Spanx, Inc. is an Atlanta, Georgia, based hosiery company founded in 2000 that mainly manufactures footless pantyhose and other undergarments for women, and since 2010 for men. Spanx specializes in "body shaping" undergarments and bodysuit shapewear, intended to give the wearer a slim and shapely appearance.

Florida State University graduate and former Walt Disney World Resort employee Sara Blakely joined local stationery company Danks on graduation, and began selling fax machines door-to-door.

In the heat and humidity of Florida, she tried unsuccessfully to find pantyhose that didn't have seamed toes, and that didn't roll up the leg when she cut them. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and secured production run deals with local manufacturers. Having read books on marketing, she designed her own logo on a friend's computer, and then to save the $3,000 legal fee needed to trademark the Spanx name, used a Barnes & Noble textbook and learned how to do it herself.

In 2000, she launched the Spanx brand from her home, undertaking all initial calls and marketing herself. She was later caught on CCTV by a department store repositioning her products so they were displayed more prominently. Spanx received a marketing boost when Oprah Winfrey endorsed it on her show. Spanx started manufacturing body-shaping undergarments for men ("Spanx for Men - MANX ") in 2010.

Sara Blakely (born February 21, 1971) is an American businesswoman. In 2000, Blakely founded Spanx, a multi-million dollar undergarment company. She is the world's youngest self-made female billionaire.

Sara Blakely was born on February 21, 1971, in Clearwater, Florida, the daughter of a lawyer and an artist. She graduated from Florida State University, with a degree in communications. While attending she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and worked part time at Walt Disney World.

Blakely joined local stationery company Danka, and began selling fax machines door-to-door.

In the heat and humidity of Florida, she tried unsuccessfully to find pantyhose that didn't have seamed toes, and that didn't roll up the leg when she cut them. Investing her life-savings of $5,000 she moved to Atlanta, researching and then trying to reach production deals with local manufacturers. Sam Kaplan, co-owner of the Charlotte, N.C. based Highland Mills, didn't buy Blakely's pitch until polling his two daughters on what they thought of footless pantyhose. Their reaction was unanimous: They'd buy it. Kaplan decided to take Blakely's order after all, and by August 2000, she had her first 3,000 pairs of hose.

Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American film and television actress, comedian, writer and producer.

McCarthy is known for her role as Sookie St. James on the The WB television series Gilmore Girls, where she starred from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009, she portrayed Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?. She currently stars in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011. She is also known for her performances in the films The Nines, The Back-up Plan, Life as We Know It, and her breakthrough role in the 2011 comedy hit Bridesmaids, which garnered numerous award nominations including BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Melissa Ann McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, the daughter of Sandra and Michael McCarthy. She is a first cousin of actress Jenny McCarthy. McCarthy was raised on a farm, in a Irish-American family. She graduated from St. Francis Academy (now Joliet Catholic Academy) in Joliet, Illinois. Her career started with stand-up comedy and includes film, television and theater. McCarthy is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California,

Adam Devine is a comedian, actor and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics.

DeVine was born in Waterloo, Iowa, but grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Fordham University studying journalism and studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, later moving to Los Angeles where he began working as a stand up comedian and actor.

He, along with fellow Workaholics creators Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck form the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy.

DeVine had a part in Mama's Boy (2007) and National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2009). He had a recurring role on the television series Samantha Who?.

Currently, Adam is filming the movie Pitch Perfect in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.