Sunjai Williams (nick-named Cool Flame) is an American dancer popularly known for her role in the reality TV dance show “Bring It”. She was born in Mississippi on February 9, 1997, to Selena Johnson and J.J. Williams and started her dancing career at the tender age of 5.
She has seen herself make giant strides in the dance entertainment world as well as other aspects of her life.
Read on to find out 10 other facts about Sunjai that you probably do not know.
Fascinating Details About Sunjai Williams
1. Sunaji Williams was born into a talented family
Sunjai Williams was born on February 9, 1997, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mr. James J. J. Williams and Selena Johnson. Her mother, Selena was also a dancer and this is probably where Sunjai picked up her talent, starting to dance at the age of 5.
James Williams on the other hand has always been referred to as an entrepreneur who always supported his daughters. He got married to Selena when she was 20 years old according to thefamouspeople.com.
Sunjai’s mother had a son before her marriage to James, though. She reportedly had her first child at the age of 14. The child was a boy named Quincy.
Sunjai was made an older sister when she was about 2 years old with the birth of her twin sisters, Shamia ‘Sky’ Jai Williams and Shania ‘Star’ Jai Williams.
Now, both Shy and Star have joined in their mother and older sister’s footsteps in the entertainment world. They are both dancers as well.
2. Her parents are divorced
James J. J. Williams and Selena Jackson’s marriage did not last for so long. After a couple of years of being together and welcoming 3 girls together, they split up.
In spite of this divorce and Sunjai’s father remarrying, she still maintains a good relationship with both parents and hardly allows the divorce to interfere with her personal life or career.
Both parents have been a constant pillar of support to both Sunjai and her sisters.
3. Sunjai Williams lost her older brother when he was 30 years old
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As earlier stated, Sunjai’s mother had her first child at the age of 14. The boy named Quincy grew up to be the oldest of Selena’s 4 children and a big brother to 3 young women.
Unfortunately, he died at the age of 30 in 2020. Sunjai took to her Instagram page on his post-humous birthday to pen down tributes for her late older brother. Attached to the tributes was a carousel of pictures and videos of them together.
4. She has a huge interest in beauty and skin-care routines
At the age of 17, Sunjai launched a cosmetic line known as “Give Em Face by Sunjai”. The launch took place in November 2014 and though not much is being said about the line in recent times, we are hopeful that things are going well with the line.
Years later, she has also taken to social media to share some skin-care routines with her followers.
Sunjai Williams has a Night time skincare routine. Just like many girls her age, Sunjai also has a skin care routine which she took to her YouTube channel to share with her fans. In the video, she spoke about her facial blemishes and showed viewers the various skincare products she uses to take care of her skin.
5. Sunjai and her sisters were all members of a dance group known as the Dancing Dolls.
We already told you that Sunjai’s young sisters took a cue from her and their mother and started dancing too. Well, the girls also joined The Dancing Dolls group and were also part of the reality TV show, Bring It!
Sunjai Williams joined the dance group in 2012 which was headed by Diana ‘Miss D’ Williams. 2 years later, in 2014, Lifetime made an offer to produce a dance reality show titled Bring It and they involved Miss D in it. This was with this that the dancer got into the reality TV world and also roped in her mother.
Cool Flame was part of Lifetime’s ‘Bring It’ for 2 years while in Clinton High School but after that, she left the show to pursue her college dreams.
Her younger siblings however took over on both the dance group and the reality TV show.
6. She is all about beauty and brains
Sunjai is not only an excellent dancer but also had things going well in her academics. Unlike most youngsters in the entertainment industry, her career in dance and TV did not affect her academics negatively.
At the age of 18, sources had it that she was already bound for college and had been accepted into 3 different universities where she was still yet to decide which one she would attend.
She also revealed in an interview that she is quite good at Math, all thanks to her teacher who made enormous efforts to see her through math classes. She also hinted at wanting a career in Medicine as she spoke to one of her co-stars about her dream of jetting off to college and studying medicine.
At Xavier University, the Biology course there was quite intriguing. Her plans, if she chose the university, were to take the course, go on to Pre-Med, and then become a pediatrician.
Managing a good work-life balance and her determination also earned her a 4-year dancing scholarship at DeSales University. This was owing to the fact that she had a successful career in the reality TV show.
7. Sunjai Williams has a YouTube channel
Selena Johnson’s first daughter went off to college after graduating high school in 2015. While in college, she thought to start a YouTube channel. The aim of the channel was to keep her fans and followers updated on her college life.
On the channel which, as of time of publishing this, has amassed over 5.7 million views and 138k subscribers, Sunjai shares a lot of fashion tips, skincare routines, dance videos, and more.
8. She has her own doll
In 2016, Sunjai signed a contract with Tonner-one World to create a fashion doll in her likeness. The doll would be known as “The Sunjai Doll”. It currently goes for about $24.99 in stores and also has its own personalized Instagram page. It is about 12 inches long and according to its designers, is designed for little girls who desire a positive role model in dance.
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9. Sunjai Williams is a realtor
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Upon graduating from college, the one-time dance captain began to work as a real estate agent. She works with The Agency Real Estate Services.
So far, she has closed down on a couple of sales and purchases and also made it to many prestigious magazine interviews for her impressive career.
On September 5, 2023, the realtor who has dabbled in both parents’ professions, celebrated a milestone in her career as a realtor.
Following her father’s entrepreneurial path, Sunjai hit $1,000,000 in production. She took to her Instagram page to announce this win and thank her broker, clients, and brokerage, as well as other people who helped her achieve the feat.
In addition to being a realtor, she is also a Brand Ambassador, TV personality, Model, Public Speaker, and Scholar, according to her bio on Instagram.
10. Does Sunjai still dance?
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In recent times, 27-year-old Sunjai and her sister still continue to wow their social media audiences with their dance steps. The sisters are even touring around the United States of America teaching dance classes to girls aged 6 to 25.
Her sister, Sky went on to be the co-captain of their high school’s cheerleading and dance troupe while Star got married and had a baby while in college.
The girls graduated a semester early and their proud older sister was there cheering them on and celebrating with them.
In more recent videos on their social media handles, the sisters always seize opportunities to show off their dance steps together and individually, aside from organizing dance classes for fans and mentees.
