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Grazia Issues Apology For Removing Lupita Nyong’o Hair On Its Cover

By Yvonne Ejiofor
13 November 2017   |   12:03 pm
Lupita Nyong'o has called out Grazia after it removed parts of her hair for the front cover of its November edition. The Oscar-winning actress shared a lengthy message on Instagram in which she explained that she was disappointed in the magazine for editing out and smoothening her kinky, coily hair. "As I have made clear…

Lupita Nyong’o has called out Grazia after it removed parts of her hair for the front cover of its November edition.

The Oscar-winning actress shared a lengthy message on Instagram in which she explained that she was disappointed in the magazine for editing out and smoothening her kinky, coily hair.

“As I have made clear so often in the past with every fiber of my being, I embrace my natural heritage and despite having grown up thinking light skin and straight, silky hair were the standards of beauty, I now know that my dark skin and kinky, coily hair are beautiful too,” she wrote. “Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people, and particularly our children, that they are beautiful just the way they are.

As I have made clear so often in the past with every fiber of my being, I embrace my natural heritage and despite having grown up thinking light skin and straight, silky hair were the standards of beauty, I now know that my dark skin and kinky, coily hair are beautiful too. Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people, and particularly our children, that they are beautiful just the way they are. I am disappointed that @graziauk invited me to be on their cover and then edited out and smoothed my hair to fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like. Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture. #dtmh

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She continued: “I am disappointed that @graziauk invited me to be on their cover and then edited out and smoothed my hair to fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like. Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture. #dtmh”

Grazia have since issued a statement apologizing to Lupita.

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