Alexis Demko

Where you’ve seen her:
Looting the condemned buildings of San Diego in her role as America’s hottest salvager.

Room raider:
While other 17-year-olds were raiding Mom’s liquor cabinet, Alexis was raiding condemned buildings for goods to sell out of her father’s construction office. Five years later she is running her own salvage biz.

Buyer beware:
“When I introduced myself to one buyer, he said, ‘I thought you were gonna be a burly old woman.’”

No glove lost:
Alexis is used to being underestimated, but three years of boxing has toughened her up: “I’ve gone up against guys. It’s rough, but I can hold my own.”

May 2004 (#77)