Oprah Winfrey has transformed greatly from whom she was when she was a child to where she is now. Oprah went from having endured horrible experiences at a very young age to become a true global icon and she is now idolized as a media expert. She has affected so many lives with her charity, as well as helping people through important issues she covered on her talk show. She is loved because she helps her fans, rather than just basking in their appreciation of her. Oprah has become a media expert with her many accomplishments, such as her talk show, magazine, and channel, and her impact continuous to grow.
Background.
At a young age, Oprah left her grandmother's farm in Mississippi to live in Milwaukee with her mother who was a housemaid. From ages nine to thirteen, she endured repeated sexual abuse from male relatives. She attempted to run away, and was sent to a juvenile home, then was out on her own by age fourteen. As a teenager, Oprah was pregnant with a baby boy, who then later died in infancy. After all horrible experiences Oprah has had, she went to live in Nashville Tennessee with her father, who gave her a disciplined, secure home that she was much in need of. Oprah said, "As strict as he was he had some concerns about me making the best of my life, and would not accept anything less, " (Achievement.org).
He gave her an encouraging environment, forcing her to meet curfew, and read a book then write a report on it once a week. At age seventeen, headed on the opposite path than when she was younger and living with her mother, Oprah being am honor student, received prices for dramatic recitation, and won a full scholarship to Tennessee State University. She first became a small public figure when she was offered a job for the radio station WVOL. This is what started her public career.
Rise to Fame.
Being recognized from the radio station, Winfrey was offered a job as a reporter and anchor for a local television station, which lead to Oprah starring and co-hosting some programs and talk shows.