collection model featured in a nation-wide
commercial. She has found herself in GLAMOUR, ESSENCE and other magazines. Kym
has worked with photographers like Francesco Scavullo and Daniel Green.
The multi-talented Hampton
has also had the opportunity to grace the television and film world during
guest appearances on the “Cosby Show”, “Rosie”, NBA TV and celebrity “Wheel of
Fortune”. Her film experience includes “JuWanna Mann” and “She Hate Me” so far.
She is also a spokesperson for the NBA, WNBA, New York Liberty and New York
Knicks to name a few.
Singing has always been a
love of Kym’s, and she was a regular at a nightclub (Insomnia) in Italy. Even
before setting foot in Madison Square Garden as a player with the Liberty, Kym
before a sell-out crowd-performed the national anthem during a Knicks play-off
game. Since then, she has performed the anthem several times at the Garden and
is currently recording to launch her music career.
As a person who has always
worked to reach goals and follow her dreams, she also encourages everyone to do
the same, especially our youth. Two of her favorite sayings are; “Be the best YOU that you can be.”and“As
adults, we must lead with our actions, not our words”.