Lupita Nyong'o accuses Grazia of removing her
hair
Lupita Nyong'o has accused Grazia magazine of removing part of her hair for
the front cover of its November edition.
The magazine
took to Instagram to apologise to Lupita
She said she was
"disappointed" it changed her hairstyle to "fit their notion of
what beautiful hair looks like".
The actress posted the
original image on Instagram alongside the published version - which appears to
show some of her hair missing.
The UK-based magazine has
apologised.
In a lengthy Instagram post,
the Oscar-winning actress said: "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."
The 12 Years a Slave star went
on to say if she had been consulted she wouldn't have supported the
"omission of what is my native heritage".
Lupita, who's from Kenya,
added there was "still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious
prejudice against black women's complexion, hair style and texture".
In a statement, Grazia said it
was "committed to representing diversity" and apologised to the
actress.
It also said it also wanted to
make clear that it did not ask the photographer to alter the image or make the
edit itself.
Lupita is the latest star to
tell a UK magazine not to touch her hair.
Solange Knowles hit out at the London Evening Standard
magazine last month for digitally removing some of her braids on its front
cover.
The magazine later apologised.
