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Love Is in the Details

A mural of dancing girls outside the Leadership Academy's theater
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When the girls arrive on campus, the first thing Oprah shows them is the mural of dancing girls along the wall outside of the theater. "These girls represent you," Oprah says.

The mural takes their breath away. "Looking at the pictures of the girls, they were so beautiful," Lesego says. "And the nice thing is that they were not skinny because I'm not skinny!"
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Published 01/01/2006

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