OPRAH WINFREY

When Oprah Winfrey young film critic Roger Ebert, persuaded him to take her successful show Talk Show in Chicago. In 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show became the highest rated talk show in television history. Now earn more than one billion dollars, Winfrey has succeeded in various fields such, as an actress in the Oscar nominations, activist, magazine editors, producers, sponsors a book club and radio broadcaster. He has donated millions of dollars to victims of poverty and disease. But, according to Winfrey, none of his achievements make him more proud than she opened her second school for girls in South Africa's most needy. Leaving her grandmother's house in Mississippi, Winfrey divides her time between her mother, Vernita, in Milwaukee, and his father, Vernon, in Nashville, he raped and tortured by family friends in Milwaukee. Winfrey moved to Nashville permanently in 1968, had secretly been pregnant two weeks. His father, a strict discipline, he's rebuilding his life when a week-old baby die.Di Winfrey wins Nashville's Miss Fire Prevention contest. Sponsor contests, a radio station, offering job Winfrey read the headline in the afternoon. Once crowned Miss Black Tennessee in 1972, he competed in the Miss Black America competition, but the final day of the contest was developing her career. At age 19, he became the anchor of WTVF-TV station and leaves Nashville Tennessee State University became the first African-American news anchor woman in Nashville. After the 8 th to cohosting local events morning in Baltimore, a 29 th Winfrey once cohosts on AM talk show in Chicago, he finally took over the host. Within a month he defeated the top ranked Phil Donahue Show, and AM Chicago was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winfrey played by Quincy Jones in The Color Purple after seeing his TV show. Currently in a business trip to Chicago, he had just heard that he received an Oscar nomination. One month after Winfrey opened his own studio, Harpo Productions, The Oprah Winfrey Show into national syndication and is quickly becoming the highest rated talk show in television history. And attract 49 million viewers each week in the United States alone and distributed to 122 other countries. In 2000, after winning more than 40 Emmys, Winfrey decided to get out of Emmy consideration. Winfrey gave testimony to the Senate who support the Act of the National Child Protection, which aims to create a national database of convicted child abusers. Two years later President Bill Clinton signed the "Oprah Bill." Winfrey launched O, the Oprah Magazine. After a dispute arose between the editing staff, Winfrey moved them all to his home in Miami. Six years later the magazine hits the circulation of 2.6 million. Winfrey, who herself merupakn victims of sexual abuse, launched the "Oprah's Child Predator Watch List," featuring photographs of a child predator fugitives and offered a reward of $ 100,000 for their capture. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. He chose the 152 South African girls to attend the event. "This is the proudest, greatest day of my life," Winfrey said. In March, he opened a second school, while making the Best People and also a list of Most Influential People Time magazine version. But, in October, hit by charges of abuse of academies. Public Winfrey apologized to the family and the widow of former school was arrested on charges of physical and sexual violence. Finally, an unexpected Winfrey announced plans to end a talk show that very high ratenya in 2011 after 25 years. "I love this show," he said. "This event has become my life and I liked it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye." The media mogul is also preparing to launch his own cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture with Discovery.

Name: Oprah Winfrey

Date of Birth: January, 29 births in 1954

Place of Birth: Kosciusko, Mississippi

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