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오프라 윈프리 Oprah Gail Winfrey

Summary: 오프라 윈프리 Oprah Gail Winfrey 최근 이슈 보기 출생 1954년 01월 29일학력 테니시 주립대학교 공연예술전공경력 TV 오프라 윈프리 쇼 진행자 영화 비러브드 1998 컬러퍼플 1985 수상 국제 에미상 방송인상 2005 미 인권 http www2 oprah com index jhtmlI don t think of myself as a businesswoman said Oprah Winfrey in 2002 Well Forbes magazine certainly does She s made their rich list every year since 1995 An abuse survivor born to a teenage mum and raised in poverty the woman now known simply by her first name is today the head of a billion dollar media empire Oprah Gail Winfrey was born at home in Kosciusko Mississippi on January 29 1954 her existence the result of what she called a one day fling under an oak tree Her mum a part time maid was 18 her father 20 After spending her first years on her grandmother s Mississippi farm the bright six year old went to live with her single mother who struggled on welfare in a poor Milwaukee Wisconsin neighbourhood She was just nine years old when her life was changed forever when she was raped by a teenage cousin Over the next five years she was molested by three other men all friends of the family As a young teen the intelligent girl with butterfly rimmed glasses became a rebel breaking curfew and stealing behaviour that would have sent her to a detention centre had her father a Nashville barber not taken her in Under her father s disciplined and loving care he immediately banned her from calling him Pops and wearing short skirts she went from delinquent to honour student The 5ft 7in pupil was voted the most popular student at Nashville High School and competed in the Miss Black America pageant She won an oratory scholarship to Tennessee State University in 1971 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech and drama When she was 19 still a college student and living at home Oprah took a job as a broadcaster at a local TV station She may have been appearing onscreen nightly the first black person and first woman hired to anchor the news in Nashville but that didn t stop her dad insisting she be home by midnight In 1976 she took a job as an evening news co anchor in Baltimore but after breaking into tears when reporting sad stories she realised hard news was not her forte Instead she signed for a stint on a local morning show Seven years later having moved to Illinois the seal was set on her career when the show she presented AM Chicago became The Oprah Winfrey Show Suddenly 30 year old Oprah was competing with silver haired veteran chat show icon Phil Donahue on Chicago screens Folksy yet street smart she was unlike anything TV had ever seen before In September 1985 The Oprah Winfrey Show made its national debut and trounced rival Donahue in the ratings addressing a broad mix of human issues from family disputes to racism The same year Hollywood came knocking Producer Quincy Jones had spotted her on Chicago TV and asked Steven Spielberg to consider her for a role in The Color Purple Her powerful acting debut brought her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination in 1986 Throughout her career she has continued to act including a role in the screen adaptation of Toni Morrison s Beloved which she also produced In the early Eighties she met the love of her life a 6ft 6in PR executive with a graduate degree in education Stedman Graham And the answer to the oft asked question after nearly 20 years together why not tie the knot Says the never married mogul Once we settled we were going to be together it ceased to be an issue It just never comes up One thing that does come up and down is her weight She once said People tell me not to lose weight I might lose my personality I tell them Honey it ain t in my thighs A chronic dieter she lost 67lbs in 1989 and said soon after I feel like I ve been given wings Her flight was short lived however as by 1991 she d gained most of it back Yet honesty about her weight struggles only brought her closer to audiences Her programme currently airing in 107 countries has been at number one for nearly two decades while being included in her Oprah s Book Club show increases the sales of a publication tenfold Also under the Oprah umbrella are Harpo Productions and O The Oprah Magazine the paid circulation of which beats that of US Vogue She s also ventured into the cable TV game with a stake in women s channel Oxygen Such successful ventures led her to become the first black woman to join the ranks of Forbes magazine s billionaires list in 2003 A philanthropist who set up two charitable organizations Oprah s Angel Network and A Better Chance she donates at least ten percent of her massive income to good causes mostly anonymously The girl from Mississippi who announced in 2002 she would be quitting her successful show after 20 years dedicates her success to her black female forerunners author Maya Angelou now a close friend 19th century abolitionist Sojourner Truth and entrepreneur Madame CJ Walker I believe I am the seed of the free she says I believe those women are a part of my legacy and the bridges that I crossed to get where I am today They are looking out for me 오프라 윈프리 Oprah Gail Winfrey 최근 이슈 보기 출생 1954년 01월 29일학력 테니시 주립대학교 공연예술전공경력 TV 오프라 윈프리 쇼 진행자 영화 비러브드 1998 컬러퍼플 1985 수상 국제 에미상 방송인상 2005 미 인권 http www2 oprah com index jhtmlI don t think of myself as a businesswoman said Oprah Winfrey in 2002 Well Forbes magazine certainly does She s made their rich list every year since 1995 An abuse survivor born to a teenage mum and raised in poverty the woman now known simply by her first name is today the head of a billion dollar media empire Oprah Gail Winfrey was born at home in Kosciusko Mississippi on January 29 1954 her existence the result of what she called a one day fling under an oak tree Her mum a part time maid was 18 her father 20 After spending her first years on her grandmother s Mississippi farm the bright six year old went to live with her single mother who struggled on welfare in a poor Milwaukee Wisconsin neighbourhood She was just nine years old when her life was changed forever when she was raped by a teenage cousin Over the next five years she was molested by three other men all friends of the family As a young teen the intelligent girl with butterfly rimmed glasses became a rebel breaking curfew and stealing behaviour that would have sent her to a detention centre had her father a Nashville barber not taken her in Under her father s disciplined and loving care he immediately banned her from calling him Pops and wearing short skirts she went from delinquent to honour student The 5ft 7in pupil was voted the most popular student at Nashville High School and competed in the Miss Black America pageant She won an oratory scholarship to Tennessee State University in 1971 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech and drama When she was 19 still a college student and living at home Oprah took a job as a broadcaster at a local TV station She may have been appearing onscreen nightly the first black person and first woman hired to anchor the news in Nashville but that didn t stop her dad insisting she be home by midnight In 1976 she took a job as an evening news co anchor in Baltimore but after breaking into tears when reporting sad stories she realised hard news was not her forte Instead she signed for a stint on a local morning show Seven years later having moved to Illinois the seal was set on her career when the show she presented AM Chicago became The Oprah Winfrey Show Suddenly 30 year old Oprah was competing with silver haired veteran chat show icon Phil Donahue on Chicago screens Folksy yet street smart she was unlike anything TV had ever seen before In September 1985 The Oprah Winfrey Show made its national debut and trounced rival Donahue in the ratings addressing a broad mix of human issues from family disputes to racism The same year Hollywood came knocking Producer Quincy Jones had spotted her on Chicago TV and asked Steven Spielberg to consider her for a role in The Color Purple Her powerful acting debut brought her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination in 1986 Throughout her career she has continued to act including a role in the screen adaptation of Toni Morrison s Beloved which she also produced In the early Eighties she met the love of her life a 6ft 6in PR executive with a graduate degree in education Stedman Graham And the answer to the oft asked question after nearly 20 years together why not tie the knot Says the never married mogul Once we settled we were going to be together it ceased to be an issue It just never comes up One thing that does come up and down is her weight She once said People tell me not to lose weight I might lose my personality I tell them Honey it ain t in my thighs A chronic dieter she lost 67lbs in 1989 and said soon after I feel like I ve been given wings Her flight was short lived however as by 1991 she d gained most of it back Yet honesty about her weight struggles only brought her closer to audiences Her programme currently airing in 107 countries has been at number one for nearly two decades while being included in her Oprah s Book Club show increases the sales of a publication tenfold Also under the Oprah umbrella are Harpo Productions and O The Oprah Magazine the paid circulation of which beats that of US Vogue She s also ventured into the cable TV game with a stake in women s channel Oxygen Such successful ventures led her to become the first black woman to join the ranks of Forbes magazine s billionaires list in 2003 A philanthropist who set up two charitable organizations Oprah s Angel Network and A Better Chance she donates at least ten percent of her massive income to good causes mostly anonymously The girl from Mississippi who announced in 2002 she would be quitting her successful show after 20 years dedicates her success to her black female forerunners author Maya Angelou now a close friend 19th century abolitionist Sojourner Truth and entrepreneur Madame CJ Walker I believe I am the seed of the free she says I believe those women are a part of my legacy and the bridges that I crossed to get where I am today They are looking out for me

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