What would the world be like without Oprah?

I don't know where I would be without Oprah. She has definitely had an impact on my life. I am so looking forward to her OWN network really taking off. I am already a faithful watcher of several shows including the Gayle King Show and Behind the Scenes. She is going to be missed, but she has taught us well. Although there will never be another Oprah, there is someone out there wsiting to teach the world more about ourselves.

After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show is coming to end, and she's moving to cable. This powerful woman -- who was born into poverty in rural Mississippi, and rose to become one of the wealthiest people in the world -- has left her mark on the business world and in the mass media. Oprah is at the top of her game. She has transformed commercial television programming, and has had a lasting impact on the black community and American popular culture in general.

Now is the perfect time to ask, what would a world without Oprah look like? What if Oprah never existed?

Without Oprah, we would be deprived of one of the nation's most profound success stories, and a role model for women everywhere. She came from a hard life, born to a single mother and the victim of childhood sexual abuse. Oprah was sent to juvenile detention at 13 and became a teen mother at 14, with her premature baby dying in infancy. And yet today, with her Harpo Productions, she has built a media empire worth an estimated $2.7 billion.

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