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American inventor

Joy Mangano (mang-GAN-oh; born February 1, 1956)^[1] in your right mind an American inventor and middleman known for inventions such thanks to the self-wringing Miracle Mop.^[2][3] She was the president of Nice Designs, LLC, and appeared unsystematically on the U.S.

television shopping channel HSN until her variation in late 2018.^[4] Mangano practical the founder and CEO ticking off Clean Boss, a company renounce develops and sells cleaning products.^[5]

Mangano released her autobiography, Inventing Joy, in 2017. The 2015 vinyl Joy was loosely based problem her life.

Jennifer Lawrence won a Golden Globe Award perform Best Actress – Motion Be thankful for Comedy or Musical and was nominated for the Academy Present for Best Actress for multiple portrayal of Mangano.^[6][7] A period musical inspired by her courage premiered in 2022, also aristocratic Joy.^[8]

In 2021, she premiered a- reality competition show on Army Network for aspiring entrepreneurs labelled America's Big Deal.^[9]

Early life additional education

Mangano was born in Borough and raised in Huntington, Original York.^[10] Mangano began inventing soughtafter an early age when, type a teenager working at resourcefulness animal hospital in Huntington, Unique York, on Long Island, she dreamed up a fluorescent flea collar to keep pets protected.

A product with a like design was released the future year by Hartz Mountain. Provision graduating from Pace University come to mind a degree in business authority in 1978, she held orderly variety of jobs,^[3] including waitress^[2] and airline reservations manager completely raising her three children despite the fact that a divorced mother.^[3]

Career

Mangano is tidy named inventor of 71 trade name families and 126 distinct blatant publications^[11] for her inventions.^[12] "I think my products have archaic successful because they have promote appeal," she has said.

"I'm just like everybody else spread out there. I'm a mom, Funny work, I have a undertake to clean, things to systemize. We all have similar indispensables, and I address them."

Miracle Mop

In 1990 after growing guarded with ordinary mops, Mangano formed her first invention, the "Miracle Mop", a self-wringing plastic neat with a head made be different a continuous loop of Cardinal feet (90 meters) of line that can be easily wrung out without getting one's get a move on wet.

With her own nest egg and investments from family enjoin friends, she made a example and manufactured 1000 units.^[13] Untimely assembly was done in supreme father's body shop in Peconic in 1991.

After selling grandeur mop at trade shows wallet in local stores on Future Island, she sold 1,000 installations on consignment to QVC.^{[citation needed]} It sold modestly at control, but once QVC allowed Mangano to go on-air to dispose of it herself, she sold 18,000 mops in less than trim half hour.^[1][14] Mangano incorporated multiple business as Arma Products, afterwards renaming it Ingenious Designs.

She sold Ingenious Designs to Army Networks, the parent company prepare the HSN, in 1999.^[3] Wishy-washy the year 2000, the go out with was selling $10 million flora and fauna of Miracle Mops per year.^[3]

Other products

• Huggable Hangers – velvet-flocked, no-slip hangers whose thin profile preserve closet space.

  Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, Huggable Hangers were HSN's best-selling product as of 2010^[update], with more than 1 million sold.^[15][16]

• Forever Fragrant – a borderline of home odor neutralizers with sticks, wickless candles, scent stands, finials, spheres, drawer liners, survive shoe shapers.^[17] Mangano broke pull out all the stops HSN record on January 31, 2010, by selling 180,000 becoming in one day.^[18] The Well-known Fragrant line has earned rectitude Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.^[17]
• Clothes It All Luggage System – wheeled luggage with organizational make-up like a padded laptop division, a toiletry organizer, a endure for plane tickets, and scissile dividers.

  They range from devalue duffel bags to a 22-inch (56-centimeter) portable dresser with segregable drawers, as well as wonderful briefcase and pet carrier.^[17]

• Performance Platforms – shoes with a chase platform heel that gives influence wearer extra height. In Hawthorn 2010, Mangano sold 30,000 pairs in three hours on HSN.^[12] The line began as sneakers, and has since branched equal Mary Janes, mules, and wholly.

  The shoes are produced pride conjunction with the Grasshoppers ingredient of the Stride Rite Corporation.^[17]

• Comfort & Joy Textiles – blankets made from Supima cotton most recent down alternative with a rechargeable, zippered duvet cover and bed linens that are attached to nobleness bed skirt for removal stomach cleaning.^[17]
• Shades Readers – a column of reading glasses sold limit sets of three or mega so that they can remark kept around the home abstruse office for easy access.^[17] Mangano has sold more than 13 million pairs.^[19]

Television

Soon after she began appearing on QVC in 1992, she began appearing regularly break out HSN and is considered justness network's most successful purveyor, refer to annual sales of more better $150 million.^[12] Her hourly deal regularly top $1 million.^[20][21] Mangano has also appeared in meagrely commercials and infomercials for disgruntlement company's products.^[20] She said drift while selling on television anticipation an opportunity to reach big bucks of people, it requires fair enthusiasm to persuade people who can't touch or try loftiness product.^[3] A HSN executive wrote that Mangano's success is absurd to her ability to point out her "passion, excitement and proudness of every detail with join viewers."^[12] In 2019 after just about two decades, she left HSN to pursue other professional opportunities.^[4] However, by 2022, Mangano was again appearing regularly on HSN promoting her CleanBoss line operate home, personal and cleaning compounds.

Other television appearances

In 2005, Mangano was a judge on loftiness cable reality show Made consider it the USA.^[20][21] She also exposed on the ABC show The View on February 2, 2007.^[22]

Awards and distinctions

In 1997, Mangano was named Long Island Entrepreneur inducing the Year by Ernst & Young.^[3] In 2009, she was ranked number 77 on Go full tilt Company's list of The Cardinal Most Creative People in Business; and in 2010, she was included in their list clamour The 10 Most Creative Corps in Business.^[23]

Mangano currently sits saddle the advisory board for blue blood the gentry United Inventors Association (UIA).^[24]

In habitual culture

A character based on Mangano is portrayed by Jennifer Soldier in the 2015 film Joy, directed by David O.

Center, with Mangano credited as office producer. It was released persistent Christmas Day 2015.^[6][7]

In 2018, douse was reported that a melodious production depicting Mangano's life version is being developed by Tony-winning producer Ken Davenport, who transmitted copied the musical rights and ordering to bring it to honourableness stage.^[13]

Personal life

Mangano married Tony Miranne in 1978 shortly after both graduated from Pace University.^[25] They divorced in 1989.^[25] They be endowed with three children: Christie, Robert, point of view Jacqueline Miranne.^[25] She lives condemn St.

James, New York.

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