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In this week’s GOLO profile, we unveil the “pink” behind Pinklady, and find out what she once gave up, but vows to have again someday. Meet, Pinklady:

Angela: Is Pink your favorite color?

Pinklady: It is. But there’s a story behind that.

Angela: Do tell.  

Pinklady: A year ago I started my own Mary Kay business and that’s the color of Mary Kay. Since then everything I’ve done has been “pink” related. And I do like pink too, that helps.

Angela: Oh, a Mary Kay saleswoman, eh?

Pinklady: One of my major goals is to make it a success and take me away from my full time J-O-B?  (Note: Yes, she spelled it out.)

Angela: Will that happen in the near future?

Pinklady: It’s very possible. It can happen this year.

Angela: You must be a great sales person.

Pinklady: I interact well with people. I’ve been told I have a bubbly personality and I’m easy to get along with. I think that works to my advantage.

Angela: You recently wrote a blog about traffic. Do you ever get road rage?

Pinklady: Oh my God, Yes. But I keep it to myself. I’m not gonna lie, I am a horrible, horrible driver. Some of the things that go on out there really irritate me.

Angela: So if you’re the horrible driver, is it them or you?

Pinklady: In my mind, it’s them. I like to drive it’s just the commute that gets me. That commuter traffic really gets me.

Angela: What do you like most about GOLO?

Pinklady: Interacting with the people. I go to GOLO for fun and steer clear of the drama. I have enough of that in my real life.

Angela: If you won a million dollars, would you share it with anyone on GOLO?

Pinklady: Yes, there are some people I’ve met that I would not have a problem doing that at all.

Angela: If you could do one thing differently in your life, what would it be?

Pinklady: I would not have gotten married so early and I would have stayed in North Carolina and finished high school here.

Angela: How young were you?  

Pinklady: I was 17. It was a few weeks before my 18th birthday.

Angela: What did your parents think about that?

Pinklady: They weren’t happy but my mother realized I was almost legal and there was nothing she could do.

Angela: What if your daughter wants to get married at 17?

Pinklady: She’s past that age, but if she had wanted to I would have given her the wisdom of my experience and hope she would have listened and waited.

Angela: Tell me about that 1972 Gremlin that you seem to be so fond of.

Pinklady: (Laughs) That was my first car and I drove the heck out of it. It was a fun car. I really enjoyed it and often wonder who’s driving the heck out of it now.

Angela: Would you drive it today?

Pinklady: (Laughs) In disguise, maybe.

Angela: Share something with me that most people may not know about you. 

Pinklady: I used to have a motorcycle and would love to have another one.

Angela: We may have to hook you up with Old Rebel. What happened to it?

Pinklady: It didn’t take kindly to my husband, and for his safety I had to get rid of it.

I vow to have another one some day.

Angela: You’ll be the first Mary Kay woman on a bike. You could name it The Pink Panther.

Pinklady: Oh yeah, I can get a pink one, and set a new trend. Now I have to change my avatar to a pink panther.

Angela: What’s the most disgusting food you’ve ever eaten and who cooked it?

Pinklady: Something my husband cooked not too long ago. I don’t remember what it was but it was God-awful. It involved chicken. He was trying to copy Emeril, but it didn’t happen. And normally he’s a good cook. 

Angela: Have you ever done anything others would consider scandalous?

Pinklady: Scandalous? No. Questionable? Yes. I’ll just say that 1990 was my party year, the year I left my ex-husband and began to really live.

Angela: What do you think you’ll do when you retire?

Pinklady: Travel, and not worry about anything. Do whatever I feel like doing when I get up in the morning. Of course I may have to go alone because my husband is afraid of flying.

Angela: Maybe you’ll take the train?

Pinklady: Maybe he will. I’ll meet him there.  

(We both laugh. Pretty hard)

Angela: It’s been fun, Pinklady.

Pinklady: Thank you Thank you. I really enjoyed it.