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she had a dog that choked on a ball and died

oprah was raped by her uncle

she is a show host

she is nice

she has a half sister that was put in foster care named patrica

she has put her other sis named pat in rehab

pat died of drugs

she had a baby when she was 15

her baby died at birth when she was 15

her mom had a stroke

HER FAMILLY IS FUL OF SUPRIES YEA

can u please just answer my question?


Oprah was born January 29 1954 in Mississippi.

At the age of 9 was raped by her 19 year old cusin and by

many other people she even gave birth at the age of 14,

her first boyfriend was Anthony Otey.

her first job was at WVOL.

Her first movie was the color purple as the phenomenal sofia

her family raped her

she won miss black Tennessee beauty pageant

her grandmother often hit her with a switch

she was so poor that she had to wear scraps around the house and potato bags

she was ranked most powerful and richest black woman alive

she was the first woman to earn that

she was engaged to stedman graham

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  • In the year 1972, Oprah Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and started working with a local black radio station WVOL as a news presenter.
  • In the year 1973 Oprah graduated from Tennessee State University with a degree in Speech and Performing Arts and became the first black TV news anchor reporter with WTVF-TV.
  • In 1983, Oprah moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's low-rated half-hour morning talk-show, AM Chicago and within months after Oprah took over, the show went on to become the highest rated talk show in Chicago and was renamed as "The Oprah Winfrey Show".
  • In the year 1987, Oprah won her first Emmy award for best talk/service show host and best show.
  • Oprah received the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Entertainer of the year award in 1989.
  • Oprah testified before the US congress and initiated the National Child Protection Act in 1991.
  • In 1995 Oprah not only won an Emmy for Best Talk Show and Best Host for the second year in a row but also kick started Oprah Online on AOL (American Online) in partnership with ABC. Oprah became the first woman and the only black on Forbes list of 400 richest Americans in the same year.
  • In the year 1996, Oprah received the prestigious George Foster Peabody's Individual Achievement Award. In the same year she co-authored the book "A Journal of Daily Renewal: The Companion to Make the Connection" with Bob Greene.
  • In 1997 Oprah's Angel Network was formed which encouraged people to make charitable contributions and volunteer work. In the same year she co-authored another book "Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words" with Bill Adler.
  • In the year 1998 Oprah received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmy Awards and an award for top talk show host.
  • In 2002, Oprah received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards for her services to television and film.
  • In the year 2005 Oprah was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the year. She also ranked in 9th place in public poll of the greatest Americans.
  • Oprah Winfrey was also the first black person listed by Business Week as one of America's top 50 most generous philanthropists.
  • Oprah has invested $40 million and much of her time creating the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg in South Africa, which started in January 2007.
  • Her efforts were applauded by Nelson Mandela who congratulated her for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a benefactor for others and for investing in the future of South Africa.
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Oprah has many attractive characteristics, including generosity. She is very understanding and grateful for he life she has been given.

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