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"Talk about a hair-raising look! Oprah Winfrey models a giant afro wig on the September 2013 cover of O, The Oprah Magazine -- and the TV titan&amp;apos;s hefty headpiece weighed a whopping 3.5 pounds! &amp;quot;I wish I could say it was all mine. In fact, though, it&amp;apos;s borrowed. And it feels like carrying around an extra head,&amp;quot; Winfrey reveals. &amp;quot;My own hair is shorter, not quite so spherical, and a lot lighter. But that doesn&amp;apos;t mean it never gives me grief. When it comes to hair, I&amp;apos;m in the same boat as most every other woman.&amp;quot;\r\nAccording to the Mississippi native, &amp;quot;The way we feel about our hair is universal: We love it when it looks great, we can&amp;apos;t stand it when it looks not so great, and we all want it to tell the world something about us.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWinfrey&amp;apos;s wig was transported to the June 1 New York City photo shoot in Bubble Wrap and a custom-made, bright pink travel box. The Butler&amp;apos;s star&amp;apos;s longtime hair guru, Andre Walker, says &amp;quot;it wasn&amp;apos;t easy&amp;quot; finding such an eye-catching look. &amp;quot;I finally decided I&amp;apos;d have to make one myself. Two days later I was on the set of The Voice, talking to the stylist there, Kim Kimble. When I told her about my predicament, she said she had created a wig I could borrow,&amp;quot; he recalls. &amp;quot;Saved me a good bit of time!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe talk show host&amp;apos;s BFF, Gayle King, thought the wig was a hoot. &amp;quot;Can someone put on the soundtrack to The Lion King?&amp;quot; she cracked. The magazine&amp;apos;s creative director, Adam Glassman was mesmerized, telling Winfrey, &amp;quot;Your hair looks like Chaka Khan and Diana Ross combined.&amp;quot;\r\nIn her monthly What I Know for Sure column, Winfrey reflects on her past looks and says she&amp;apos;s grown to love her natural hairstyle. &amp;quot;For almost 30 years, I&amp;apos;ve had the luxury of a hairdresser, Andre Walker, who loves all kinds of hair textures and adores experimenting,&amp;quot; she writes. &amp;quot;Hence this month&amp;apos;s cover; we call the wig I&amp;apos;m wearing Wild Thang!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;During the Oprah show years, we used wigs intermittently to give my hair a break from the daily grind of styling,&amp;quot; she remembers. &amp;quot;Had Andre not had the foresight to do this, I probably wouldn&amp;#x2019;t have a single strand left today -- an unthinkable state of affairs for a girl with my (no pun intended) roots.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWinfrey also admits she &amp;quot;used to be so particular&amp;quot; about how her hair looked. &amp;quot;Now, as is the case in many other areas of my life, I&amp;apos;ve relaxed. No more bad hair days -- just days when I might need a headband,&amp;quot; she jokes. &amp;quot;Because as much as I enjoyed hanging out with Wild Thang, I know for sure that your true crowning glory comes not from what&amp;apos;s on your head but from what&amp;apos;s in your heart.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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