I was the epitome of rags to riches.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

[Autobiographies] are all the same -- it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that.

From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.

My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.

She really is a rags-to-riches story. Carly had never bowled before a month into her sophomore year. I actually had to convince her to come out for the team, and now colleges are starting to take notice.