Lupita Nyong’o slams Grazia U.K. for photo-editing her hair
12 YEARS A Slave star Lupita Nyong’o has slammed a British magazine, claiming she was invited to be on the cover, then edited “to fit their notion of beauty.”
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BRITISH magazine Grazia U.K. has apologised to Lupita Nyong’o after the actress accused it of altering her hair on its front cover “to fit a more Eurocentric notion” of beauty.
The Academy Award-winner tweeted before-and-after images, saying the magazine “edited out and smoothed” her hair. She added the hashtag “dtmh (don’t touch my hair).”
Disappointed that @GraziaUK edited out & smoothed my hair to fit a more Eurocentric notion of what beautiful hair looks like. #dtmh pic.twitter.com/10UUScS7Xo
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) November 10, 2017
On Instagram, the Kenya-raised star of 12 Years a Slave and Star Wars: The Last Jedi said “there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture.”
The magazine has since “apologised unreservedly to Lupita Nyong’o.” It said it had not altered the images itself or asked the photographer to do so, and “is committed to representing diversity throughout its pages.”
This story originally appeared in Fox News and is republished here with permission.
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