Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential women in the world. Oprah was a breakthrough for women in the television/broadcasting industry and most importantly for African-American women. Oprah came from a poor background and with her parent’s divorce she found herself moving a couple times growing up. Oprah knows what it is like to be very unfortunate and clearly she knows what it is like to be extremely fortunate but she definitely had to work her way up to where she is today. Oprah had a very difficult time breaking into the broadcasting business, she first started on the radio but even that wasn’t very common for women. Eventually she became a news reporter but even with that she was criticized for being too emotional on the air and crying when she was reporting someone’s house burning down. This is when Oprah found her niche on what is now emerged into one of the most successful and most watched Talk Shows of today, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah started her show with the typical format of an issue and bringing on guests and having a lot of audience involvement and questions. The Oprah show today is now more of an interview show and she has a lot of celebrities come on to promote their new movie or authors for their new book. Oprah has used her fame to do great things; she gives more than any other celebrity and has invested multiple shows all surrounding the idea of giving. She is extremely generous and looked up to yet she is still able to relate to the common woman/mother because of her roots. She is admirable because she has worked so incredibly hard and defied the odds when it seemed it was nearly impossible. Oprah is looked up to by all women and is a symbol of what many women working today strive to be.
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Oprah is one of the most influential people in the world. None to be the first African American billionaire who is a woman, Oprah has established her empire based on who she is as a person. During the early 1980’s her talk show wasn’t the most popular and she was often criticized for her weight. Today, Oprah has taken the courage to say, “No I don’t have a perfect body.” Oprah addresses critical issues in a growing society about the struggles of youth and family survival in today’s society. Besides interviewing celebrities, Oprah addresses the important issues as well that truly affect society. She is a remarkable woman who has changed the lives of many. Despite the vast amount of money she has accumulation, Oprah gives back to society through charities, schools, education, families and so much more.
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