from rags to riches

3. Born: january 29,1954
(age 60)
kosciusko,Mississippi,
U.S.
Mother: vernita lee
Father: vernon winfrey

4.  After birth:her mother traveled north &she
spent her first 6 years with his maternal
grandmother, Hattie mae lee.
 At age six:she moved to inner city
neighbourd in milwaukee,to live with her
mother who was less supportive &
encouraging than her grandmother.

6.  At the age of nine: she was molested by her
cousin,uncle,a family friend.
 At the age of 13: after suffering years of
abuse, she ran away from home.
 At the age of 14:she became pregnant but
her son died shortly after birth.

7.  later, she began going to Lincoln high school.
 After early success in the upbound program
was transferred to the affulent suburban
Nicolet high school.
 After this she studied in east Nashville high
school placing second in the nation In
dramatic interpretation.
 she won oratory contest,which secured her to
full scholarship to Tennessee state
university,a historically black institution.

8.  Her first job as a
teenager was
working at a local
grocery store.
 At the age of 17:
she won the miss
black tenessee
beauty pageant.

9.  She worked part time in local black radio
station,WVOL during her senior year of high
school and again while in her first two years
of college
 The first black female anchor at Nashville’s
WLAC-Tv.
 Then she moved baltimores WJZ-tv in 1976.

10. 1. Film: play as sofia in The color purple.
Winfrey performance earned her nomination
for an oscar and golden globe award as best
oppurtunity actress.
2. Publishing and writing : Winfrey has co-
authored 5 books

11. 3.Magazine : The oprah magazine, O at home etc.
4.Online : oprah.com average more than 70 million
page view and more than 6 million users per
month.
5.Radio : winfrey signed 3 years $55 million contract
with XM Satellite Radio to establish a new radio
channel.

12.  At the age of 17 she won the miss black
tenesees beauty pageant.
 In 1987,its first year of eligibility the shows
received 3 day time emmy awards in the
catogories of outstanding host , outstanding
talk/service program and outstanding
direction.
 In the following year ,the show received in
second emmy award as outstanding
talk/service program

13.  In 1998, received a lifetime achievement
award for the National academy of Television
& Science.
 In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded
her The Nation’s Highest Civilian Honour,The
presidental medal of freedom.

15.  Former host of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
 Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions.
 Chairwoman, CEO, and CCO of the Oprah
Winfrey Network.
 Actress.
 Author.