45th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Interviews (3795 hits)
Tanisha LaVerne Grant a former Miss Cheyney University of Pennsylvania and proud Cheyney alum is a New York based entertainment reporter who covered the Red Carpet for the 45th Annual NAACP IMAGE AWARDS held in Pasadena, California on February 22, 2014. In this clip you will find Ms.Grant interviewing Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong'o who won the NAACP IMAGE AWARD for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "12 Years A Slave" Lupita Nyong'o also won the Oscar for her role in the film.
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I liked how African beauty Lupita answered Tanisha's question about to relax or not to relax altering their original appearance... She says, "Just do it and for her it was never a question and she never had that debate to relax or not to relax; that's limitation that one puts on oneself but it doesn't actually exist".
You see how Africans think? They are who they are and because they feel good about themselves they don't even think about silly things like how we do. I wish we could as Black Americans enjoy this type of liberation! One day soon, we shall!
Ok, perhaps Lupita never thought of altering her hair, but she did pray to God about altering her appearance when it came to her skin tone... hmmm so she did struggle with her image until one day she saw SuperModel Alec on the pages of top magazines. Read more... 'Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o used to pray to God for ‘lighter skin’ ; http://rollingout.com/culture/lupita-nyong...
I guess we all have ' demons ' to deal with. I'm glad Lupita overcame her ' demon ' and embraced her God given hue to be as confident and outgoing as she has become!
