From the time she was a little girl, Hayley Paige knew exactly what she wanted to do: design wedding dresses. And she did it. By her early thirties she had a million Instagram followers, a recurring spot on Say Yes to the Dress, and gowns selling in hundreds of stores worldwide.

And then she lost all of it. Her name. Her Instagram. Her right to design. Even her right to publicly call herself Hayley Paige.

What followed was years of fighting in court, broke, locked out of everything she had built, just to reclaim what should have been hers from the start. And when she finally did, she turned that experience into something bigger, founding A Girl You Might Know Foundation and She Is Cheval to make sure other women don't have to go through the same thing.

 

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to She Pivots

01:29 A Childhood Dream Takes Shape

09:55 Breaking into Wedding Dresses

13:54 Building a Brand on Social Media

17:31 Personal and Professional: Wedding and Divorce

20:57 The Legal Battle Begins

31:57 Rebirth and Reinvention

36:02 Buying Back Her Name

42:02 Rebuilding After the Fall

45:54 Love and Resilience: Hailey's Personal Growth

49:25 Low Point to Launch

52:21 Reflecting on Hayley's Unique Pivot

53:11 Podcast Credits

You can keep up with Hayley Paige on instagram @misshayleypaige, and check out her foundation at https://www.agirlyoumightknowfoundation.org/ 

 

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