Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her mother was Vernita Lee, who lived on a small family farm. Oprah's biological father, Vernon Winfrey, was a soldier temporarily stationed at a nearby base. Born to an unwed mother Oprah grew up in dire poverty, and was primarily raised by her grandmother. Sexually abused and mistreated as a child, Winfrey rose above adversity to focus on her primary and high school education. 

 

 

 

She shuttled between different caregivers throughout her childhood, and attended Nashville East High School in Nashville, Tennessee. In her senior year, Oprah was chosen to read the news on a local radio station. In the same year, she won the Miss Black Tennessee contest.

 

 

When she was still a teenager, the local CBS television station in Nashville, Tennessee offered her a job as a co-anchor. She turned it down three times. At age 19, Oprah Winfrey said yes after the fourth offer. She failed the interview, but instead was offered a job as a full-time reporter for a Baltimore television news channel. She did poorly as a reporter, and by age 22 she was fired from the news division. The director of the station gave Winfrey a boost by selecting her to anchor a morning talk show entitled ‘People are Talking’. For the next seven years, her talk show enjoyed excellent ratings.

 

 

In 1981, she moved to Chicago to host a talk show entitled ‘A.M. Chicago’. Four years later, after a tremendous boost in the ratings, the producers changed the name to ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’.

 

Oprah Winfrey became the richest self-made woman in America and one of the most influential and powerful women in the world. In 2000, this talented artist was honored with the ‘Spingarn Medal’ from the NAACP and In 2013, she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’. She has also won dozens of awards and recognitions for her broadcasting and acting career.

 

 

She lives on a property named ‘The Promised Land’ in California. She has dated several celebrities, including John Tesh and Roger Ebert, but has never married. She has officially been in a relationship with her long-time boyfriend Stedman Graham since 1986.  

 

 

The philanthropic talk show host has given over 400 scholarships to Morehouse College. She has also been ranked as among the 50 most generous Americans.

 

 

Oprah Winfrey made a very stylish appearance at the Oscars in a nude Vera Wang gown with a plunging neckline and crisscross detailing with her signature hair in a big shock of curls.

 

 

Oprah Winfrey added major sparkle to her look with classic elegance with this black wrap top and sequined black skirt at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

 

 

Oprah Winfrey paired black skinny pants with a purple tunic top accessorized with a simple gray envelope clutch for her dinner date. 

Oprah loves to wear iridescent styles. She donned a green evening coat with a tie belt and pockets over a pair of jeans plus subtle glitter to her look with a pair of diamond studs.

 

 

This talented talk show host is now considered to be the wealthiest African-American woman in the United States