Lupita Nyong'o covers People magazine

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o has achieved another entertainment industry milestone!

Forget Beyonce, Kenya’s Lupita Nyong’o (by way of Mexico) is the first 100% black woman to ever top the list of PEOPLE’s 50 Most Beautiful.

Congrats Lupita!

The Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave star succeeds the Iron Man 3 actress for this year’s title, marking her first appearance on the magazine’s cover. The news was revealed on NBC’s Today Wednesday.

Nyong’o never dreamed she would be the person selected for the publication’s 25th anniversary issue. “It was exciting and just a major, major compliment,” the 31-year-old Non-Stop star humbly admits. “And especially, I was happy for all the girls who would see me on [it] and feel a little more seen.” Source