oprah

Guiding your business through the project

UNITED STATES
AUGUST 1989
PUBLISHED IN TV GUIDE

REPRESENTATION:
The August 1989 TV Guide cover features Oprah Winfrey posing atop a large pile of money with the headline: “Oprah! The Richest Woman on TV?”

REALITY:
In this image, the head of Oprah Winfrey was grafted onto the body of 1960s movie star Ann-Margaret.

The composite was first noticed when Ann-Margaret’s fashion designer identified the dress supposedly worn by Oprah in the photograph; the image was created and published without either of the subjects’ consent.

Learn more:

• Read The Atlantic’s piece on the manipulation