Raise Your Calabashes For Lupita

What kind of bloggers would we be if we totally ignored People Magazine naming Lupita Nyong'o the World’s Most Beautiful Woman this year ? And what kind of Africans would we be if we didn't even attempt to ride on the coat tails of her success? Here at Makgarebe HQ we’re about  repping anyone who puts Africa on the map for a good reason (not you Boko Haram).  Anyone woman who gets the world to ignore all the Negative African Press for just a minute deserves her shine. So this post is dedicated to Lupita who has done something very few actresses of any race/color/creed has done, getting Hollywood hyped up over your first performance.  Personally I’m not a fan of films about race and racism but I did watch 12 years a slave, mostly because of all the hype. Her performance was captivating.  She deserves the limelight and she deserved that Oscar. The reality is  however that deserving an Oscar doesn't always get you one (moment of silence for Leonardo DiCaprio) and that is what makes Lupita’s win even more glorious, even if you ignore her race and the fact that she’s a little known actress from Kenya who has never been in a live action Hollywood movie her win is a curve ball from the Academy.

That being said, what I find most interesting  about her is her off camera presence. She Woo’s  the media and critics like a seasoned pro. Eloquent, humble and entertaining this girl is everything.  Then there is her style, the reason most of us know her name. Flawless (I woke up like this)! Frankly until the Met Gala I thought Lupita could literally do no wrong in the fashion department (but that’s another post all together). I have shed tears over some of her dresses.  She slayed this  Red Carpet Season. So whether isn't actually the most beautiful woman on earth, is over-hyped, a product of “white guilt” or simply a puppet an industry that is well versed in putting people on pedestals and then forgetting they ever existed, we don’t  “currr”! For now Lupita  is King (yeah I said it!). So let’s all raise our Calabashes and toast this one woman movement before it’s over and Hollywood finds a new It-girl. 

Before I love and leave you here are my favorite Lupita Fashion Moments. Happy Slope Day!