Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o (who was actually born in Mexico) celebrated her 2nd cover of American Vogue magazine today. The 32-year-old Oscar winner shines in the high fashion photo layout shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for the October 2015 issue of Vogue.
In the photo caption on Instagram.com, Lupita wrote:
AAAAAAAAH. At last I can share this secret: my second Vogue cover is out!!! What an honor, joy and THRILL it was to work on this October issue. Thank you to @voguemagazine for hearing me out and making me feel so beautiful. @mertalas @macpiggott I love being in front of your lenses – thank you for bringing out the best of me! #TeamworkisDREAMwork @teamid @vernonfrancois @dilokritbarose @therealplumsykes. #coutureallday More on Vogue.com http://vogue.cm/1Y59BD
The photos are indeed stunning, but I have questions.
Is it just me, or is this photo intentionally darker than it needs to be?
And why is she knocking over a chair and climbing the wall like a monkey in this photo?
She’s beautiful.
I want to lick her skin…I dont know why
Very nice pictures!
Very beautiful!
Breathtaking.
BEAUTIFUL
Her skin looks so flawless. You better werk Lupita!!??
You are a nut!!!
I want those blue earrings. That’s all I got.
Lol,and I hate you for saying what I be thinking!!!!:’)))))
Johanan died in 2011, but Stevie’s record company continued to pay
Johanan’s widow. Stevie says he didn’t realize payments were being made
for nearly 2 years, and when he caught wind, he ordered payments to be
stopped. He claims he trusted Johanan and the lawyer never said the 6%
would survive his death.
Stevie says in his docs he was betrayed by a man he trusted and wants
a judge to declare he no longer has a duty to pay royalties, because
the attorney took advantage of a blind man.
Johanan’s widow has filed her own lawsuit, demanding Stevie pay from
the time he stopped and forever in the future. She wants $7 mil
minimum.
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Say WHAT?? She wants how much???? Biiiiiihhhhhhhhhh
SHE DOES LOOK SOMEWHAT DARKER TO ME…
“LA FEMME LUPITA” IS CATCHY…KUDOS FOR THAT VOGUE!
WHERE CAN I GET BROUGHT UP TO SPEED HERE?
Beautiful
These photos are beautiful!
Because it looks like some good chocolate! I love her skin
i also might be hungry
Flawless!!!
always
Some chocolate don’t sound bad right about now…
I really like Lupita. Lurk14 said she was her motivation to go natural and it was the best decision we ever let HER make.
I love that! Good for her!
Now this is gawjus ….. beautiful
I congratulate any woman who can go and remain natural. Did it for two years and went back to the crack
Beautiful!!!!!!!! That second pic looks fake as hell, tho. Look at her hand
Freaking flawless …… perfection
Youngest two are. Mrs said that she’s gonna try it. She’s already cut it short as hell, but I doubt it. Lurk18 ain’t trying to hear it. At all!
Yes Lupita slay them! ?? Progress hunty!
My daughters have always been natural. It’s great to see young women embrace their natural hair.
they do look darker … but aye …..the darker the better ….. she is working this issue ….
Indeed. It was too much work for me and hella expensive. If I had someone to do my hair on a weekly basis at a reasonable price, I would have remained natural…
She looks so…..so photoshopped. Nice spread though.
And why is she knocking over a chair and climbing the wall like a monkey in this photo?
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Chile
<3 it!!!
You don’t get it, do you?
Because she looks like the most perfect chocolatey skin tone.
damn her skin is flawless!!! *scrolls up to read write up*
I follow Lupita on fb … she is truly just that beautiful ….. gorgeous woman … Love seeing her personal photos she post
I went natural 6 years ago. I only straighten my hair once or twice a year. My girls occasionally go to the local beauty college to get their hair straighten at a much cheaper price.
Her hand looks okay. What you’re seeing is her pinky finger touching the reflection of her hand in the mirror.
Work it girl… she can give me that dress she’s wearing on the cover and the blue one too….. her lighting is super dark though could make out her features better if it were a tad brighter but I love it…
I can’t go back to relaxers. Y’all would be squawking and ask why I don’t have any hair in the back every time y’all see my font.
No one is denying her beauty. I’m referring to the obvious manipulation of her photos by certain people with nefarious intentions.
The reach…
It’s a lot of work & costly at times too. I’ve been natural almost a decade & I get tons of ideas from Youtube & Pinterest on protective styles. Many of them last awhile & you don’t have to style every day by using a silk scarf and the pineapple method.
She looks like she sweats chocolate wine, of the highest caliber.
LMAO
does getting a Brazilian wax constitute going natural” if so I am au natural too…lol
You mean the stick or actual food.
Where do you live? I’ve found a stylist that is very reasonable priced. She cares about hair being healthy and can also style the mess out of some hair.
I hate you foh dat made me scroll up look laugh and now I can’t stop
Yep I also ? it.
Her hand on the bar in the pic with the blue dress. Looks like a Barbie’s hand.
Help me out
Anybody seen DTTS???
I tried everything! You hear me, EVERYTHING. It was the shrinkage. My hair grew incredibly during my journey and was absolutely beautiful when straighten. However, while I loved it in its natural state, I couldn’t get pass the shrinkage. My hair was to my shoulders straighten but was a twa in it’s natural state. It would not hold a twist out and all I could do was wear a puff. I had to throw in the towel. My stylist said it was the worse shrinkage she’d seen…
Houston
Kim zolziak is terrible and DTTS is beneath Chaka Khan
Mirs why did u make me go back and look
Her hand looks like the foot on Kandi’s claw foot coffee table
*grabs glasses to see what else I missed*
You did the big chop huh kmsl
LMAO
yeah okay Sandra ! They clean all mastered photos up …. hers are not changed much at all … literally, nor is much make up needed …. the perks of being dark yass … werk Lupita
I’ll take the stick and actual food. Thanks. lmao
I think I get what you’re saying, but she still looks beautiful.
But do YOU think because they ‘possibly’ made her darker, she looks bad in these photos? #Serious? #NoTrolling
At the same damn time
Kim needs to go. Making up excuses. Talking about its weird dancing with another man. Girl Bye. You cant dance.
Kim look fat and as they used to say… ‘ fflicted
+1
Oh. Sorry, I can’t help. I’m in the A.
I don’t like code Lurk.
lmao bawhahahahah chile rofl
I’m natural too under these tracks….does that count
lol
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! I’m talking about the SR poster, Don’t Talk to Strangers. *dead*
Her skin is glowing.
All I want to know is WHY????
she looks beautiful and she does not look any darker than usual.
as far as looking like a climbing monkey… foh. Charlize Theron or Kendall Jenner do that it is a artistic photo.
We can’t get out of our own damn way.
Thats why I laughed.
what did it saw Low?
first thing I noticed
bawahahahah get the people going I guess lmao
Omg…ok ?
Please read my comment again. I think she’s beautiful. I’m questioning the manipulation of her photos by others.
I knew that’s why you were LYAO, and had the nerve to not even answer me. LOL. You seen her????
the perks of being dark yass
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+1
Love too see my lil chocolate babies after they’ve been in the sun for an hour or two. Perfect skin. Smooth like milk chocolate.
Oh I get it …. but I don’t agree
LOL!!!
No did u hit her
I was waiting for you to pop back in….HAHAHAHA
DANG IT! SOMETHING ABOUT A STEVIE HAVING TO PAY SOMEBODY A MINIMUM OF 7 MIL…I RECALL ROYALTIES…UGH! SHOOT.
Don’t got it *sniffles*
Man once you get rid of all that fluff you never want it back – my kitty is sooo purdy… hi booboo kitty how you doing – yes I talk to her makes her purrrrrrr….
what a vision!
Gotta look at the silver lining to things Sandra……
I put up the bat signal
I immediately thought of Claw-dia when I saw Clase Foot. *dead*
IF YOU’RE DOING IT CORRECTLY THEN YES, YES IT DOES. BUT IF YOU JUST WEAR WEAVE ON TOP OF 75% RELAXED HAIR THAT HAS 25% NEW GROWTH NO BUENO.
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!!!!!!!
NO honey I haven’t
I need to try it. Cuz I shave just about every day…is it painful? How often do you go? Is it uncomfortable having someone so close to your vajayjay
She is beautiful!!!!!
Cool. Thanks babes.
Im double embarrassed cause that my fren on here
LOL. Thanks bew *throws a pebble at you*
I read your comment a few times. But coupling it with these statements in your post:
*Is it just me, or is this photo intentionally darker than it needs to be?
*And why is she knocking over a chair and climbing the wall like a monkey in this photo?
Had me thinking that you thought THEY succeeded.
Yew Rang? ??
I think most of us are used to it and try to nignore but it looks like it’s getting worse..TUH!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..That was quick
Chile look at Ru …. lol
lmao I wonder wth she is doing these days. She might still be doing Tom Joyner
That’s a very good bat signal. Batman don’t even get somewhere that fast…lmao
Moderated?
I JUST CHANGED THE BABY-LOWS FOR A SPLIT TO SHOW MY HAIR. MY LOCS GOT ME LIKE, “WHAT RELAXER?”
MY HAIR COULDN’T HANDLE THAT MESS…I’M THRIVING OVER HERE WITHOUT IT. SHOOT MY LOCS BLOW IN THE WIND BETTER THAN ANY STUCK-TO-MY-HEAD WRAP!
she arrived
LOL. I read your response, and hollered. Then Chits hopped right on it with you. LOL
I JUST SAW THE REQUEST FOR A 20…DAMN FAST INDEED!
Stunning.
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ain’t seent you in a minute. Was wondering where yo azz been!!!!
Just finished snapchatting her. She good?? Tatas have a nice tan line?? She could only show so much, I’ll let you know later if the carpet matches??
We don’t do bat signals, we do rat signals round here. LOL
#ratstackssalute *giggles*
Although stunning, it looks to me as if they’ve adjusted the lighting to make her look darker and shinier/oily than she really is.
IKR???? She came in like, Dun, duhduh dun!!!!!!!!!!
Brenden….YELLO! HRU?
I appreciate you supporting me in my foolishness
Moderated again?
I FOUND THE TRANSCRIPT, BUT DON’T WANT TO REPOST. DISQUS DOESN’T HAVE PM EITHER…
#ratatouille lmao that shyt was funny
let me go do some work *switches off*
Oh ok…I didn’t see that but interesting.
My only excuse is some how a late season mosquito got in here and landed on my cheek and i just slapped the shit outta myself. So my head was still ringing when i read that question
Ri damn diculous, haha! ? ?
Had THEY lightened up her pics, she would have been pegged a skin bleaching, self hater.
Yes ma’am! That’s what they call protective styling.
LMAO
OH Hello Logics
Hey stank stank?? Been sent to moderation twice already, no curse words? I think the SR conservative lackeys aren’t feeling my pro-blackness?? Time to dip for they send the Feds to my house? Or my Mamas basement? Whatever, I pay rent! Sometiems? Later???
Bye Baby….Tell Old man Johnson who is chained to the basement wall I said “Hello!”
#rattatattat
Agreed! Why can’t we just be presented EXACTLY as we are. Can’t they let us be great as is?
Her skin tone is everything. Beautiful!!!!!!
Not really – its not a lasting pain like you gonna get up and walk ike you got bent over by a football team… its an instant pain and the end result is worth the minor discomfort…. and of course the embarrassment of having Truk Mai tell you to hold yewr puccee lips like dis….lol
Ummmmm hi?
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I think you missed the point sis…I think he is referring to SR saying they darkening her to make her look bad.
I went natural 3 1/2 years ago. Just chopped off my hair and I was so insecure. My husband did not like relaxed hair and he is the main reason I’m still natural. He loves the texture and versatility.
Hey ?
Whale don’t say TEW MERCH
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You’s a poet & don’t even know it! ? ?
Just traveling
Thank you and love you long time for checking ??
Salute
Like alcoholic bloat hands.
On topic
Stand up on that mufuggin couch Lupita!!!!! Love it!!!
YOU GO GIRL (Martin voice)
Gorgeous
Who said that shatt?!

Is there ah number we can call
True. I’d hate to get ethered in here. Ain’t got time to be making 50-11 logins.
Since my friend was pierced “down there” I don’t think her aesthetician understands that when she covers it with her finger or tries to move it out of the way, she’s 2 movements away from a milkshake.
Hey boo
Didn’t she do it with ease and perfection?
Ah (real Rose is steal ah)Rose knows how to get reached out tew ????
Yup!
Umma do it when I get home. Wish me luck ??????
This chick is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!
Agh! The blasted dreaded shrinkage, the beast we can neva tame! ? Well my sister is a natural hair stylist based in Atlanta, she even does a few celebs hair. She has a great site with beautiful pics & lots of advice. I can provide it for if you want. When she does my hair, no one can tell me I ain’t fierce, lol! ?
Sup ma. Is it safe to slip you a lil kiss? I’d hate to have Brenden spazz the fukk out on me. Saw him downthread talking about the tatas. Got your boys interest piqued.
:nun:?????? You been travelling and sinning and grinning, huh?? LMAO
I got the implication, but not the intention. I was confused, thanks hun. ?
Yes!
Umma do it with a one person audience #foreplay
WHALE he is on west coast time, so maybe he’n gonna see this ?
???
(^^^^^The look that could mean several things) ?
WATT?!?!?
CONFUSION IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE GAHDEN
???
girl read the write up …
How you doing ?
DEAD
WHALE I was doing fine till you told the world I’n read Nathan ??
How you?
Skin is gorgeous as usual. I’m just waiting for her to do some new projects already.
bwhahahahahaah
I k now I won’t be, I can’t afford no lost days or a new couch at the moment
The slayage going on in these pics is out of this world.
Laaawd, speaking of #foreplay. We were home alone, and I walked into the living room on some “gimme that peen now” chit, and one of my damn kids left their skateboard in the middle of the damn floor. All I remember is screaming, “Oh Chit” and then looking up at the ceiling, bucket-naked, with lil Tweetys and Silvesters flying around my damn head, and this azzhole standing over me, LHAO. SMH. #damnkidswillfuggupawetdream
No problem hun..you helped me out earlier.
Just have somebody naked standing right there to catch you ???
Oh no sis!!!
EYE read the write up and have no comment ???
Sometimes people read too deep into photos just to have something negative to say… She looks great nonetheless
New Post
? You alright? ?
Really?!?!
Like who???
???
Damnnnn itttttt!
My azz was sore a lil, but I was more hurt that I didn’t even get no peen cuz I was pissed his silly azz laughed!!!!!!!!!!! #stubborn #prideissues
This is going to be you.
My cousin too – I wanted to but I’m too scared it would get desensitized like nip piercings do… I wanted that too but when I found out you lose sensation I was like hells nah if my nips don’t tingle what other purpose do they serve cause my breast feeding days are finito… so her nonnie is super sensitive – talk about varying effects…
Well, I’m going to slip this on in….
Once I saw you were okay I would’ve been cracking up to.
Yes! Go Janet!! ???
Me likey ?
Very beautiful woman in ALLLLL of those outfits. I may just go see star wars since she is it.
She looks beautiful! Her skin glows. I need that blue sofa and chair in my life….
I too was concerned about that. I was pierced by Elayne Angel. She’s done thousands of piercings and those down under are her specialties. She literally wrote the book on piercing and knows a ton. When the Lenny Kravitz thing happened, I found out that she pierced him too. If she’s ever in a city near you, book an appointment with her.
Even though I’m in Houston, I would love to see the site.
That bronzer they used is EVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTHANG
Love that ” we can’t get out of our own Damn way” so true
Knocking over a chair, and climbing a wall. Too Funny.
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Beautiful
So happy for her and black women. She shows the world that black women come in all shapes and colors, but we are still beautiful.
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Lupita is stunning! Her brother ain’t bad, either. ?
Lupita is stunning! Her brother ain’t bad, either. ?
Lupita is stunning! Her brother ain’t bad, either. ?
Beautiful cover and photo layout. It would be brilliant if Vogue featured many beautiful dark skinned black women.
Beautiful cover and photo layout. It would be brilliant if Vogue featured many beautiful dark skinned black women.
Beautiful cover and photo layout. It would be brilliant if Vogue featured many beautiful dark skinned black women.
Gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Her skin does look darker but she is an absolute beauty. I always wanted to be darker skinned. something about that color that is so beautiful.
Not sure if this is what yall referring to but Stevie say his lawyer like friend who been handling his business since he was 21 pulled a fast one on him by having him sign an agreement that was supposed to just pay him 6 percent of his endeavors but the guy died and Stevie found out he was still paying the wife and has to like forever.. that jankyness was in the paperwork ..Stevie say I’m blind how tf was I supposed to see what I signed when HE is the one who represented me. Stevie halted payments ..wife suing.
Why did you find that necessary to state, USA blogger Sandra Rose (who was actually born in the UK)?
Lovely!!! Vogue did her true justice, none of that out of wild, just gorgeous!
That was the hair you were born with. Who told you it was ugly with shrinkage? Your stylist is a hater
You were supposed to have makeup sex for him laughing and you pooting.
Sandra if she appeared any lighter people would be complaining about lightening. It looks nice but I feel like she is so overrated. Has she done anymore movies or is Lupita just a model now?
This woman is gorgeous!! I wish she were in more movies!
Sandra, your pathological acculturisms of the Caucasian are showing. Black folks are SUPPOSED to be DARK. Are you repulsed by Lupita’s hue? You are visually socialized to depigmentations and can’t FULLY embrace and appreciate the Jet/Charcoal/Blue Black and Dark Chocolate who ARE the GENETIC ANCHORS in the AfRAkan race–and entire humanity. MELANIN-RICH PIGMENT is a dominant genetic trait of AUTOCHTHONOUS, INDIGENOUS BLACK GENES. Lupita is VERY fortunate to have UNMIXED AfRAkan DNA–which demonstrates what FULLY-CODED 36/36 MELANIN STRANDS look like–in her LUO lineage.
By the way, monkey and Black genes do not go together. You will find APE heritage in recessive gene-coded races who were FORMED in underground cave estuaries in Asia and hybridized with PRIMATE BLOOD TYPES A/B/AB. They are the ones who were born with tails and body fur. It is NOT surprising that the Rhesus monkey is indigenous to the Asian continent. Have you EVER questioned why so-called ‘human’ blood need to be checked for the presence of monkey genetic materials?
AfRAkan DNA is formulated with ‘ZERO’ O-Blood type, its default NON-ANIMAL blood code.
DNA and BLOOD TYPES do NOT LIE. It tells WHO and WHAT you REALLY are.
AfRAkan FACTS will prevail over the ignorance and genetic incompetence of white-acculturated, westernized Blacks.
Beautiful black woman