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Having starred in a Miu Miu campaign and been signed up as the face of Lancôme within the past three months, Lupita Nyong’o’s fashion ascent has been dizzying – and it keeps going. Today, People magazine declared the actress the most beautiful person in the world.
Nyong’o was catapulted from obscurity to global fame late last year thanks to her performance as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave. Throughout awards season her red carpet appearances won her, and her stylist, acclaim in the fashion industry, while much was written about her beauty. In January, for example, Enuma Okoro said that “for black women especially, she is a welcome sight in a public media eye that tends to obscure the beauty of dark-skinned women, an acknowledged issue in Hollywood circles”. Many also celebrated the fact that Nyong’o broke the Hollywood 'starlet' mould by having her big break at the age of 30.
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Source: Guardian
