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LUPITA NYONG'O - “YOU CAN’T EAT BEAUTY”

Now that the Oscar hype is dead and gone, let’s not forget about Lupita. But how could we forget her really after this incredible speech at the Essence Awards?

Lupita touches on her own experience of praying constantly for lighter skin when she would be teased and taunted about her darker shade. After her mother told her that she ‘could not rely on how she looked to sustain her’ she told the world, 

“What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and for those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul. I hope that my presence on your screens and in magazines may lead you, young girl, on a similar journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside, there is no shade to that beauty.”

We hope to see more of Lupita this year in new and exciting roles that will move us just as much as her portrayal of Patsy did. 

- S