Cliche I know but Oprah is such an inspiration!
25 years later she is the first lady off television with her own network and the first black woman billionaire of our time.
Oprah flaunts her pearly whites in Harper's Bazaar November 2012 issue which will be hitting newsstands October 23.
At the age of 58, she goes into detail on why she chose to own her own network, the initial start up of the network and some of her guilty pleasures.
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-Elle-