Celebrity Birthdays Jan. 29: Oprah Winfrey, Adam Lambert, and Aja Dang

Oprah Winfrey, TV show host, Adam Lambert, singer, and Aja Dang, model, all celebrate their birthdays today.

The TV personality Oprah Winfrey turns 60 years old today. Originally from Mississippi, she continues to be a prominent female figure in the media for decades. The Oprah Winfrey Show was the highest-rated show at that time, not to mention from 1986 until 2011 it was also nationally syndicated. She also recently started a series called Oprah’s Lifeclass where she gives advice on life.

Winfrey worked at a local black radio station for a few years in high school and college, called WVOL. She studied communication at Tennessee State University on a full scholarship. Winfrey worked as a news anchor on WLAC-TV in Nashville, co-anchored the news in Baltimore at WJZ-TV, co-hosted WJZ’s local TV channel, and other jobs in the communications field.

Winfrey has also been involved with philanthropy, acting and production work in her career. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2013 and was a full supporter of his campaign in 2008 that might have inspired a few voters. As for her relationship life, Winfrey began a public courtship with Stedman Graham around the start of her own TV show.

The singer Adam Lambert turns 32 today. Although he did not win American Idol, Lambert has been successful in the musical spotlight. In 2009, he was not voted the winner of the musical show, but that did not stop him. Lambert is also one of the most successful openly gay singers to top the charts and billboards.

Lambert is from Indianapolis and was raised in the Jewish faith, where he sang traditional Hebrew songs. Growing up in San Diego, Lambert performed in theater productions. In school Lambert was active in choir, jazz band, and theater. After attended California State University for a few weeks, he later got a professional job on a cruise ship for 10 months. He became heavily involved with theater until 2008 performing in plays such as Hair, Brigadoon, 110 in the Shade, and Wicked, to name a few.

Lambert released his debut album in 2009 called For Your Entertainment with songs like "For Your Entertainment", "Whataya Want from Me" and "If I Had You" which were beloved by fans throughout the world. In 2011, Lambert received a Grammy Nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance as well at an Honorary GLAAD Media Award. He was awarded People Magazine’s Most Beautiful People in 2010 and also appeared on the Out magazine’s cover the previous year.

The model Aja Dang turns 27 today. Originally from Honolulu, she has been involved with modeling, acting and environmental work. As a model, she was voted as a Top 10 Hometown Hottie by Maxim Magazine in 2011. Dang has been involved with Maxim Magazine, FX Networks, and Xbox LIVE just to name a few.
She received her Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Southern California. She earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in marketing from the University of San Francisco. Dang was involved with Hawaiian Ensemble as well as the speech and debate team, while pursuing her degree.

Dang worked for Neon Tommy and KCET in Los Angeles in journalism positions, where she news from politics to environmental problems. She spent time writing about environmental issues, while she was writing for Neon Tommy’s column.Dang started at YouTube channel where her fans can ask personal questions about relationships. She is a co-fouders of an environmental healthy living website.