Oprah Lends Her Weight to Thin Lobby

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BIG GIRLS don't cry. But newly trim ones do, especially when their reward for losing 20lb is their photograph on the cover of the fashion bible American Vogue.

Oprah Winfrey burst into tears when she saw the new pictures of herself. Most women would not find that surprising. For not only has she become the first talk-show host to grace the cover in the magazine's 110-year history, it is also a fair bet to say she is the only Vogue cover star who has ever seen her weight climb as high as 16st 13lb.

Not that she weighs anything like that amount now. Still, Anna Wintour, the editor of American Vogue, asked her to lose nearly two stones for the shoot. "I was totally …