[3] Wilkins earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakland University, majoring in health, wellness, and injury prevention.

[5] The following year, as a junior in college, she competed in five more competitions, alternating between the Fitness and Figure divisions.

Over the next three years she moved from the local/regional to the national level to get her pro card and gain entry into the IFBB Professional League.

[7] In 2009, Wilkins became the youngest woman in the history of the sport to win the Figure Olympia contest.

[8][9] In 2010, she won 1st place in the Arnold Classic, but lost the Figure Olympia title to Erin Stern.