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How I Went From Power Ranger Villainess to QVC Hero

No 443 JENNIFER YEN

YENSA

THREE-YEAR REVENUE GROWTH: 1,107%

With her first beauty brand, former Power Ranger actor Jennifer Yen didn’t hit the mark she’d set for herself in representing the Asian beauty traditions she’d learned from her mother and grandmother. Thanks to critical advice from the buyers at QVC, and a little postpartum Chinese wisdom from her mother, Yen pushed the reset button with Yensa. Here’s what happened when the fledgling, L.A.-based beauty brand earned Yen a golden ticket to appear live on QVC—with eight minutes to

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