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Why Lupita's Response to Magazine for Removal of Natural Hair is On Point!

1BlessedNatural: Why Lupita's Response to Magazine for Removal of Natural Hair is On Point! (photo cred: Facebook) Thursday, model and actress Lupita Nyong'o called out Grazia , a UK magazine on social media for editing her natural hair from their front cover, and it was everything! It also showed us how we could combat ridiculous standards of beauty! The original cover photo featured Lupita wearing a black top with her head at an angle and her curled natural hair out in the back. The 34-year-old expressed her dislike of the edited cover by saying, "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 looks like..."In her post, Nyong'o stated that she grew up with the understanding that light skin and straight hair was the standard of beauty, but now her appearance on magazine covers as her natural self gives her a chance to help others like her to see their ow...