Rare Video of Oprah Winfrey at Age 17 Singing!!

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • This footage was discovered in a college apartment complex storage shelter near Tennessee State University. It is not complete, and has been transferred as is to digital video format.
    What it shows is a very young Oprah Winfrey lip syncing in a video at age 17 just before she entered, and won, the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant.
    It is probably one of the rarest findings for any Oprah fan.
    A young Oprah looking fantastic at 17 in her own early video!!

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  • @cecivnsa
    @cecivnsa 10 років тому +288

    That's not Oprah. The singer's name is Monica, she was part of a band called "Les Surfs".

    • @wyldstylz748
      @wyldstylz748 7 років тому +11

      ✩ Ceci Vanessa ✩ Thank God, because she was horrible! I hoped Oprah had enough sense to know that she could not sing.

    • @lahorton1136
      @lahorton1136 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you

    • @nolor8397
      @nolor8397 3 роки тому +3

      She doesn't sound look like Oprah.

    • @visaormastercard
      @visaormastercard 3 роки тому +3

      Click bait.😃😄😂🤣

    • @visaormastercard
      @visaormastercard 3 роки тому +3

      Oprah was younger than that then.😃😄😂🤣

  • @jayhastla92
    @jayhastla92 13 років тому

    damn she have talent

  • @markha1065
    @markha1065 9 років тому +104

    It's Monica from the band "Les Surfs", wellknown in the 60's in France. They came from Madagascar.

  • @MrRee-rs5dm
    @MrRee-rs5dm 9 років тому +56

    THIS IS NOT OPRAH WINFREY.

  • @TamikaWilliams0109
    @TamikaWilliams0109 8 років тому +23

    I just came from checking it out, and yes, that really is Monique "Monikya" Rabaraona.
    RIP.

  • @Carlosbolanos71496
    @Carlosbolanos71496 8 років тому +183

    I thought that was Rihanna lmfao

  • @YvetteUgalde
    @YvetteUgalde 9 років тому +118

    This is the singer Monica who was famous in the 60's, but Kudos to you, it was a brilliant prank to pass her for Oprah Winfrey! No harm done!

    • @davidwash2878
      @davidwash2878 9 років тому

      +Yvette Ugalde Prove it.

    • @chelseaaves2415
      @chelseaaves2415 9 років тому +1

      +David Wash look up the Les Surfs band

    • @davidwash2878
      @davidwash2878 9 років тому +2

      +Chelsea Aves This is a hard one. She looks very similar to Oprah, but more lighter in complexion. This is hard to decipher.

    • @chelseaaves2415
      @chelseaaves2415 9 років тому +1

      David Wash Yeah, I agree. I had a hard time believing it was actually Oprah though:)

    • @bradr3541
      @bradr3541 9 років тому +1

      +David Wash en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Surfs

  • @slotuck
    @slotuck 9 років тому +31

    It really does look like her, but I don't think Oprah knows French lol

    • @ItsKrazyPVP
      @ItsKrazyPVP 9 років тому +3

      It's a lip sync, it says in the desc.

    • @bradr3541
      @bradr3541 9 років тому +2

      +Paul A en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Surfs

    • @davefuller3311
      @davefuller3311 8 років тому +5

      +Paul A Of course she does...she knows EVERYTHING!

    • @ruthiemspangenberg3363
      @ruthiemspangenberg3363 3 роки тому

      Or was that pretty lol

  • @jessicab331
    @jessicab331 7 років тому +28

    😂 she do look like her tho... Monique Rabaraona.

    • @marciagadsden5205
      @marciagadsden5205 6 років тому

      Jessica B. Oprah genius at making money. Singing???? NAH

  • @X-AEA-12
    @X-AEA-12 12 років тому +3

    Are people seriously trying to call her ugly. Are you blind? She looks GORGEOUS. Like a young star.

  • @paulakeenan9377
    @paulakeenan9377 3 роки тому +3

    Not oprah but she definitely looks like her.

  • @samzack505
    @samzack505 8 років тому +13

    she really look like oprah but this young girls sing in french ..
    with true french accent

  • @danseabreeze1404
    @danseabreeze1404 8 років тому +13

    It does L O O K like Oprah, good try : l

  • @WillBlindYouWithLight
    @WillBlindYouWithLight 3 роки тому +3

    She's singing in French. Why tf didn't she get a record deal?

  • @celebritypredictions
    @celebritypredictions 10 років тому +11

    Yup, I Googled it. That is not the big O.

  • @cleanings1
    @cleanings1 9 років тому +2

    this is 100% NOT oprah, those who think it is are deceived, "don't believe me" look it up on youtube this is a foreign singer named monica from the band les surfs, they even have older videos of her singing as well as younger ones although there may some slight similarities , its not her. why this person who posted this video, would lie to people is beyond me. just wanted to hopefully clear up the lie. look her up for yourselves

  • @jaymac8421
    @jaymac8421 3 роки тому +4

    That head is serious

  • @ignited4319
    @ignited4319 7 років тому +8

    Let me tell you Guys something this is all fake this is not Oprah she never sung in that band and the band was from France in the 60s

  • @SaturdayMorno86
    @SaturdayMorno86 10 років тому +7

    This is one group that was popular back in the 60's in France and aboard. Like you said ,that is not Oprah and besides,Adieu Marin was done in 1964 by Les Surfs and Oprah would've been ten years old in 1964.

  • @idas5231
    @idas5231 4 роки тому +2

    She sure looks like a young Oprah.😂

  • @TonyHickschick
    @TonyHickschick 8 років тому +36

    I watched because I thought it really was Oprah. Some people think it is fun to try to fool others or possibly they don't seriously research what they upload. Either way, I think that is wrong.

    • @simistop3964
      @simistop3964 8 років тому +2

      No sense of humor?!

    • @vfromthaburg
      @vfromthaburg 8 років тому +1

      +TonyHickschick .....i dont think its funny or cool to do either, & i DO have an awesome sense of humor & im sure tht you do as well TonyHickschick ...i think tht its funny tht the female looked like Oprah singing a foreign song, buut tht couldve been said in the title, instead of lying for views...this generation cares not about anything real & everything is up for grabs (or forsale) all for views, a like, a subscribe & a follow...no morals for anything nowadays.....

    • @TonyHickschick
      @TonyHickschick 8 років тому +2

      +Venus X I totally agree

    • @joycelipsey7286
      @joycelipsey7286 8 років тому

      +TonyHickschick l can't

    • @ShesThe1yup
      @ShesThe1yup 8 років тому +1

      Well Oprah did say on the Dolly Parton show that she can't sing and she doesn't sing (apparently not even in the shower "thats why i have baths") however she does sing in church because "that's different" as she says. So she did sing with Dolly Parton but very over shadowed by the voices of a choir and Dolly :)

  • @xbgtfella
    @xbgtfella 3 роки тому +2

    If it was Oprah, she best not be doing a reshoot of the walking sequence

  • @reneerobinson3559
    @reneerobinson3559 8 років тому +6

    People think this is Oprah because Oprah has some distant, yet visible Chinese ancestry and this woman, Nicole (last name I forgot) is Madagascan which is basically African and Asian mix. Basically they share similar features, but they are not the same person.

    • @jessicab331
      @jessicab331 7 років тому

      Nicole Robinson monique rabaraona

  • @wyndhleodumegwu253
    @wyndhleodumegwu253 9 років тому +1

    Were it Oprah! Forehead,eyes, nose, mouth, dental aperture, ...Ooooh,no!Not she. Good voice though.

  • @sosumdevfinch9043
    @sosumdevfinch9043 10 років тому +8

    That is not oprah

  • @littlecasino60
    @littlecasino60 7 років тому +1

    She kinda looks like a young Oprah and if she ever sang I could believe that was her, but Oprah is not a singer. Remember that time she sang her theme song? PHEW!!! She needed this girl to sing it for her.

  • @babycakes2022
    @babycakes2022 10 років тому +9

    No its not Oprah!

  • @justsaying6092
    @justsaying6092 6 років тому +1

    Errr, what was that in Fench?
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    I just read some comments and realised this wasnt actually
    Miss O,
    looooool

  • @RobinGoodFellovv
    @RobinGoodFellovv 13 років тому +3

    Her name is Monique Rabaraona and she was a member of a group, back in the 60's, in France. She used to sing with her siblings. The group was called the Surfs. They were from Madagascar.

  • @prophetic1mime
    @prophetic1mime 9 років тому +1

    Wow. Maybe its her twin or something but I'm sure Oprah don't know French or any native language that well lol

  • @TheYnnadomocaialoc
    @TheYnnadomocaialoc 10 років тому +7

    Lets get to the bottom line, just go to youtube type in. Les surfs ( Adieu Marin ) She's French and her name is Monica. I hope this answers everybodys question. Plain and simple.

  • @science7713
    @science7713 3 роки тому +1

    Well, they say everyone has a look alike, but I don't think Oprah sings.

  • @barbwire5672
    @barbwire5672 9 років тому +7

    The comments are richer than the performance. How often does that happen?

  • @willshelton9047
    @willshelton9047 5 років тому +1

    She's not tall enough to be Oprah, or old enough, it's the 60s, Oprah was a young girl, not a teenager then

  • @fruticetum
    @fruticetum 10 років тому +3

    This is NOT Oprah. The features aren't right, and this vid is from the 60s. Plus, Oprah was never a singer.

  • @Billyjean414
    @Billyjean414 9 років тому +1

    Well, she sounds nice, but her head seems big for a 17 year old.......maybe

  • @brunolucas3729
    @brunolucas3729 10 років тому +4

    Don't be so credulous. This girl is Nicole Rabaraona. She sang with her brothers and sisters in a group called "Les Surfs" and was quite popular in France in the 60's. Google "Les Surfs" .

  • @HyperSonicXtreme
    @HyperSonicXtreme 3 роки тому +2

    The title of this video did not age well.

  • @davesmith7993
    @davesmith7993 8 років тому +4

    Oprah's voice is octaves lower than this girl sounds...and Oprah singing "en francais" is a bit of a stretch as well. The only language I've heard her use other than plain English is when she tries to come off as cool using "her best street dialect".

  • @lesinfiniti
    @lesinfiniti 9 років тому +1

    That is not her look at her pictures when she was that age. Not only that oprah about tells her whole life story and a singing was never in it. But the girl dose favor her at that age. The nose is a little to small oparh grew into her nose.

  • @cdsouthsidec1
    @cdsouthsidec1 8 років тому +3

    That is Monikya singing "Kiss Me Sailor" (In French) Orinally By Diane Renay (English 1964 Version From Album Navy Blue).

  • @amalia432hz
    @amalia432hz 10 років тому +1

    That's not her. I bet they didn't even have fake lashes back in the day.

  • @telluridekid
    @telluridekid 11 років тому +5

    too skinny

  • @buttcheeksguy
    @buttcheeksguy 8 років тому +12

    lmao this bait made me laugh my ass off

    • @microbios8586
      @microbios8586 4 роки тому +1

      I'm literally pissing myself 😂😂😂

    • @l.k.1111
      @l.k.1111 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂 ..man even Oprah clicked it like wtf...0_o

  • @iEbbnFlow
    @iEbbnFlow 10 років тому +1

    ROFLMAO!!!!!!! This is not Ophrah lol! But she looks like her hahahaha!

  • @hlengekile
    @hlengekile 10 років тому +8

    NO THAT NOT OPRAH!!

  • @mauricecarter5831
    @mauricecarter5831 7 років тому +1

    not oprah but nice video !!she did look like a younger oprah !!

  • @jennifersunshine4436
    @jennifersunshine4436 10 років тому +5

    Dont even look like her bs

  • @khaosangel1432
    @khaosangel1432 3 роки тому +2

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 lmao the comments

  • @hyperophone
    @hyperophone 9 років тому +33

    Look at her, all precocious -
    at such a young age already walking all over people to get ahead!

    • @francesfrances2343
      @francesfrances2343 6 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @migueltrujillo9200
      @migueltrujillo9200 6 років тому +1

      hyperophone oh shit that is so fucking funny I didn't even thing about that that is hallariuosly funny good one. But glad it's just a joke.

    • @jessiegardner5235
      @jessiegardner5235 6 років тому

      hyperophone bullshit not OW,

    • @londoncarpenter2509
      @londoncarpenter2509 6 років тому

      That’s not oprah

    • @Natalie12768
      @Natalie12768 6 років тому

      hyperophone
      1). It’s not Oprah
      2). How does this girl look like she’s walking over someone?
      3). You have no way of proving that Oprah “walks over” anyone.

  • @xia-leichin7817
    @xia-leichin7817 10 років тому +1

    Um..excuse me...Oprah cant sing for peanuts

  • @babycakes2022
    @babycakes2022 10 років тому +4

    No its not Oprah!

  • @JulyN78
    @JulyN78 8 років тому +2

    The only shame is that the uploader of the video made a prank rather than really homage some good artists from the 60's. This is a band called Les Surfs, from Madagascar. The girl that save some resemblance with Oprah is Monique Rabaraona. Unfortunatelly she died in 1993... They were part of a cultural movment called Yé-yé, that was very popular in Brasil - where I'm at - at that time too. This video is a gem for those who lived and liked the Yé-yé movment. I hope I'm bringing a better approach to the video - deserving of some good introduction - besides the not so cool joke made. You can play, tanisb77's. But do some justice in the description of the video and tell the truth about it. You don't need to keep ying about it after the person already clicked on it. You lost your mark there and a great oportunity to be clever.

  • @DivineePrince
    @DivineePrince 11 років тому +3

    Plus that nose doesnt match Oprah's

  • @christinebrown7410
    @christinebrown7410 4 роки тому +2

    She was very pretty.

  • @RoxiSmith
    @RoxiSmith 9 років тому +5

    She is so beautiful!! But I think its was Monique "Monikya" Rabaraona. Not Oprah Winfrey. RIP Monikya

  • @levarfreeman6854
    @levarfreeman6854 4 роки тому +1

    So those eyelashes have always been around!!😂😂😂

  • @fabclaw
    @fabclaw 13 років тому +5

    Wow, Oprah not only sings, but with a French flawless accent. There is something new. Thanks for the entertainment.

  • @mcamoney3627
    @mcamoney3627 11 років тому +2

    thats not oprah lol

  • @cynthiacoc6400
    @cynthiacoc6400 8 років тому +3

    that's not oprah fool

  • @lynnhumphrey9691
    @lynnhumphrey9691 9 років тому +2

    Les Surfs (all brothers and sisters on stage). . Oprah' s orginal nose didnt look like this. This looks like early 60's footage......and Oprah would have been around 8-10 years old around this time. Also, based on Oprah's early troubled childhood (experiencing rape and early pregnancy)... and troubled adolescence in Mississippi....she was no where around a T.V camera dancing and singing in French with false eyelashes on. Her early photos are far from glamorous. Oprah probably began to blossom in late high school and early college in the 70's.........then the sky was the limit.....

  • @Honeypepper.
    @Honeypepper. 8 років тому +3

    not Oprah liessss!

  • @sherylsimmons8111
    @sherylsimmons8111 3 роки тому +1

    LOL!😆😊 I almost believed it.

  • @FranklinNJ
    @FranklinNJ 8 років тому +7

    Ha ha she looks a little like Rihanna, he he.

  • @Beardman29
    @Beardman29 8 років тому +1

    Haaa!! Who knew she could speak French too!! Is there anything Oprah can't do!

    • @littlecasino60
      @littlecasino60 7 років тому

      Exactly and that's why she's a billionaire. Nothing she can't do including singing French.

  • @timwixk4893
    @timwixk4893 9 років тому +12

    That doesn't look anything like oprah.

  • @strmman
    @strmman 9 років тому +1

    lol oprah look alike and good lord the face is the same!

  • @RetroRookie1990
    @RetroRookie1990 10 років тому +14

    oprah's not as talented as the girl here

    • @deirdretodd1237
      @deirdretodd1237 6 років тому +1

      RetroRookie1990 She's damn sure more successful and richer 💯

    • @eugeniacooneysmom7221
      @eugeniacooneysmom7221 6 років тому +1

      RetroRookie1990 She's a self made billionaire. You?

  • @Daisysunshyne
    @Daisysunshyne 9 років тому +1

    Oprah looks like a doll lol. Its shame she started pounding down that fried chicken and mashed potatoes.

    • @RoxiSmith
      @RoxiSmith 9 років тому

      +Daisy Yang, That's not Oprah. I think its Monique "Monikya" Rabaraona. just google for yourself. :)

  • @malik8212
    @malik8212 7 років тому +2

    I could consider this a clickbait :)

  • @MrMelgibstein
    @MrMelgibstein 3 роки тому +2

    Oprah looks likes she's walking over Ann Gerber,Stedman and Andre.This video really brings back memories.

  • @tired_of_u_ppl7985
    @tired_of_u_ppl7985 3 роки тому +1

    Y’all need to stop playin fr please ✋😂

  • @queenteireigns6212
    @queenteireigns6212 10 років тому +2

    Not!

  • @rassledassle82
    @rassledassle82 10 років тому +1

    Wow... she looked like a little china doll.

  • @brooke1639
    @brooke1639 5 років тому +1

    lmao I really thought it was her until I read the comments :)

  • @davidwash2878
    @davidwash2878 9 років тому +5

    She's a beauty........and a flower in my eyes.

    • @liawatson5789
      @liawatson5789 9 років тому +1

      There must be something wrong with your eyes.

    • @carmellac2000
      @carmellac2000 8 років тому +1

      +Lara Orane well damn lol

    • @natpat4094
      @natpat4094 8 років тому

      +David Wash Her name is Monica. She was a famous singer in the 60s, not Oprah.

    • @natpat4094
      @natpat4094 8 років тому

      +Natalie Shelley Or Monikya.

  • @tinalouise5475
    @tinalouise5475 7 років тому +1

    what in the entire hell is this? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @usereEyez8890
    @usereEyez8890 8 років тому +1

    wow really??Try again please

  • @jmiller297
    @jmiller297 3 роки тому +1

    THAT AIN'T NO OPRAH!! LOLOLOL....

  • @vpvickiva7
    @vpvickiva7 8 років тому +1

    That's a not Oprah!!! Prank

  • @micheall1127
    @micheall1127 6 років тому +1

    This is not Oprah

  • @HonestAdonis2
    @HonestAdonis2 13 років тому

    hmm...she's like..too pretty to be oprah, but.. she looks kinda weird too. like.. she's supposed to be hot but her weird features prevent it? u know wut i mean? awww, u don't know wut i mean. peter griffin would know what i mean.

  • @zahrahedwards2228
    @zahrahedwards2228 7 років тому +1

    This is Dionne Warwick

  • @ricodadon187
    @ricodadon187 9 років тому +2

    What the fuck?

    • @ricodadon187
      @ricodadon187 9 років тому

      Paul Abbott this shit is almost bizarre or disturbing.lol

  • @wandawilliams9081
    @wandawilliams9081 6 років тому +1

    🤣🤣🤣🤣fake news cute🤣🤣🤣

  • @animalkindness
    @animalkindness 13 років тому +1

    LOL I REALLY thought it was oprah

  • @kalencleveland5930
    @kalencleveland5930 Рік тому +1

    That’s is not Oprah

  • @mobrown7594
    @mobrown7594 3 роки тому +1

    Yo that’s not Oprah lol

  • @TryTheBLT
    @TryTheBLT 13 років тому

    Yeah I did a little research on this too. This isn't Oprah, but a girl named Monique ("Monikya") Rabaraona from Madagascar. She was in a band called Les Surf. She died in 1993 but even as an old woman she looked remarkably like Oprah Winfrey. You can see another video from this same time period except in black and white here on UA-cam at /watch?v=F6HS_6TB4oQ

  • @Themaddprof
    @Themaddprof 12 років тому

    This is a HOAX! This is NOT a young Oprah Winfrey. This is actually Monique Rabaraona (1945-1993) and her sibling act Les Surfs. They were from Madagascar and were a popular act in Europe in the 1960s. However, for a fake this is a clever one, as she does somewhat resemble the young Oprah.

  • @filmtress
    @filmtress 12 років тому

    @herkeda - Actually singing another language is easier than speaking it. Josh Groban sings Italian but he's not Italian. Singers are always singing other languages. YOu can too. YOu only have to pronounce the syllables correctly. Look it up.

  • @bravesoul5743
    @bravesoul5743 3 роки тому +1

    Thats is not Oprah!

  • @dearestjen
    @dearestjen 11 років тому

    No they aren't. You're basing assumptions on appearance. Location wise Madagascar is not very close to Asia either. You just don't know much about africa. You would probably even assume the san tribe of africa is half asian.

  • @dkellyiverson414
    @dkellyiverson414 6 років тому

    🙄 🗣"I (REALLY) DO 'HATE' CLICK BAIT!!!"
    *FEELING DECEIVED* 😒🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶

  • @crypla7
    @crypla7 13 років тому +2

    lmfaooooooo y did this make me laugh so hard???

  • @qp2pendejo
    @qp2pendejo 11 років тому +1

    Oprah won a beauty contest?!

  • @filmtress
    @filmtress 12 років тому

    She looks just like her. So cute. She looks exotic. Go Oprah. It's proabably why did sang her own opening for a period. Then she changed it.

  • @kathykb8123
    @kathykb8123 3 роки тому +1

    Wrong Oprah. 😂

  • @youthgirl14
    @youthgirl14 13 років тому

    @donpazer If you read the description you would know that is wasn't her singing, but she was lip syncing for a pageant show!

  • @nathanmulroy8313
    @nathanmulroy8313 7 років тому +1

    Kiss Me Sailor?