Oprah Winfrey attends the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.Photo:Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Oprah Winfreyis dazzling at the2024 GLAAD Media Awards!
On Thursday, Winfrey, 70, was honored with the Vanguard Award at the ceremony alongsideNiecy Nash-Betts, and dressed to impress for the event, wearing a long black blazer dress featuring a purple collar and buttons down the front.
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Oprah Winfrey attends the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Winfrey, a longtime advocate of the LGBTQ+ community, added some extra height to the outfit with a pair of pointed black heels as she took the stage to accept the award. In herspeech, Winfrey commented on it being such a “special honor” to receive the Vanguard Award for “being an ally,” insisting she was speaking in front of the “best room ever.”
The philanthropist was also spotted wearing the same blazer dress as she was snapped outside theJimmy Kimmel Live!studios on Thursday. She then changed into a mustard-colored sweater and jeans for herappearanceon the show, where the host told her she looked like a “teenager.”
Oprah Winfrey delivers a speech the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images
Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images
During the interview, Winfrey spoke about herdouble knee surgeryin 2021, telling Kimmel that “life changed after that.”
“I made a vow, that if God let me walk again, I promise I will get myself in shape, I promise I will use my body to the highest possible good for myself and my health. That’s how it all started,” she said, referencing herweight loss journey.
Oprah Winfrey outside the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ studios on March 14.RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
At the Golden Globes in January, Winfrey wore one of hermost bombshell looks to date: a body-con dress in a gorgeous royal purple shade. Her look was custom Louis Vuitton and she wore matching purple shoes.
Speaking withExtraon the red carpet at the ceremony,Winfrey revealed that the gown took “600 hours” to make.
“Three women … It’s like a work of art," she toldExtra.“I am gonna hate to take it off, I’m gonna need three people to take it off.”
In December, the star opened up abouther choice not to appearin the 2023 reimagining ofThe Color Purple, despiteWhoopi Goldberg’s choice to have a small cameo in the movie.
Oprah Winfrey at the 2024 Golden Globes.Amy Sussman/Getty
Amy Sussman/Getty
“[A cameo] would’ve been good in the church scene, but I thought it would also be distracting when Sofia is getting married that if the old original Sofia was just one of the people in the church,” Winfrey toldThe Hollywood Reporterat the time. “And then they were shooting that in the middle of Georgia when COVID was [spreading] like, ‘OK, well I ain’t sitting in that church all day anyway.' "
“And also, I just think it’s more special that it’s just Whoopi,” she added.
source: people.com
