Lupita Most Beautiful Person...
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Fashion
By Edirin okumagba
ot too long ago, my friend pointed
out that the West chooses one
black ‘Beauty’ every now and again,
this person perhaps neither attractive nor pretty, but just someone
to portray their own vision of what they
think a black person ought to look like.
What I would call ,”the Lupita Fever” which
hadn’t begun in full force at the time, and
I was somewhat on the fence with my
friend’s line of reasoning, she even concluded that day, that Lupita was going to
win the academy awards, in addition to
that, everything beauty henceforth will be
referenced to Lupita. She also felt it was
a passive aggressive mockery of the black
race by the West. Not too long after
this, Lupita was named Peoples Magazine
Most Beautiful Person. One time it was
Alek Wek, then Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Jones in the movie ‘PRECIOUS’ now,
they have forced Lupita on us.
tered, but flattered sounds like such a
flighty word, you know? I’m flattered with,
like, gravitas under it,” she said. This year’s
most beautiful cover issue is the 25th annual for People magazine. The first honour
went to actress Michelle Pfeiffer in 1990,
and last year’s most beautiful person was
Gwyneth Paltrow.
As it is, everything we read, watch and
hear of late is Lupita. Nevertheless I have
come to agree with what my friend said a
few months back, just before Lupita won
the Oscars for Best Supporting Actress
Award. In my opinion, whilst Lupita is indeed a sweet and cute young lady in her
right, the courtship with the media and
the high fashion praises are getting somewhat exaggerated. I’m not saying she isn’t
fine-looking, but the ‘Most Beautiful Person’ in the world; is just too much!
The “12 Years a Slave” actress has won
an Oscar for best supporting actress
and signed a deal with cosmetics giant
Lancôme to become its first black ambassador, and now People magazine has
bestowed one of its highest honours on
her -”Most Beautiful Person for 2014.”
The Kenyan star joins a cast of Hollywood
A-listers who have headed the list, including Julia Roberts, Cindy Crawford, Tom
Cruise and Beyonce. This year she topped
others on the list including “The Americans” celebrity Keri Russell, singer Pink
and Johnny Depp’s future wife, actress
Amber Heard.
During the 2014 awards season Lupita
Nyong’o was often hailed for being one of
the most fashionable on the red carpet.
She made headlines in February for a moving speech she gave while accepting the
best breakthrough performance award at
the 7th annual Black Women in Hollywood
luncheon. “I remember a time when I too
felt unbeautiful,” she said. “I put on the TV
and only saw pale skin. I got teased and
taunted about my night-shaded skin.”
The actress to 8