17 Interesting Facts About Oprah Winfrey

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
Dubbed as the “Queen of All Media”, Oprah Winfrey has been ranked as the richest African-American of the whole 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist and is presently North America’s only multi-billionaire black person.
Here are some interesting facts about the Queen:

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1. O-P-R-A-H

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Her production company is called Harpo, which is Oprah spelled backwards.
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2. Dog Lover

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Oprah is a dog lover and has five dogs!
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3. Greatest Accomplishment

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Oprah considers opening a girl’s school as her greatest accomplishment.
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4. Kind Hearted

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Oprah launched Dr. Phil’s, Gayle King’s, Nate Berkus’ and Dr. Oz’s Career.
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5. Together Till Death Do Them Apart

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Oprah and Stedman Graham have been together since 1986, though they never got married even after the proposal.
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6. Children

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She doesn’t have children but she got pregnant at the age of fourteen and gave birth to a child who died.
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7. Abused But Standing Strong

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She was abused sexually as a little child but now she helps bring up these issues to public through her shows.
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8. European Cruise

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She treated her staff with a European Cruise tour in 2009.
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9. Deciding against giving birth

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“Something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it probably would’ve been them.
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10. OWN

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Launched in 2011 was her own network called, well, OWN.
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11. Misspelled Name

Her original name would have been Oparh had there been no mistake on the birth certificate
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12. Vogue

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She became the first African-American to be on the cover of Vogue Magazine.
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13. Nothing To Lose

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She was asked to lose weight for the magazine cover photo shoot by Anna Wintour.
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14. Courageous Task

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Oprah revealed her new and svelte figure and wheeled out a wagon full of 67 pounds of fat to signify the weight she has lost.
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15. Lindsay Lohan

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Oprah documented documentary of Lindsay Lohan which got premiered in 2014.
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16. The Name Game

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50 Cent named his dog after Oprah and his cat after her best friend, Gayle king.
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17. Happy Birthday!

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She celebrated her 51st birthday by getting an ear pierced.
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