Who is Oprah Winfrey ?
Oprah Winfrey is famous all over the world. Her story is heartening to most of us. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to teenage single mother. Later she was raised by her grandmother. At the age of nine, she was raped by her relatives. She became pregnant at 14; but her child died in infancy. After this incidence, she went to Nashville, Tennessee to live with her father. At the age of 17 years old she won Miss Black Tennessee beauty contest.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood.
She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.
Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.
Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
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Who is Oprah Winfrey Dating ?
Stedman Graham and Oprah Winfrey got engaged in 1992.
We don’t have any information about her past affairs & dating.
What is Oprah Winfrey Net Worth ?
Forbes estimates Winfrey’s net worth as $3.1 billion, putting her in 660th place on its list of billionaires (she was the first black woman billionaire in world history).
Bloomberg has a slightly higher figure—$3.4 billion—according to its Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Quick Facts
- Born Name: Oprah Gail Winfrey
- Nick Name: Oprah, O, The Preacher
- Height: 169 centimetres, 5 feet 6.5 inches
- Weight: 77 kg / 170 pound
- Hair Color: Dark Brown
- Eye Color: Dark Brown
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Measurements: 41-32-40 inches
- Bra Size: 38C
- Shoe Size: 10.5 (US)
- First TV Show: People are talking, Channel WJZ’s local talk show
- First Film: The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
- Oprah Winfrey Most Known Movies: Beloved (1998) with Danny Glover, The Butler (2013) with Forest Whitaker, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Alex Pettyfer, Selma (2014) with David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth
- Father: Vernon Winfrey (War Veteran)
- Mother: Vernita Lee (Housemaid)
- Siblings: Patricia Lee Lloyd (Half Sister), Patricia Lofton (Half Sister), Jefferey Lee (Half Brother)
- Grandmother: Hatti Mae Lee
- Dress Size: 12
- Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
- Date of Birth: January 29, 1954
- Birthplace: Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States of America
- Nationality: American
- Occupation / Profession: Actress, Television Producer, Talk Show Host, Philanthropist and Author
- Net Worth: $ 2.9 Billion
- Oprah Winfrey website: www.oprah.com
