There are so many amazing women in the world right now paving the way for us in different ways that it’s difficult to single out one, but the person who immediately comes to mind is Oprah Winfrey.

I remember as a child watching her on television and being awestruck at how confident, eloquent and successful she was. The Oprah Winfrey Show was always on and for a young girl who was unsure of what the future would hold, it was reassuring to be able to watch someone who looked like me doing so well.

Oprah had a calmness about her and an incredible power of empathy that was fascinating to watch. She also had the Midas touch – any book she talked about became a bestseller, and she had celebrities queuing to be interviewed by her. Not only that, but she was always so generous with her audience – I’ll never forget the show where she gave each person a car!

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