Once upon a time, the entire world simultaneously fell in love with a 31-year-old actress named Lupita Nyong’o. But of course, that is not where the story ends–not when you take into account her talent, poise, and propensity for consistently dressing like a goddess.
Lupita Nyong’o delivered a powerful speech on the power of black beauty at a luncheon for Black Women In Hollywood. In the speech, Nyong’o took the opportunity to respond to a small part of a letter a fan wrote her about the beauty of being dark black:
“Dear Lupita, I think you’re really lucky to be this Black but yet this successful in Hollywood overnight. I was just about to buy Dencia’s Whitenicious cream to lighten my skin when you appeared on the world map and saved me."
