Oprah Winfrey was born into poverty in Mississippi in 1954 and experienced hardship in her early life, including being raped at age nine and giving birth to a son who died in infancy. She landed a job in radio while still in high school and became a news anchor at age 19. Winfrey's emotional interview style helped her failed Chicago talk show become number one in ratings. She then launched her own production company and her show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, became a multi-award-winning, internationally syndicated talk show where she was praised for openly discussing her past struggles with abuse, drug use, and obesity.

1. Citizenship Stage 2
Entreprenuer

2. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey born in January 29,1954, is an American media proprietor.
She is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show “The Oprah Winfrey
Show”.Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single
mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She
experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, saying she was raped
at an age nine and became pregnant at 14 ; her son died in infancy. Sent to live
the man she calls her father ,a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed 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.

3. Oprah Winfrey struggles and
challenges?
Oprah Winfrey show was ground-breaking for several
reasons, but most of all because she was unafraid to bare
her soul and her own past experiences in front of
audiences whereas most talk show hosts remained
reserved in regarded to their personal life. Though it was
difficult, she made public her past abuse, her drug problem
during her 20s and her struggle with obesity.

4. Website and more info.
www.oprah-winfrey.com/bio.htm