“My One Prayer To God Was To Wake Up With Lighter Skin -Lupita Nyong’o

 

When will we learn to accept blackness as beautiful? Even as Lupita Nyong’o is being hailed for her incredible beauty and stunning complexion the actress is admitting she did not always see her dark skin as stunning.
Via EntertainmentWise reports:

Speaking to the Associated Press at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon Thursday, Lupita said: “I got teased and taunted about my skin. My one prayer to God was that I would wake up lighter skinned.

“The morning would come and I would be so excited about seeing my new skin that I would refuse to look down at myself until I was in front of the mirror because I wanted to see my face first. Every day I would feel the disappointment of being just as dark as the day before.”
Lupita went on to reveal that it wasn’t until she spotted stunning supermodel Alex Wek, who also has dark skin, in magazines and realised that she should be proud of her beautiful complexion.
“She was dark as night and was in all the magazines and on runways,” Lupita explained.
“My complexion had always been an obstacle to overcome. I couldn’t believe that people were embracing a woman who looked so much like me as beautiful. It was perplexing and I wanted to reject it because I had begun to enjoy the seduction of inadequacy. But a flower couldn’t help but bloom inside of me.”
She added: “I hope that my presence on your screen and my face in magazines may lead you, young girls, on a beautiful journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty, but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside.”

She makes an excellent point. Beauty on this outside is worthless when your insides are crummy. Lupita is gorgeous and we wish her all the success in the world. Just as Alek Wek helped her to embrace her beauty we hope Lupita can be an inspiration to millions of black girls around the world. Don’t let magazines and the entertainment world get you fooled into thinking that black isn’t beautiful!!!