Sara Blakely Sold Fax Machines, Then Became a Self Made BILLIONAIRE

NARRATION: She sold fax machines door to door. She became the youngest self-made female billionaire.

Sara Blakely dreamed of being a lawyer, but failed the law school entrance exam twice.

For years she sold office machines, doors slammed in her face every day.

One night, frustrated by her own pantyhose, she cut the feet off to wear under white pants.

That was the idea. Footless, slimming, invisible. She named it Spanx.

She had five thousand dollars in savings and no fashion experience at all.

She wrote her own patent from a library book to save the legal fees.

Every factory turned her down, until one owner's daughters tried it and loved it.

Then Oprah named Spanx a favorite thing, and the orders exploded.

With no outside investors, she built a billion-dollar brand and kept it all herself.

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