Lupita Nyong’o is becoming very popular especially now that she has been nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the “12 Years as a Slave” movie.
The media is after her. Magazines like Vanity Fair have lined up to feature the star in their best sections. That is what the magazine was doing as they prepared to feature her in their “Vanities” section. They photographed her but social media users noticed that the magazine lightened up her skin in the photos maybe to make her look whiter than she is.
They tweeted this;
The stunning @Lupita_Nyongo photographed for our February #Vanities section http://t.co/5bsPDFCFEs pic.twitter.com/a2460sqs8T
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) January 15, 2014
Then Twitter users responded;
“@VanityFair: The stunning @Lupita_Nyongo did you lighten her skin? http://t.co/BzaLumZobI pic.twitter.com/MyrnO1otqh”
— Renee Kelly PR Girl (@ReneeKellyGirl) January 15, 2014
Dear @VanityFair Why would you do this? #Lupida #subscriber pic.twitter.com/v9oH18j5G2
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) January 15, 2014
did vanity fair seriously lighten lupita’s picture? really? did this happen? pic.twitter.com/UqH5beAdje
— Nocciola Nazgul (@deluxvivens) January 15, 2014
The same has reportedly happened to Beyonce and India Arie. They have all been previously lightened to make them look whiter than they are. Is this really right?
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