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I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
Gave
Pretty
Eighties
Dressings
Dressing
Eighty
Aim
Sexy

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