Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi‚ on January 29‚ 1954. Best known for hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ she is an actress‚ a media proprietor‚ a philanthropist‚ a talk show host‚ as well as a producer. With a projected net worth of USD $2.9 billion‚ she is the first African-American woman to become a billionaire. At the age of 17‚ Oprah came first in the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and was proffered an opportunity to join WVOL‚ a radio station serving the African American in
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Very much like Oprah Winfrey‚ whom hit rock bottom before soaring to the top. Oprah‚ an American television host‚ actress‚ producer‚ philanthropist and
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Oprah Winfrey is an actress‚ a talk show host‚ producer‚ and a philanthropist. Oprah’s fame started around when she was only 17 years old. Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and was offered an on-air job at a radio station called WVOL‚ serving the African American community. After leaving Tennessee State University-where she was majoring in Speech Communication and Performing Arts-Oprah signed on with a local television station as a reporter and anchor. In 1976‚ she moved off to
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shape the personality of an individual. There are different theories of growth of personality of an individual. In this assignment‚ I will take up the case of well-known figure Oprah Winfrey. Based on different theories of personality‚ I will study the factors which contributed to the growth of personality of Oprah Winfrey. Experts have worked on the science of personality development. They have presented the various theories of growth of a personality. The term personality is the product of learned
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biographical sketch on Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey‚ born Orpah Gail Winfrey (Harpo productions 2013)‚ a top American talk show host‚ actress‚ producer‚ entrepreneur and philanthropist‚ was born on January 29 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi (A +E television networks‚ 1996). She lived in this small rural community with her mother‚ and underwent a troubled adolescent life experiencing sexual harassment from close male relatives and family friends. It is after her adolescent troubles that she moved to Nashville
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Oprah Winfrey’s influence spans journalistic mediums‚ ideologies and nations‚ yet she remains every woman’s cheerleader and friend‚ in feeling if not in fact. Oprah is charismatic‚ inspirational and promotes self-actualization in her viewers. She is a truly transformational leader who epitomizes all aspects of servant leadership by devoting herself to the greater good. “Transformational leaders influence‚ inspire‚ move‚ and literally transform followers to achieve organizational goals beyond
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Life Span Development and Personality of Oprah Winfrey Lori Rial University of Phoenix College Online PSY 300/ General Psychology Jackie Grimmett October 27‚ 2008 Oprah Winfrey rose from a troubled youth and poverty to become the most influential and powerful woman in television. Forbes Magazine cited her as the world’s most highly paid entertainer. Winfrey is not only recognized as a talk show hostess‚ but also produces and acts in television movies and feature films
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Oprah Winfrey has become one of the most influential women in modern day America. Starting from her show‚ The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ Oprah has advanced to establishing her own network OWN. Her cultural influence has only continued to get stronger as her programs‚ books‚ and even her presence have become more popular. Oprah promotes a New Age worldview mixed with unorthodox viewpoints. She constantly promotes the message that the truth is within each person. This individualism has assisted in producing
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Oprah Winfrey Thesis: Oprah Winfrey became a household name because she is tenacious‚ charitable‚ and inspiring. Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29‚ 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi. Her mother was eighteen years old‚ single‚ and not ready to be a parent. Once Oprah was four years old‚ her mother moved to Milwaukee and left Oprah with her grandmother. They were extremely poor and lived on a farm‚ but Oprah was a highly intelligent child and did well in school. Her grandmother taught her to read when
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and philanthropist Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko‚ Mississippi‚ on January 29‚ 1954 to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey. Vernita and Vernon had Oprah at a young age and never were married to each other during the time of Oprah’s birth. Oprah Winfrey had a difficult adolescents living with her mother‚ she was sexually abused by male relatives and friends of her mother. Oprah ran away from home and was sent to a juvenile detention center. Around this time she gave birth to a
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