Oprah Winfrey has brought the crowd to their feet following her empowering speech at the Essence festival in New Orleans on Saturday.
The 62-year-old addressed the largest gathering of African-American in the US for the first time as she shared inspirational anecdotes aimed at helping women of colour achieve their dreams.
Flaunting her slimmed-down figure in a ruched red dress, the Weight Watchers spokesperson told the crowd, “This is what I know for sure: You don’t get what you hope for. You don’t get get what you wish for. You get what you believe.”
The 62-year-old talk show queen put her incredible figure on display during her appearance.
Oprah, who built an empire despite her poor upbringing and traumatic experiences including sexual abuse at a young age, told the audience about her own personal perspectives of wealth and success.
“I used to dream the dream driving through the white peoples’ neighborhoods. You’d see their fancy houses. Sometimes they had gates, but all of them had trees. I thought, ‘Oh, rich people have trees. Some people want pocketbooks and cars, but I want me some trees,'” she said.
“About three years ago, I was sitting in my kitchen window, making coffee in the morning and I saw the six trees. I was making the coffee. I saw the six trees.”
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She continued, “I went out on the porch to actually count the six trees, and this is what I noticed: that I could dream the six, but beyond the six trees in my kitchen window are 3,687 trees. How do I know? Because I had them counted. I dreamed the six.”
“That was as much as my small mind and my imagination can see. I dreamed the six, but God can see beyond the six.”
Oprah’s keynote speech was part of the four-day festival, which also featured performances from Kendrick Lamar and Mariah Carey.
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