In the same year that The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered, Oprah hid her extra weight under a flowing caftan at the 58th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon.

"Call me strange here, but I actually think Oprah looks better heavier. Have you seen the picture of her on her latest issue, she looks so much prettier to me in her after [photo]." —mookie1973

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