YAAAASSSSSSSSSS
Lupita Nyong’o scored her second-ever Vogue cover for the October issue. Look at her! She looks amazing. The piece is called “La Femme Lupita,” which I’m going to be saying to myself all day. La Femme Lupita. La Femme Lupita. The editorial was done by Mert & Marcus and the photos are STUNNING – go here to see Vogue’s slideshow. She’s modeling pieces from the fall collections, and the interview takes place in Paris, during fashion week. You can read the full piece here – Lupita isn’t breaking any big news here, although Vogue does say that she broke up with K’naan last year and she’s currently single. The cover seems to be part of promoting Star Wars?
Filming Queen of Katwe in Uganda: “One amazing thing about filming in Uganda was that on the first day of rehearsal we were all barefoot. I looked down and all the feet were my complexion. That had not happened to me before. I was reminded that I’m actually not that special. There are lots of people in the world who look like me.”
Culture shock when she went to college in America: “As Africans, we don’t grow up with a racial identity. We grow up with cultural and ethnic identity before racial identity. I never used the word black as a child. It was never a thing. When was I ever discussing black? Why?”
Loving Kenya and America: “I definitely feel there’s a lot of America in me. The idea that you can be self-made is very vibrant in America. You can do anything that you want to do. That spirit pushes you on. But it took me leaving Kenya to really appreciate the glory of the place. Ultimately, I will always be a child of Kenya.”
She tells some stories about experiencing racism in America, and her chaotic youth, especially the years her family spent in exile from Kenya. The whole piece is worth a read if you enjoy Lupita, but like I said, she’s not really making news. The editorial is amazing though, and throughout the piece, every designer she encounters just goes crazy for her.
I kind of think they should have used this photo for the cover:
Photos courtesy of Mert & Marcus/VOGUE.
gotdayum she is gorgeous. that skin!…amazing.
right? she has the most beautiful, glowing complexion.
Yes. She is a pretty girl but that AMAZING complexion really makes her stand out.
She is beautiful, yes.
And photoshopped, yes.
oh, I know…but untouched pap pics demonstrate how gorgeous her skin is as well.
her skin GLOWS, sort of like Jolie’s…it’s like it actually emanates light.
The degree of photoshopping in these photos is really kind of horrifying. She is such a beautiful woman but they ‘shopped the human right out of her face and made her look like a mannequin. And why? They could never make her look more beautiful because she is already perfect!
Beautiful.
I want that Blue dress. Wow.
She is so stunning! Just Wow.
Vogue needs to stop with the overdone photoshopping, she has great skin.
YES!!! So stunning – how can they even choose which pic to use for the cover – they are all so good!
THIS!!!!!!!!!!
This should’ve been the September issue cover!
She really is a stunning woman.
That last pic though..the dress is incredible and the color on her. Sigh.
I know, she seriously is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.
Like, ever.
She is just so beautiful. Wowza
Stunning photos, just beautiful.
Truly amazing!
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.
WOW!!!!
I am in old sweats suffering from a headache, with a big ol zit on my foreheadand watching terrible soaps. Do I need to be more depressed?? Thanks Kaiser!
oh no! Feel better, but I secretly am hating on the gorgeous Lupita too 😉
LOL..did you call in sick because of the zit?
Because I’ve done that before.
Also, if it’s a cystic zit try Vicks Vaporub. It works like magic.
She’s beautiful.
Amazing clothes, the other pics would have been a better cover photo. Still absolutely incredible.
Yes the second pic should’ve been the cover. Nice.
I think Vogue used the right photo for the cover. The second one doesn’t accentuate her beauty and her skin tone as much as paired with that golden dress.
She’s utterly gorgeous. Her skin is mesmerizing, your eyes wander around looking for a flaw but all you see is just perfection.
Everyone’s skin tends to be beautiful in magazines since they are photoshopped, I am sure this one was too. But her skin looks even better in the second photo and her face looks ethereal and the dress is gorgeous ( but I like the cover dress as well).
I’m just glad that for once American Vogue has a nice cover rather than the usual cheap ish.
What a Beauty she is! People talk about Amber Heard being stunning but lupita now that is one beautiful woman.
Well both of them are stunning.
It’s not a competition, you don’t have to put down one woman to praise another one.
I think Hannah compared them because we’ve recently had a lot of posts about Le Artiste……who is gorgeous gorgeous. But I thought about her too….because it’s just been a bunch of fashion posts for her.
Lupitas beauty is exceptional, like a unique vision. Heard is also beautiful but to be honest her beauty is the sort that reminds one of many other people.Nobody is going to confuse Lupita with any one else.
Not really. Both of them are completely forgetable to me. I can’t memorize this woman’s face despite all the carpets I’ve seen her on. Now, Naomi I have in my mind still, after all these years. Iman too. The other day I saw such a dark female face on the subway that I couldn’t help but stare like a complete idiot. Beauty, as always, is in the eyes of the beholder. To me Lupita is just overrated, severely.
Her skin is just gorgeous~she’s so beautiful!!
She really is a gorgeous, gorgeous woman! And, agreed, her skin is flawlessly beautiful. I also love that her beauty is 100% natural. She definitely won the genetic lottery!
I second that “YAAAAAAS”! The editorial is absolutely stunning!
The interview is enjoyable, and I’m glad she’s doing stage work. I’d love to see her play “Eclipsed”.
And off I go to drink a gallon of water and rub all the castor oil in the world on my arms and legs. Lupita has such beautiful skin! JM&J!!!
Wow! She’s so beautiful!!!
That skin is on point. Like, what magic potion (aside from genes) must one concoct to get this… this is the reason like aint fair. No because of the horrible natural and human disasters that occur… no, it’s that this skin does not belong to me
DAMN!
She looks gorgeous, seriously giving me goddess tea. I’m glad a magazine finally figured out how to make a black woman look beautiful without photoshopping her skin tone to be lighter.
I love both the clothes and her in these pictures.
I think her comments on identity really reflect what it is to be white in America. White people don’t particularly identify themselves as white outside of specific circumstances. Besides just general ignorance and obliviousness, I think that is behind some of the #Notallwhitepeople stuff. They(we) don’t feel like they share a common white identity with all the other white people in the country, because it doesn’t come up. Whereas minorities are constantly being told what they are and aren’t.
Here in the US I’m Caucasian by skin identification (I’m literally too pale to function in the summer) but when I go to Russia to visit family, Caucasian is an entirely different meaning.
When you think of someone from the Caucasus region, some people in Russian society will say “oh they are crazy/violent/criminals/always causing trouble”. This often causes job discrimination, housing discrimination, police harassment….one of my cousins in Moscow was told flat out he wouldn’t be hired at a restaurant job because Chechens aren’t trustworthy people around money. So I’m acutely aware I’m only one plane away from having “privilege” completely stripped away and I keep that in mind.
Generalize much?
Awesome rebuttal. Debate clubber yeah?
2 black women 2 months in a row? Hell has finally frozen over thank god.
lmao right??
I was thinking this exact thing.
I was thinking this tooI’m guessing this is the first time?
Such a gorgeous cover photo, Lupita looks so beautiful.
She is seriously one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. I wish her nothing but the ultimate success and can’t wait to see more of her work!
She’s so gorgeous! Her skin is glowing,wish her all the best in her career.
Lupita is one of the few actresses out there who could perfectly model if she wanted. Her skin is perfect, she’s got the body, and she’s hilariously photogenic.
And I agree with the author on the cover. She’s got this weird stoic expression on it, the other pic in the white dress makes her look so ethereal and beautiful.
THAT. SKIN. I’m so jealous.
She’s gorgeous.
I have one tiny question. I read the bit about her being sent to writing class, probably because the teacher was racist. So I have to ask … is it normal to put your name on assignments in the US? At my uni (in Oz) just used our student number. Avoids any accusations of bias.
You put your name on everything at the top from Kindergarten on…
Stunning!!!
I’m glad they didn’t “lighten” her complexion she is a true beauty.
She looks like a f*cking Angel!!!
She has the prettiest doll face
Damn, she’s beautiful.
OMG!!!
Of course she loves America, all the famous actors, especially Academy Award winners do. What’s not to like. Keep doing those covers and loving America doll, don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
There is a lot to like about the US. I love visiting the US, maybe eventually find a way to live there. There’s so much diversity in the people, regions, states. All extremes and everything in between has a place in the US. It’s a fascinating country in that regard and yes, the US has it’s problems and a problematic history, but you know, most countries have problems, blind spots and shamefull episodes in their history. You take the good with the bad and hope to be part of the solution.
‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds you…’
Wow. 😳
One word >gorgeous!
Everyone is going on and on how beautiful she is (I agree) and almost nobody picked up on the big thing – outside of the US racial identity often doesn’t exist. This is why it is difficult for people outside of the US to understand the US views on race and the roots and causes of racism.
David O. said something similar – he went to a school in Nigeria and there he was just like everyone else, and it helped him. I think the racial divide in the US damages a lot of people unintentionally.
Racial identity is a hot button issue in Europe too. I’m not sure if it’s really not a problem in Kenya. I read this book a few years ago on white privilege where even in Kenya white people get preferential treatment in airports, shops and restaurants. I can’t remember the title/author at the moment.
“Unintentionally”
Oh I think it’s quite intentional. It’s a nation barely removed from being openly and publicly racist where all manners of its foundation were put in place to subdue and control people based on gender and skin tone. It’s doing/done what it was made to do.
ETA: Also I think you have to understand the context of her words. In places where any ethnicity is the majority the issues won’t so much be race based but based on differences in language/tribe/or caste. In Africa there’s hardly motivation to judge other black people on their blackness/color of skin/texture of hair but as Wilma said that doesn’t mean there aren’t scars from apartheid or preferential treatment given to the few whites. There’s also a big difference in how different tribes are treated based on how they were effected during colonization and how much they fought against those who were coming for slaves.
It’s a multifaceted issue.
Absolutely true. And no, in my Europe all this racial stuff simply doesn’t exist. I am struggling to understand all the writing here when it comes to colours, shades, words used, etc. We had aristocracy who had the villagers to work for them and the war captives of all colours but they were all equally badly treated, so in my world colour is just a non existing issue, it was always rich vs poor. In Canada, in a city like Toronto, in my circles it’s non existent either.
Agree. I grew up a few hours north of Toronto, in a small town. I didn’t realize there was such a thing as racism until a grade 10 history course where we were taught American History. Now looking back, it’s hard to believe how innocent and naive a group of 15 year olds could be.
The fact that it isn’t discussed does not mean it does not excist. I’m sure racism isn’t the same everywhere, but please, don’t think that it’s an American issue.
She is gorgeous!
beautiful, charming, feminine, smart! She has it all!
What I really like about her is the joy she always radiates, a certain zest for life. It’s so refreshing compared to the angry babies, vacant puppets we get to see so often.
She is gratefully. I came from an African country. I love my African Country but i love the USA just as much because it has given me so much more than i ever dreamed i would have and i always feel sometimes people born do not realize how much there is to be grateful for. I get offended when people speak badly of the USA.. i am like if hate it then leave why are you here.So i get Lupita So proud of this beautiful young lady..now just waiting to see who she dates
She does always seem so HAPPY. I wish I was like that. Sort of. I mainly walk around with a blank look on my face…lol.
Stunning. And smart and kind too.
Wow, gorgeous!
Wow. Just wow.
This cover literally took my breath away! That’s all I can even say right now. Such a beauty!
There’s not enough words to praise this stunning goddess.
Beautiful person! Anyone else think she looks like a softer, slightly more feminine Grace Jones??
I think she is a beautiful woman. Everyone is saying Alicia Vikander is very beautiful but she is nothing compared to Lupita N’yongo. That is a pearl in a clam. And I really wish her all the best in everything .
Someone above mentioned racial preference in airports and shops but in black majority countries it is more tied to assumptions about foreigness and class. A white person is assumed to be either foreign or rich in countries where whites are the minority but have a disproportionate share of local wealth. African americans are treated poorly by local shops because there is an assumption that they dont have the money. Even black majority countries are affected by media representation of african americans as well as their own history. Having grown up in a majority black country I had my own issues understanding racial politics when i attended university in america. I identified culturally first with little thought of race.
I can’t believe no one has pointed out how gorgeous she is! 😀
I love the cover! I feel like her eyes are looking right into my soul!
Those photos, her outfits. That skin, that face. Simply beautiful.