Destiny Winters

**Destiny Lorraine Winters** (born on November 29, 2004) is one of the main characters in the Disney+ Original Series *Big Shot*. She is the biological daughter of Angel and Scott Park. She is the adopted daughter of Christina and Jeffrey Winters. She is currently a student at Westbrook School for Girls. She is a Power Forward on the Westbrook School Basketball Team. She is portrayed by Tiana Le.

## Background

### Personality

Destiny is very brave as she stands up to her new Basketball Coach Marvyn Korn after he tells her that she needs to lose 5 pounds when she first meets him. She is determined to stand up for what she believes in.

## Biography

### Early life

Destiny Lorraine Winters was born on November 29, 2004 to Angel who gave her up. Destiny was raised by Christina and Jeffrey Winters. When Destiny was 10 years old her adoptive father Jeffrey Winters passed away on August 5, 2015.

### **Season One**

#### Pilot

Destiny first meets Marvyn Korn on his very first day as the new Basketball Coach at Westbrook. During practice Coach Korn makes some comments about some of the players need to lose weight. He points at Destiny and tells her that she needs to lose 5 pounds before their next game which makes Destiny very upset when he told her that. After practice in the Locker room Destiny's friend and teammate Carolyn Smith goes up to Destiny and asks her if she is okay.

Destiny goes into Coach Korn office after practice crying and tells him that he really hurt her feelings when he fat-shamed her in front of everybody. Marvyn Korn tells Destiny that he’s sorry that he said that and he didn’t mean to hurt her feelings. Then Destiny tells him that she doesn’t play Basketball because she loves it. She plays Basketball because it looks good on College Applications. Marvyn Korn tells her that she shouldn’t be playing Basketball if she has a lack of interest in the sport.

Destiny wakes up when she gets a text from Coach Korn that Practice will be at 6:00 A.M. and if she shows up 10 minutes early she's consider "lat" (misspelling for "Late").

## Relationships

### Family

**Scott Park (biological father)**

**Angel** **(biological mother/adoptive aunt)**

**Jeffrey Winters (adoptive father/uncle)**

Not much is known about Destiny's relationship with her father. In The Marvyn Korn Effect, Destiny tells Coach Korn that she misses her father and would do anything to see him again. After Destiny leaves Marvyn's office he looks up Destiny's school profile and finds out that that Destiny's adoptive father passed when she was 10 years old.

**Christina Winters (adoptive mother/aunt)**

### Friends

**Olive Cooper (former teammate/friend)**

**Samantha Finkman (friend/teammate)**

**Louise Gruzinsky (former teammate/friend)**

Destiny and Louise have known each other for quite some time. It is unknown how they met and how they became friends. Destiny and Louise are both on the Westbrook School Basketball Team. In Carlsbad Crazies, Destiny signs a petition that Kelsey started to remove Louise's father Larry Gruzinsky's name from the Scoreboard in the gymnasium because Larry recently got arrested for embezzlement. During lunch Kelsey thanks Destiny for signing the petition and Louise gets mad at Destiny for going behind her back. Destiny tells Louise that she's sorry for betraying her and that she didn't mean to hurt her.

**Carolyn Smith (friend/teammate)**

**Emma Korn (friend)**

Destiny first meets Emma on her first day at Westbrook School for Girls in TCKS. Emma’s father Marvyn Korn told Destiny and the Starters to help out Emma around Westbrook by being friends with her. In Beth MacBeth, Destiny and the Starters all go to Emma’s Play to support Emma.

**Holly Barrett**

**Marvyn Korn**

**Ava Navarro**

**Trevor Thomas**

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *Pilot*
* The Marvyn Korn Effect
* TCKS
* Great in the Living Room
* This is Our House
* Carlsbad Crazies
* Kalm Korn
* Everything to Me
* Beth MacBeth
* Marvyn's Playbook

### Season 2

* Ava Fever
* BOYS!
* Tipoff
* 17 Candles
* Field Day
* It's Going To Be Okay
* Playing House
* Prom!
* Parent Trap
* Moving On

## Trivia

* Her lucky number is 13 which is her Basketball Jersey Number.
* The only reason why she is joined the Basketball Team is because it will look good on her College Applications.
* She misses her father and is willing to do anything to see him again.
* When Marvyn Korn looked at her school profile it says that her father Jeffrey Winters died on August 5th, 2015.
* According to her school profile her middle name is “Lorraine”.
	+ Destiny was born on November 29, 2004. Tiana Le who plays Destiny birthday is also November 29th.
	+ Her address is 344 Molina Road La Jolla, CA 92037
	+ Her GPA is 3.8.
* Her father's funeral was the worst day of her life.
* It was revealed in Everything to Me that Angel who she was raised to believe is her “Aunt” is actually her biological mother.
* Her biological father is Scott Park.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Marvyn Korn Effect
2. ↑ Everything to Me
3. ↑ The Marvyn Korn Effect
4. ↑ TCKS