The real joy mangano created the first prototype for her miracle mop in 1990. Meet the mop millionairess behind jennifer lawrences joy. Information about her life prior to creating the first prototype of the miracle mop in 1990, though the bulk of the story in joy, is particularly hard to come by. The miracle mop did not sell on qvc until mangano went. She was the president of ingenious designs, llc, and appeared regularly on the us television shopping channel hsn until her departure in late 2018.
Was the miracle mop really a flop when it was first pitched on qvc. Joy mangano launched miracle mop on which they based the movie. Joy mangano, reallife inspiration of joy, has an empire based on. She is the founder and president of ingenious designs, llc. Joy mangano, the inventor of the miracle mop, with her bestselling products this scene is recreated with surprising poignancy in joy, the new film from american hustle director david o russell. Jennifer lawrence pictured portrays joy in the david o. In 2014 it was reported that manganos rags to riches life story would be. The joy true story reveals that she possesses more than 100 patents and trademarks for her inventions, which also include the velvetcovered huggable hangers designed to prevent clothes from slipping onto the floor and my little steamer a handheld device for smoothing out wrinkles. Joy mangano, the inventor of the miracle mop, with her bestselling products this scene is recreated with surprising poignancy in joy, the new. The hanger became the biggest selling product in the history of hsn. Joy mangano, left, inspiration for the movie joy, on the set of hsn with host suzanne runyan. Reallife joy discusses the story behind the upcoming film. Joy mangano is the home shopping entrepreneur and inventor whose life story serves as the inspiration for the film joy. Joy mangano is a famous tv entrepreneur whose life story is now a biopic.
Meet joy mangano, the reallife joy behind the upcoming film. Joy received a theatrical release on december 25, 2015, distributed by 20th century fox. This true story about a single mom inspired jennifer. Jennifer lawrences new movie joy tells the story of a broke single mom who went on to build a business empire after inventing a version of the mop. Meet qvc and hsn home product maven joy mangano, the inventor known for such products as miracle mop and forever fragrant, at. This is so easy, youre gonna wanna mop everything, she said as the cameras rolled. The film stars several of hollywoods biggest actors. Joy mangano is an american inventor and entrepreneur known for inventions such as the selfwringing miracle mop.