Oprah Winfrey

I chose Oprah Winfrey for my celebrity. There are many celebrated celebrities worthy of recognition; however, Opray stands out the most.. Opray's net worth is 3 billion dollars and is amongst America's powerful women. Opray is successful as an American media proprietor, philantropist, talk show host, actress and producer. She is known as Queen of all media. She is also the richest Afican-American of the 20th centrury. Life magazine creditd her with being the most influencial woman and the most

Peacemaker Summit- Oprah Winfrey Introduction: I was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA. As I was growing up, I moved back and forth between my grandmother, mom, and dad. After a difficult youth, including multiple counts of rape by family members and a family friend, I finally began to get my life back on track and made the decision to enter Tennessee State University in 1971. During this time I began focusing my energy on radio and television broadcasting. I continued to

4 ELLEN VS OPRAH A Closer Look into Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey Steffany Brinker University of Maryland University College Abstract There are many influential women around the world, but the two that come to mind for me are Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey. Both Ellen and Oprah have had their shows for multiple years, but they offer more than just a talk show. These two accomplished women touch the lives of many around the world on a daily basis. While these two women are both

Brief Biography and Accomplishments Oprah Winfrey is an icon and role model to men and women all over the world. Many would find it difficult to pinpoint her greatest accomplishment as Oprah has affected the lives of so many in catastrophic ways. However, Oprah wasn’t someone who was simply brought up on sums of money, she created her own luck and surpassed traumatic obstacles that continued to sculpt her into the woman she is today. For Winfrey it all began when she was born in 1954 in Kosciusko

media mogul? (“Oprah Winfrey” Forbes). The only black woman in Forbes' list of 400 Richest People in America, Oprah Winfrey has climbed up the ladder of wealth and power in the media industry, once controlled and dominated by white male owners and executives (Elkins). Apart from her award-winning TV show, Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey has established her own media empire and shaped the media industry’s print, film, and Internet sectors through her religious, empowering vision. Oprah Winfrey is a media

to see if I think that Oprah Winfrey meets Maslow’s criteria of self-actualization by using Maslow’s theories of Holistic-Dynamic (Humanistic) Theory of how Oprah is motivated by one’s needs and the characteristics that people are qualify self-actualizations. Maslow’s theory of Humanistic is about people as a whole who is/can be motivated by their needs or others. Oprah is demonstrating pathology because, in the video, Oprah @ Barbara Walters Interview 2010 – Part 1, Oprah talks about “You can’t

ample opportunities, a gateway to success. It certainly provided the break for one African American woman to attain a status she could have only dreamt of as a child growing up in an unstable, emotionally debilitating, and unpromising environment. Oprah Winfrey is arguably one of the most influential women

(Forbes. 2015). Oprah Winfrey exemplifies what it is to be an effective leader. Not only is she one of the most successful entrepreneurial woman, her position as a leader played a major role in her success. In order to be an effective leader you are organically personified with distinct traits. Oprah is very wise, knowledgeable, hard-working, motivational, inspirational, honest, genuine, confident, approachable, and always has a positive outlook on every situation. According to Forbes, Oprah felt that

A leader that I most admire is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey is from a rural area in Mississippi. She was born to a teenage single mother. Her early years she was raised by her grandmother which she taught her how to read. She was then sent back to live with her mother. While in her mother’s care she was molested as a teenager by many family friends and male relatives. She became pregnant at the age of 14, the baby died shortly after birth. Shortly after she was sent to live with her father in Tennessee

Oprah Winfrey is a household name, not only in America but throughout the world. She has graced Americans’ televisions for the over twenty-five years. Oprah has impacted many lives across the globe, whether it be first hand or through her powerful words of wisdom and encouragement. Many know of Oprah as we see her today; however, they don’t have knowledge of her past and the circumstances that shaped and molded her into the woman that we all know today. Oprah Winfrey did not always have the things