Oprah Winfrey, a talk show hostess also known as an actress, philanthropist, publisher and a producer.
Oprah Winfrey was born in the town Kosciusko in Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. She grew up in a small farming community, and had a troubled childhood where she got sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother. She moved to Nashville to live with her father and entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.
At the age of 19, she became the youngest person and the first African-American woman to anchor the news at Nashville's television five, WTVF-TV.
Oprah moved to Chicago to host World’s Largest Store, WLS-TV's morning talk show, AM Chicago,
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For example, did Winfrey confess to being sexually abused as a child and because of that, she started her own unofficial campaign for victims of abuse. Also, celebrities like Michael Jackson opened up about his skin-pigment disorder and Ellen DeGeneres came out to the public as gay for the first time on her show. After that Oprah has also joined Ellen on her Ellen DeGeneres show.
In 2007, Winfrey's Leadership Academy, which is a school for girls and is located near Johannesburg in South Africa, was opened. Winfrey promised to build the school after meeting Nelson Mandela and before building the school, she interviewed a lot of the South African girls which was academically gifted girls from disadvantaged backgrounds.
In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama for becoming one of the world’s most successful broadcast journalist and also for her work in philanthropic causes and expanding opportunities for young women
The medal of freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor and the medal goes to a person who has done an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private
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She became the founding fashion director of the Vibe magazine. Few years back she held the position of stylist for the movie Paid in Full. She became editor-in-chief for the Honey magazine. She returned to Essence being the executive editor of Fashion and Beauty, simultaneously directed the Culture section. She usher in Take Back the Music campaign which made a safe place for all the young women to have a discussion about their feeling about their images in the music videos. She appeared in the documentary The Souls of Black Girls, in addition to she was in the BET special called, Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?. Soon after Davis was hired as chief creative consultant as well as editorial brand manager to rebranding of BET. She appeared in Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness. She came up with community conversation venture, MAD Free: Liberating Conversations About Our Image, Beauty and Power. It was followed by next campaign BuryTheRatchet: The Revolutionary Pro Sisterhood Campaign.
Following her brief career on the MSNBC, she took a step forward in her career, as she began to guest appear on the numerous TV and radio talk shows, such as “American Morning”, “Real Time With Bill Maher”, “The Michael Medved Show” and others. She slowly build her career as a controversial personality, which benefited to her popularity, but as well to her net worth, due to the increased media attention.
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. Oprah hosted her first TV show People Are Talking which was a very popular TV show. Oprah was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show. After a while she became the host her own show called The Oprah Winfrey Show that aired for 25 seasons from 1986 to 2011. I actually met Oprah Winfrey in person she’s a very nice and respectful women. Did you know Oprah Winfrey was the first African American female billionaire in the United States
adoptive parent, she was also the first African American woman to serve in the Tennessee state
as Oprah Winfrey she is an actor and a popular talk show host she was born in Kosciusko, MS.
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He parents were UN married and separated after conception. Oprah had a difficult childhood, battling through poverty and sexual abuse at an early age.
Oprah Winfrey has had an outstanding career and has emerged as the most significant female African American of her generation and those following her. From her early childhood Oprah has faced many obstacles and family distortions such as
Leveraging her fame on multi-award winning talk show, Oprah uses her influence and power to lift up people and make a better world. She has clearly become a brand. She understood that everything she does is the reflection of her brand. She cares about her reputation and is not interested to license her name for monetary gain. She prefers to use her name to promote social causes and education. Inspired by the late Nelson Mandela, Oprah went on to build the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls just outside Johannesburg, in Mandela’s native country. Oprah says, “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom”. One of her
Eventually Oprah was given another job as an anchor for a local TV station. Then in Baltimore she co-anchored at WJZ
Oprah Winfrey is a famous American media proprietor who gained popularity because of her talk show that is called ” The Oprah Winfrey Show” which is one of the most rated T.V. program in the history. She is also an outstanding actress, philanthropist besides being a producer.
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I will not only be focusing on her life on TV but also her life before that. The life she had before she became famous, January 29, 194, Kosciusko, Mississippi (Hutchinson Encyclopedia). Where a beautiful baby girl was born named Oprah Gail Winfrey. At that very point in her life, no one could have known how smart and successful she was going to be. She grew up living on a farm with
Furthermore, women went from being submissive to being influential. Women have changed the world. We have some of the most powerful and influential women, who have contribute to shaping our society, for example, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. For instance, Oprah uses TV to help the lives of many Americans; her book club attracts millions of readers and because she is a benevolent billionaire, she gives a lot of money to charity. Oprah also built an all girls school in South Africa to give the underprivileged girls in South Africa a chance to purse a higher education. Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls indicates that, “when you're
This foundation gives money to the Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, which is a school that Winfrey began in 2007 (Frazier).