COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey talks with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey talks with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.

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  1. This Oct. 11, 2009 photo provided by Harpo Inc. shows Oprah Winfrey, right, along with show contributors Ali Wentworth, second right, and Gayle King, third right, as she takes part in one of the Super Midway games at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Winfrey was in town taping segments for an upcoming episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that will air this fall.
  2. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 2: Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, center, sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finishes his presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  3. Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey (C) sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finishes his presentation in Copenhagen October 2, 2009 in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose between Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in a vote at the end of a day of presentations by the four candidates on Friday.
  4. Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, center, sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finished making a presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen.
  5. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey talks with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  6. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, second right, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  7. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, second right, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  8. Chicago mayor Richard Daley (2L) and US talk show star Oprah Winfrey (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 121st session of the International Olympic Congress on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is voting on the destiny of the Summer Games after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
  9. An activist of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a seal cub costume, protests outside the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. PETA is demanding an end of Canada's annual "seal cull" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  10. Denis Oswald, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Sebastian Coe, not seen, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee, in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visited London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  11. Denis Oswald, left, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission and Sebastian Coe, right, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee talk during a news conference in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visited London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  12. Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012 Olympic games Organizing Committe listens to a reporter's question during a news conference with Denis Oswald, not seen, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visit London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  13. Denis Oswald, left, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission and Sebastian Coe, right, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee arrive for a news conference in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visited London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  14. An activist of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a seal cub costume, protests outside of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne November 26, 2009. PETA are demanding an end Canada's annual "seal slaughter" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  15. Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, with one wearing a seal cub costume, protest outside the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. PETA is demanding an end of Canada's annual "seal cull" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  16. Daniela Truffer (R) head of Zwischengeschlecht. org and Markus Bauer hold placards during a demonstration in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne November 19, 2009. Zwischengeschlecht. org, a human rights advocacy group dedicated to hermaphrodites or intersexed persons, are requesting from the IOC and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a fair treatment for the case of South African runner Caster Semenya whose victory in the women's 800 metres final at the World Athletics Championship in August 2009 has been overshadowed by a gender testing row.

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