Oprah Winfrey · every age

What was Oprah Winfrey doing at 17?

From rural Mississippi to the first Black woman billionaire

1. c. 1971

   Miss Black Tennessee at 17, and a part-time radio job

   Radio station WVOL hired her to read news while she was still in high school. An oratory contest won her a full scholarship to Tennessee State.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org