Having already lived through a major challenge asayoungteenager, she knew the best thing to do was to avoid playing the victim, and to instead focus her efforts on what she could do today and tomorrow.
Winfrey, who lost a child asateenager and has spoken publicly about abuse she suffered at ayoung age, said it was her faith in the girls that kept her "steadfast" and "stimulated" amid all the challenges.
Asateenager, LaPierre would take his young neighbor along to the bowling alley on Saturday mornings, and he'd hang out at Lisk's house to talk government with Lisk's father, who was on the city council.
Along the way, her once squeaky-clean image -- she was ayoungteenager when she burst on the scene as the lead in Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show" -- has taken a hit.