Oprah
Winfrey is a great TV Show host and a great broadcaster. Oprah was born on January 29, 1954
in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She grew up tough grandmother, Hattie Mae on the
farm for six years. When six-year-old mother, Vernita found work as a maid in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she eventually was taken from her grandmother. Because it
is still very poor, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother and stepfather of
two brothers in one room. Her mother always went in the morning and come home
at night, so it does not have time for family.
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Oprah
is often blurred to the attention of his mother. At the age of 9 years Oprah
was sexually abused by 19-year-old cousin. At the age of 14 years, Oprah
pregnant but the baby died after birth. Eventually her mother sent her to live
with her father and stepmother Vernom Zelma Winfrey in Nashville after she fled
a week. Oprah lived with a bitter life.
His
father did not tolerate bad grades. In addition to homework is done, every week
Oprah is required to write a book report and questioned the new vocabulary.
Although she initially hates, but eventually she could rise because of the
attention and love from her parents. In high school she was selected to
represent the school at the youth conference in the White House and win a $
1,000 scholarship to a speech she wrote about 'The Negro, the Constitution, and
the United States'.
At
the age of 16 years Oprah speaks at a church in Los Angeles. In the 1970s, she
gained his first job as a news announcer for local radio station has received
countless big fees for a high school student in the amount of $ 100 per week.
Oprah maintained that job until she enrolled at Tennessee State University. The
age of 19 years she worked as a reporter and news anchor at TV stations in Nashville.
In
1976, Oprah became a TV show host in Baltimore
and became the companion guide pickle talk show People Are Talking. In 1984 she
became her own show guide A. M Chicago. The show managed to lose the show Phil Donahue
Show and she became a star in 120 major cities in the U.S. In 1986, The Oprah
Winfrey Show made its debut and won her first national
success was watched by 48 million viewers and was broadcast internationally in 126 countries.
Oprah and Hearts Magazine introduced The
O, The Oprah Magazine in 2000. April 2002
she launched O, The Oprah Magazine South Africa's international edition. Oprah
is a Broadway theater producer of "The Color Purple", creates its own
web site (oprah.com), and has a satellite radio Oprah and Friends. Oprah also
starred in several movies drama:
The Color Purple (1985)
Native Son, The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Before Women Had Wings (1997)
Beloved (1998)
Oprah
Winfrey received Awards:
2006
- Time Magazine - 100 Most Influential People in the
World.
- Library Lion 2006 of the Public Library New York
(The New York Public Library).
2005
- 2005 National Freedom Award from the Museum of the
National Civil Rights (National Civil Rights Museum)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People - Hall of Fame
- Time Magazine - 100 Most Influential People in the
World.
- 2005 International Emmy Founders Award from the
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
2004
- Awards Global Humanitarian Actions (Global
Humanitarian Action Award) from the United Nations Association of the Americas
(United Nations Association of the United States of America)
- Award for Distinguished Service (Distinguished
Service Award) from the National Association of Broadcasters (National
Association of Broadcasters)
- Time Magazine - 100 Most Influential People in the
World.
2003
- Association of American Publishers - AAP Honors
Award
2002
- 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ® - Bob Hope
Humanitarian Award
- Broadcasting & Cable - Hall of Fame
1999
- National Book Foundation - 50th Anniversary Gold
Medal
1998
- National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ®
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Time Magazine - 100 Most Influential People in the
20th century.
1997
- Newsweek - Most Important Person in Books and Media
- TV Guide - Television Performer of the Year
1996
- International Radio & Television Society
Foundation - Gold Medal Award
- George Foster Peabody Awards - 1995
- Individual Achievement Award
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