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Dark Skin & Kinky Hair Making A Beautiful Dent On The Red Carpet - Lupita Nyong'o

5/3/2014

My love for Mrs Obama's dress sense and style has now got some solid competition in the form of Lupita Nyong'o. I watched the film 12 Years A Slave just this weekend and loved her acting so I decided to look her up.

There's a huge amount of discussion going on in the blogoshpere regarding her race, ethnicity etc. Apparently she is the daughter of a Kenyan politician but was born in Mexico in 1983 where her father was staying to avoid political persecution. She left Mexico when she was one but still has a right to the passport because she was born there.

I love how when you do well everyone wants to claim you as theirs. It happens all the time in Britain too: one minute you are an unwanted immigrant, the next minute you win a prize and you're all of a sudden a prized "British darling"! Anyway...I digress...her nationality is not what is of interest to me, what is are her unique style of dress and of course, her kinky tresses!

Lupita is not only really fit but she has her own unique style. She loves to use bright colours and they look fabulous on her. Her use of colour is most inspiring.

In addition, many dark-skinned women complain about not being appreciated enough in mainstream media and Lupita is representing on that front with such grace and style.

I am so loving her being in the lime light. I was never into Alek Wek because I felt she was just a pawn in the hands of modelling agencies that wanted to make money out of her. Lupita, on the other hand, seems to really be her own woman.

Let's celebrate and enjoy her!

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