But it is through her talk show that her influence has been greatest. When Winfrey talks, her viewers an estimated 14 million daily in the U.S. and millions more in 132 other countries listen. Any book she chooses for her on-air book club becomes an instant best seller. When she established the world s largest piggy bank, people all over the country contributed spare change to raise more than $1 million to send disadvantaged kids to college. When she blurted that hearing about the threat of mad-cow disease just stopped me cold from eating another burger! , the perceived threat to the beef industry was enough to trigger a multimillion-dollar lawsuit .
Born in 1954 to unmarried parents, Winfrey was raised by her grandmother on a farm with no indoor plumbing in Kosciusko, Miss. By age 3 she was reading the Bible and reciting in church. At 6 she moved to her mother s home in Milwaukee, Wis.; later, to her father s in Nashville, Tenn. A lonely child, she found solace in books. When a seventh-grade teacher noticed the young girl reading during lunch, he got her a scholarship to a better school. Winfrey s talent for public performance and spontaneity in answering questions helped her win beauty contests and get her first taste of public attention.
Crowned Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville at 17, Winfrey visited a local radio station, where she was invited to read copy for a lark and was hired to read news on the air. Two rs later, while a sophomore at Tennessee State University, she was hired as Nashville s first female and first black TV-news anchor. After graduation, she took an anchor position in Baltimore, Md., but lacked the detachment to be a reporter. She cried when a story was sad, laughed when she misread a word. Instead, she was given an early-morning talk show. She had found her medium.
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