Oprah Winfrey - Top 10 Fun Facts - as part of the celebrities series by GeoBeats.

10 - She was originally named Orpah, but it was misspelled Oprah on her birth certificate. [people.com]
9 - As a teen, she won a beauty pageant with the title of Miss Black Tennessee. [museum.tv]
8 - She has a condition titled Chiclephobia, more commonly known as a fear of chewing gum. [contactmusic.com]
7 - In her youth, Oprah would wear dresses made from potato sacks. [people.rit.edu]
6 - Oprah skipped kindergarten and the second grade due to her intelligence. [nndb.com]
5 - Oprah is the first black woman to be listed on the Forbes Billionaire list.
[nytimes.com]
4 - She was reading by age 3. [imdb.com]
3 - She grew up very poor and did not get her first pair of shoes until 6 years of age. [imdb.com]
2 - She owns a 42 acre home called 'The Promised Land' which she paid $50 million for. [wikipedia.org]
1 - Oprah was born to a single, teenage mom. [achievement.org]