The cliché about taking lemons and making lemonade definitely applies here. Bristol Palin ignited nationwide controversy when it was revealed that she was pregnant at just 18 during her mother and John McCain’s 2008 presidential run for the White House. Her famous mother, Sarah Palin, is known for her strong stance on abstinence only sex education for teens. The now 20-year-old single mother however turned that negative publicity into a huge payday by becoming a Candie’s Foundation abstinence ambassador, a position that earned her a hefty $262,000 in 2009.